Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: September 2019
Lincoln's sparrow.
Lincoln's sparrow.
Blue-winged teal.
Blue-winged teal.
Dickcissal.
Dickcissal.
Great cormorant.
Great cormorant.
Forster's tern.
Forster's tern.
Great egrets.
Great egrets.
Marbled godwits.
Marbled godwits.
Peregrine falcon.
Peregrine falcon.
Solitary sandpiper.
Solitary sandpiper.
European starling takes a rest on a belted galloway's face.
European starling takes a rest on a belted galloway's face.
Black-bellied plover.
Black-bellied plover.
Bobolink.
Bobolink.
Cooper's hawk.
Cooper's hawk.
Great egret.
Great egret.
Scarlet tanager.
Scarlet tanager.
Glossy ibis.
Glossy ibis.
Eastern phoebe.
Eastern phoebe.
Ovenbird.
Ovenbird.
Sharp-shinned hawk.
Sharp-shinned hawk.
As the season turns from summer to fall, summer bird residents start to depart for their winter homes while others visit the Vineyard as they fly southward. September is also peak season for southbound migrants that pass through and join the other birds in their annual migration.
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