Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings

Multiple Magnificent Frigatebirds were reported over the weekend, including one in Hyannis and at least three in Chatham, one of which spent the night on top of a flagpole by the lighthouse. None have been seen since. A Black-necked Stilt is being seen seen at marshes behind south facing beaches in Harwich and Chatham over the last week. At least one Mississippi Kite [...]

Up to three Mississippi Kites continued to be seen in a small area of South Sandwich this week. Birds seen on South Monomoy included 15 Blue-winged Teal, 6 Ruddy Ducks, 2 Common Gallinules, an American Coot, and 5 Pied-billed Grebes. [...]

Between one and three Mississippi Kites were seen various places in Sandwich this week. A Sabine’s Gull, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, and a Pacific Loon were seen at Race Point in Provincetown, where other sightings included [...]

A Mississippi Kite was seen in Sandwich this week. Two Stilt Sandpipers, an Arctic Tern, and an Atlantic Puffin were seen at Race Point in Provincetown. Birds at Forest Beach in Chatham included a Marbled Godwit, a Stilt Sandpiper, [...]

A Rufous Hummingbird was banded at Wing Island in Brewster this week, a rare summer record for the eastern US for this species of the mountain west. A Mississippi Kite and a Swallow-tailed Kite were seen in Sandwich at different times over the last week. A Black-headed Gull and an Atlantic Puffin were seen at Race Point in Provincetown, [...]

At least 2 Swallow-tailed Kites continue in the Cotuit area this week. A Brown Booby and an Atlantic Puffin were seen at Race Point in Provincetown, where other sightings this week included a Pomarine Jaeger, 2500 Common Terns, 200 Roseate Terns, 130 Cory’s Shearwaters, 57 Great Shearwaters, 3 Sooty Shearwaters, and 12 Manx Shearwaters. Surveys of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge tallied [...]

At least one Swallow-tailed Kite continues in the Cotuit area this week. Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown this week included a Black Guillemot, a Black Scoter, 22 Piping Plovers, 3 Whimbrel., 1000 Common Terns, 65 Roseate Terns, 80 Cory’s Shearwaters, 9 Great Shearwaters, [...]

Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown this week included 14 Piping Plovers, a Black Guillemot, 2 Parasitic Jaegers, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 Black Terns, 500 Roseate Terns, 1900 Common Terns, an Arctic Tern, 40 Wilson’s Storm-Petrel, 300 Cory’ Shearwaters, [...]

A Brown Booby was again seen at Race Point in Provincetown this week. Other sightings at Race Point included a Common Murre, a Little Gull, a Glaucous Gull, 2 Arctic Terns, and a Leach’s Storm-Petrel. Six Swallow-tailed Kites continue near the Cotuit Center [...]