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So far, 2023 has been a bit of a snoozer from the birdwatching perspective. Not much unusual has been reported, and at least in the areas where I’ve been birding, numbers even of expected species have seemed on the low side. But the local birding community got jolted into action on Feb. 21, when the […]
We have had a string of less than ideal weather during recent Christmas Bird Counts.
We were lucky that we did not get battered by the Christmas storm!
The Martha's Vineyard Times A male American kestrel, similar to this one photographed at Raptor, Inc., in Ohio, has been in residence at Katama since October. — Greg Hume While snowy owls and a remarkable invasion of finch species have dominated the attention of birders over the past few months, an attractive and interesting bird has quietly set up shop in Edgartown, amid the vast pastures of Katama Farm. An elegant male American kestrel, the smallest and arguably the prettiest of our hawks, has been putting on reliable performances for months now. The bird may have arrived as e...