Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: November 2019
Western willet with a short-billed dowitcher.
Western willet with a short-billed dowitcher.
Horned larks.
Horned larks.
Hermit thrush.
Hermit thrush.
Marsh wren.
Marsh wren.
Great horned owl.
Great horned owl.
Vesper sparrow.
Vesper sparrow.
Hooded mergansers.
Hooded mergansers.
Western kingbird.
Western kingbird.
Baltimore oriole.
Baltimore oriole.
Lesser black-backed gull.
Lesser black-backed gull.
Black-throated blue warbler.
Black-throated blue warbler.
Common yellowthroat.
Common yellowthroat.
Snow buntings.
Snow buntings.
Coopers hawk.
Coopers hawk.
American coot.
American coot.
Northern gannet.
Northern gannet.
White-winged scoters.
White-winged scoters.
Red-breasted merganser.
Red-breasted merganser.
Immature bald eagle with an adult red-tailed hawk.
Immature bald eagle with an adult red-tailed hawk.
Ipswich sparrow.
Ipswich sparrow.
Swamp sparrow.
Swamp sparrow.
Pied-billed grebe.
Pied-billed grebe.
Tree swallow.
Tree swallow.
November brings cooler weather and the arrival of winter residents, especially waterfowl. Transient migrants continue to be found, including some summer resident species, though they appear in newer numbers.
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