Is it possible to count all the birds on the Island? On Friday, Dec. 30. about 60 people will try to do just that.
Is it possible to count all the birds on the Island? On Friday, Dec. 30. about 60 people will try to do just that.
The 56th annual Martha’s Vineyard Christmas Bird Count was held on Saturday, Jan. 2.
It was cold and blustery on Jan. 2, but that didn’t stop a large number of Island birders from heading out into nature for the 56th annual Christmas Bird Count on the Vineyard.
This year’s annual Christmas Bird Count participants, 65 in the field and 29 watching their feeders, found more birds than we had in recent years.
The Christmas Bird Count was a lackluster event this year. All the teams had to work hard to find birds. The total is 121 species.
Lots of birders, but fewer birds, showed up on Saturday for the 55th annual Christmas Bird Count. The historic tally tracks how species increase or decrease each year.
