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Martha's Vineyard is an important stop on the Atlantic Migratory Flyway. Here are some local resources and info about birds and birding on Martha's Vineyard.
“We monitor like 19 sites around the Island, so we're all over, and then there's the Trustees and Mass Audubon out here too,” says Luanne Johnson at BiodiversityWorks. “Sheriff's Meadow lets us keep areas of Little Beach closed during fall migration just to give those birds a place to loaf and feed and rest. They're looking for areas that have a tidal mudflat, or shorelines that have a lot of wrack on them. And so they're changing their foraging depending on what the tide's doing. I think the biggest numbers we usually see are in those protected zones.”
“We've also been having a mass of roseate terns staging out on Norton Point. It’s a huge proportion of the population. So it's really quite a precious resource to protect, so that those birds can stage together, gain weight and be ready to make their move to South America.”
On Martha’s Vineyard, BiodiversityWorks coordinates with Manomet for an annual volunteer Shorebird Blitz.
Support the organizations that make conservation work happen, and advocate for federal funding for bird conservation, which is threatened more than ever. On the Vineyard, you can support BiodiversityWorks and Mass Audubon at Felix Neck.
