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Recent Bird Sightings

Thanks to the incredible amount of up-to-date bird information available on eBird and other online platforms, Mass Audubon will no longer be generating a weekly bird sightings report.

Friday, February 9

Several continuing highlights this week included 2 Greater White-fronted Geese at Plum Island, Western Grebes in Winthrop and Mashpee, an Eared Grebe in Marblehead, a Say’s Phoebe in Belchertown, [...]

Friday, February 2

The most interesting reports this week were a continuing Say’s Phoebe in Hampshire County, an Eared Grebe and a Tufted Duck at Nantucket, a continuing Western Grebe in Winthrop, [...]

Friday, January 26

This week’s most notable sightings were a Western Grebe at Winthrop Beach, a Townsend’s Warble on the Alewife Linear Bike Path in Cambridge, a Golden-crowned Sparrow at a private address in Chatham, [...]

Friday, January 19

Continuing unusual species in Massachusetts this week included single Western Grebes in Winthrop and Mashpee, single Western Tanagers in Sandwich and North Truro, a Tufted Duck in Harwich, and single Greater White-fronted Geese [...]

Friday, January 12

Notably unusual birds reported this week were the continued presence of a Say’s Phoebe in Belchertown, an Ash-throated Flycatcher in Halifax, a Western Grebes in Mashpee and Winthrop, Western Tanagers in Sandwich, Truro, [...]

Friday, January 5

Because of the Christmas Bird Counts taking place for the past couple weeks, quite a number of interesting birds were found and reported this week. A sample of these included [...]

Friday, December 29

Sightings of particular note this week included a Pacific Loon, a Western Grebe, a Western Kingbird, 2 Ash-throated Flycatchers, 2 Western Tanagers, 2 Yellow-throated Warblers, [...]

Friday, December 22

A remarkable number of unseasonable Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers was reported this week, in addition to a Western Grebe, at least 4 Ash-throated Flycatchers, a Say’s Phoebe, 2-3 Western Tanagers, and one of the first Snowy Owl reports [...]

Friday, December 15

Standout reports this week were a Say’s Phoebe in Belchertown, a Western Grebe in Winthrop, Yellow-headed Blackbirds at two different localities, a Western Kingbird in Freetown, and Ash-throated Flycatchers [...]

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