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Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Wellfleet

Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings

Below are the most recent sightings from the last four weeks in the Cape Cod area.

If you want to report a sighting, or have questions about these sightings, call Wellfleet Bay at 508-349-2615 or send an email.

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

Recent Sightings

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Northern Shrikes were seen in Marstons Mills, Falmouth, and Provincetown this week. At Race Point in Provincetown there were at least 3 Pacific Loons, 800 Razorbills, 2 Dovekie, 2 Thick-billed Murres, 7 Common Murres, a Glaucous Gull, 24 Iceland Gulls, [...]

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

A Western Tanager is visiting a feeder in Yarmouth and a male Painted Bunting continues at a feeder in Brewster. A flock of 20 Bohemian Waxwings was found near Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown over the weekend. At Race Point Beach there were at least 2 Pacific Loons, 1200 Razorbills,  [...]

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

A male Painted Bunting continues at a feeder in Brewster. A Northern Shrike continued at Crane WMA in Falmouth, where 2 Fox Sparrows and 13 American Tree Sparrows were also seen. At Race Point Beach there were 800 Razorbills, 3 Common Murres, [...]

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

A male Painted Bunting continues in Brewster while a female plumaged bird showed up at a feeder in Dennis this week. Continuing birds at Mill Pond in Marstons Mills include an American Bittern, a Northern Pintail, [...]

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

A male King Eider continues among thousands of Common Eiders in North Chatham. Birds at Mill Pond in Marstons Mills include an American Bittern, a Wilson’s Snipe, 2 Northern Pintail, 9 Green-winged Teal, a Red-shouldered Hawk, a Gray Catbird, and a Rusty Blackbird. A Short-eared Owl and a Northern Shrike continue [...]

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

A male King Eider continues among thousands of Common Eiders in North Chatham. A Short-eared Owl and a Northern Shrike continue at Crane WMA in Falmouth. Another Short-eared Owl has been seen daily in West Dennis. Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Pacific Loon, 420 Razorbills, [...]

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

A male King Eider continues among thousands of Common Eiders were in North Chatham. A Short-eared Owl and a Northern Shrike continue at Crane WMA in Falmouth. Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included 2 Pacific Loons, 1000 Razorbills, a Dovekie, 7 Iceland Gulls, a Glaucous Gull, 25 Black-legged Kittiwakes,  [...]

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

A male and female King Eider and an estimated 34,000 Common Eiders were in North Chatham this week. The male Painted Bunting continued at a feeder in Brewster this week. A Clay-colored Sparrow and a Northern Shrike continue at Crane WMA in Falmouth. A Dickcissel and a Black Vulture were seen in Orleans this week. Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Pacific Loon, 1889 Razorbills [...]

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

A Black-throated Gray Warbler was found in Falmouth during the Buzzard’s Bay Christmas Bird Count on the 20th. A Western Tanager was found near Salt Pond in Eastham and yet another at Crane WMA in Falmouth last week. Other birds found at Crane included a Short-eared Owl, a Clay-colored Sparrow, and a Northern Shrike. The male Painted Bunting continued at a feeder [...]

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