Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings
Below are the most recent sightings from the last four weeks in the Cape Cod area.
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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, September 19, 2023
Storm birds at First Encounter in Eastham driven in by tropical storm Lee included 145 Red-necked Phalaropes, 5 Pomarine Jaegers, 26 Parasitic Jaegers, 2 Long-tailed Jaegers, [...]
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Birds reported from boats on Stellwagen Bank included a Long-tailed Jaeger, a Pomarine Jaeger, 2 Parasitic Jaegers, 140 Roseate Terns, 2 Leach’s Storm-Petrels, 800 Cory’s Shearwaters, [...]
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a Red-necked Grebe, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Baird’s Sandpiper, 14 Whimbrels, a Long-tailed Jaeger, 4 Parasitic Jaegers, 3 Pomarine Jaegers, [...]
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
The Lesser Sand-Plover at South Cape Beach in Mashpee was last seen on the 22nd, but a Baird’s Sandpiper has been present there all this week. The American Avocet continued at Woodneck Beach [...]
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
The state’s first ever Lesser Sand-Plover continued at South Cape Beach in Mashpee and the American Avocet continued at Woodneck Beach in Falmouth this week. A Swallow-tailed Kite was photographed in Cotuit on the 16th, marking the last of several sightings [...]
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
The state’s first ever Lesser Sand-Plover was discovered at South Cape Beach in Mashpee on Monday and continued into at least Tuesday. Swallow-tailed Kites have been reported several times since [...]
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
A Western Tanager is visiting a private feeder in East Orleans, representing the first ever summer record of this species in Massachusetts, and indeed in most of the northeast. An out-of-season Yellow-throated Warbler and an American Bittern were [...]
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
The Mountain Plover discovered at Craigville Beach/Long Beach in Barnstable was last seen on the 25th. A Least Bittern and an American Bittern were at High Head in Truro this week. Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included 3 Whimbrel, [...]
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
A Mountain Plover was discovered at Craigville Beach in Barnstable last week. This incredible find represents just the 6th ever East Coast record, and the first Massachusetts record since 1916 for this scarce shorebird of dry western plains. Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included 38 Piping Plovers, [...]