Bird Sightings on Martha’s Vineyard: October 2024
Black-bellied plovers with a sanderling.
Black-bellied plovers with a sanderling.
Dickcissal.
Dickcissal.
Golden-crowned kinglet.
Golden-crowned kinglet.
Mourning dove.
Mourning dove.
Pied-billed grebe.
Pied-billed grebe.
Purple finch.
Purple finch.
Prothonotary warbler.
Prothonotary warbler.
Yellow-bellied sapsucker.
Yellow-bellied sapsucker.
Brant.
Brant.
Winter wren.
Winter wren.
Wood ducks.
Wood ducks.
Rusty blackbird.
Rusty blackbird.
Dark-eyed junco.
Dark-eyed junco.
Wilson's warbler.
Wilson's warbler.
Swainson's thrush.
Swainson's thrush.
Scarlet tanager.
Scarlet tanager.
American pipit.
American pipit.
Lark sparrow.
Lark sparrow.
Blackburnian warbler.
Blackburnian warbler.
Veery.
Veery.
Blue-headed vireo.
Blue-headed vireo.
Bay-breasted warbler.
Bay-breasted warbler.
Ruby-crowned kinglet.
Ruby-crowned kinglet.
Blackpoll warbler.
Blackpoll warbler.
Hooded warbler.
Hooded warbler.
October is the peak migration season, as birds fly south on clear, cool, and calm nights.
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