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Natural History

Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings

Below are the most recently published sightings. You can also view Cape Cod bird sightings published within the last 30 days, or bird sightings reported statewide.



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Wednesday, February 01, 2012

A Pacific loon is being seen from the Sandwich end of the Cape Cod Canal. A purple sandpiper and an Iceland gull were also in the area.

The painted bunting on Shore Rd. in Eastham was seen again this week.

Two snowy owls continue on North Beach Island in Chatham, having been seen from Chatham Light and the Fish Pier this week.

Highlights between Falmouth and Marstons Mills included a Eurasian wigeon and a red-shouldered hawk at Dutchman’s Ditch, 3 blue-winged teal and a northern shoveler in Marstons Mills, 1080 greater scaup, an American woodcock and 2 yellow-breasted chats in Woods Hole, a hermit thrush, and 5 gray catbirds.

The seasonally rare long-billed and short-billed dowitchers continue in the West Harwich Conservation Area, along with 9 greater yellowlegs.

A black-headed gull continues to be seen at Keyes Memorial Beach in Hyannis, and other Cape sightings included ruddy turnstones and 5 purple sandpipers at Dowse’s Beach in Osterville, a Virginia rail, 3 hermit thrush, and 2 Wilson’s snipe in Mashpee, 4 eastern meadowlarks at Fort Hill in Eastham, 44 ruddy ducks, 189 American coots, and a peregrine falcon at Great Pond in Eastham, a Wilson’s snipe in Brewster, a fox sparrow in East Dennis, and a harlequin duck at Nauset Beach in Orleans.

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About the Sightings

The Cape Cod Natural History Hotline is sponsored by the Bird Watchers General Store in Orleans and Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

If you have questions about these sightings, or want to report a sighting, call the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at 508-349-2615 or send e-mail to cape.sightings@massaudubon.org.

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