Birds
2024 Martha’s Vineyard Christmas Bird Count
Held in unseasonably mild weather on December 29, 2024, the 65th annual Martha’s Vineyard Christmas Bird Count tallied 129 species and 21,408 individual birds.
Townsend’s Solitaire Sighted
Vineyard birds enjoyed a blast of wintertime excitement with the discovery, in Correllus State Forest on February 21, 2023, of the island’s third-ever Townsend’s Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi). The bird was found and identified by “Sea” Williams and Bridget Dunnigan.