Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: September 2021
Ruby-crowned kinglet.
Ruby-crowned kinglet.
Blackpoll warbler.
Blackpoll warbler.
Eastern willet (left) and western willet.
Eastern willet (left) and western willet.
Caspian tern.
Caspian tern.
Dunlin.
Dunlin.
American bittern.
American bittern.
Blue gray gnatcatcher.
Blue gray gnatcatcher.
Ovenbird.
Ovenbird.
Yellow-breasted chat.
Yellow-breasted chat.
Immature male American redstart.
Immature male American redstart.
Common nighthawk.
Common nighthawk.
Prairie warbler.
Prairie warbler.
Brant at Fuller Street Beach.
Brant at Fuller Street Beach.
Bobolink.
Bobolink.
Buff-breasted sandpiper.
Buff-breasted sandpiper.
Marbled godwit.
Marbled godwit.
Common terns mix with roseate terns nd black-bellied plover.
Common terns mix with roseate terns nd black-bellied plover.
Common yellowthroat.
Common yellowthroat.
Red knot.
Red knot.
Black and white warbler.
Black and white warbler.
Forster's tern.
Forster's tern.
Prairie warbler.
Prairie warbler.
Red knot flies with ruddy turnstones.
Red knot flies with ruddy turnstones.
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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