Bird News
We all eagerly anticipate when the first osprey will return home to the Island.
The most unexpected bird this week is the Eastern phoebe reported by Mike Ditchfield, which he found in Dark Woods on Feb. 10.
Large flocks of grackles are not necessarily welcome at feeders.
Kleptoparasitism is a fancy word for a rather odd behavior: when an animal robs another animal of its food.
Barrow’s goldeneyes are not very common in these parts, but it seems that at least one or two individuals show up in January or February.
Last week’s column gave an accounting of how my team fared in the field on a warm and wet 59th annual Christmas Bird Count.
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Birds Common to Martha's Vineyard
Keep your eyes glued to the sky for a glimpse of these species common to our shores.