Bird Sightings on Martha’s Vineyard: December 2025
Rufous hummingbird.
Rufous hummingbird.
Snowy owl.
Snowy owl.
Black-crowned night heron.
Black-crowned night heron.
Cooper's hawk.
Cooper's hawk.
Golden-crowned kinglet.
Golden-crowned kinglet.
Golden-crowned kinglet.
Golden-crowned kinglet.
Hooded merganser.
Hooded merganser.
Hooded mergansers.
Hooded mergansers.
Horned grebe.
Horned grebe.
Lesser black-backed gull.
Lesser black-backed gull.
American goldfinch.
American goldfinch.
Double-crested cormorants.
Double-crested cormorants.
Double-crested cormorants.
Double-crested cormorants.
Mute swan.
Mute swan.
Rufous hummingbird.
Rufous hummingbird.
Rufous hummingbird.
Rufous hummingbird.
Rufous hummingbird.
Rufous hummingbird.
Redheads.
Redheads.
Redpoll.
Redpoll.
Redpoll.
Redpoll.
Yellow-breasted chat.
Yellow-breasted chat.
Yellow-breasted chat.
Yellow-breasted chat.
Common tern.
Common tern.
Non-breeding common tern with a roseate tern.
Non-breeding common tern with a roseate tern.
Fox sparrow.
Fox sparrow.
Marsh wren.
Marsh wren.
Northern shoveler.
Northern shoveler.
Orange-crowned warbler.
Orange-crowned warbler.
Orange-crowned warbler.
Orange-crowned warbler.
Yellow-bellied sapsucker.
Yellow-bellied sapsucker.
Yellow-bellied sapsucker.
Yellow-bellied sapsucker.
Bald eagle.
Bald eagle.
Bald eagle.
Bald eagle.
Barred owl.
Barred owl.
Black-capped chickadee.
Black-capped chickadee.
Black-capped chickadee with tufted titmouse.
Black-capped chickadee with tufted titmouse.
Eastern phoebe.
Eastern phoebe.
Razorbill.
Razorbill.
Savannah sparrow.
Savannah sparrow.
Savannah sparrow.
Savannah sparrow.
Lesser black-backed gull.
Lesser black-backed gull.
Ruddy ducks.
Ruddy ducks.
Ruddy turnstones with a dunlin.
Ruddy turnstones with a dunlin.
Sora.
Sora.
White-crowned sparrow.
White-crowned sparrow.
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The Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count
An eastern bluebird seen on Jow Walker Road.
An eastern bluebird seen on Jow Walker Road.
Robert Culbert of the Long Point team.
Robert Culbert of the Long Point team.
About 150 hooded mergansers were counted at the head of Town Cove.
About 150 hooded mergansers were counted at the head of Town Cove.
Robert Culbert and John Clark walk out to Long Point.
Robert Culbert and John Clark walk out to Long Point.
Several belted kingfishers were seen.
Several belted kingfishers were seen.
Looking for oceanic birds from the dunes.
Looking for oceanic birds from the dunes.
A great blue heron in Tisbury Great Pond near Sepiessa.
A great blue heron in Tisbury Great Pond near Sepiessa.
John Clark walks the field at Scrubby Neck Farm
John Clark walks the field at Scrubby Neck Farm
An immature snowy egret seen.
An immature snowy egret seen.
The Long Point team walks down Joe Walker Road.
The Long Point team walks down Joe Walker Road.
Gulls take off from a frigid Oyster Pond.
Gulls take off from a frigid Oyster Pond.
On the beach near Oyster Pond.
On the beach near Oyster Pond.
A red-breasted nuthatch hops along a branch.
A red-breasted nuthatch hops along a branch.
Robert Culbert is team captain at Long Point.
Robert Culbert is team captain at Long Point.
Prevalent ice made made some species hard to come by.
Prevalent ice made made some species hard to come by.
Walking the strand.
Walking the strand.
Savannah sparrows in the dunes at Long Point.
Savannah sparrows in the dunes at Long Point.
Sunday marked the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Across the Northern hemisphere, tens of thousands of birders spent the day collecting data and counting birds. On the Vineyard, teams spread out across the Island to record over 120 species and over 17,000 individual birds.
Bird Sightings on Martha’s Vineyard: January 2026
Cedar waxwing.
Cedar waxwing.
Short-eared owl.
Short-eared owl.
Barrows goldeneye.
Barrows goldeneye.
Barrows goldeneye.
Barrows goldeneye.
Black-legged kittiwake.
Black-legged kittiwake.
Black-legged kittiwake.
Black-legged kittiwake.
Dovekie.
Dovekie.
Lincoln's sparrow.
Lincoln's sparrow.
Lincoln's sparrow.
Lincoln's sparrow.
Rock pigeon.
Rock pigeon.
Rock pigeons.
Rock pigeons.
Cedar waxwing.
Cedar waxwing.
Common grackles.
Common grackles.
Fish crows.
Fish crows.
Fish crow.
Fish crow.
Glaucous gull.
Glaucous gull.
Iceland gull.
Iceland gull.
Iceland gull.
Iceland gull.
Orange-crowned warbler.
Orange-crowned warbler.
Orange-crowned warbler.
Orange-crowned warbler.
Keep up with bird activity on Martha’s Vineyard through the Bird News column, and report your bird sightings to [email protected].