Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings

A Brown Booby was found at both Corporation Beach and Sesuit Harbor in Dennis over the weekend and was still present as of at least Monday. Three Leach’s Storm-Petrels were also seen at Corporation. A Tufted Duck was found at Herring Pond in Eastham on the 4th, and a seawatch at nearby First Encounter Beach [...]

An American White Pelican flew over Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay sanctuary on the 24th. A Lark Sparrow was banded at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge on Monday. A possible Western Warbling Vireo was reported from Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture sanctuary in Barnstable over the weekend, [...]

A Townsend’s Warbler was banded at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary on the 16th. A Common Gallinule was found at Mill Pond in Falmouth on the 19th. Two Sandhill Cranes and a Eurasian Wigeon were seen at South Monomoy this week, where other sightings included 16 Northern Pintail, [...]

The Common Gallinule at Santuit Pond in Mashpee was last seen on the 9^th. A Short-eared Owl was at the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, where other sightings included 4 Northern Pintail, 64 Green-winged Teal, 1000 Common Eider, 3500 Surf Scoters, 7500 White-winged Scoters, 6000 Black Scoters, and 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. [...]

A Bell’s Vireo was banded at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge last week. A Common Gallinule was at Santuit Pond in Mashpee as recently as the 4th. Other birds at Santuit included a Blue-winged Teal, a Northern Pintail, [...]

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 3 American Golden-Plovers, an American Bittern, a Black Guillemot, 5 White-rumped Sandpipers, 11 Parasitic Jaegers, 3 Black Skimmers, 48 Cory’s Shearwaters, 12 Great Shearwaters, 11 Manx Shearwaters, and a Dickcissel. [...]

A Yellow-headed Blackbird was seen in Truro on Sunday, and a Eurasian Whimbrel was seen on private property in West Dennis last week. Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Scopoli’s Shearwater, a Black Guillemot, 2 Caspian Terns, a late Least Tern, 3400 Common Terns, [...]

A Black-throated Gray Warbler was found on private property in Brewster on Tuesday and a Swainson’s Hawk was photographed over Race Point in Provincetown over the weekend. Other birds at the Race included a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, [...]

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 [...]