Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings

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, [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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,  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

A Western Tanager was found at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay sanctuary on Thursday and continued at least through Friday. The male Painted Bunting continued at a feeder in Brewster where it was recorded for the Lower Cape Christmas Bird Count on Sunday. Other highlights from that count included a Clapper Rail and 6 Western Willets in South Chatham, [...]

A male Painted Bunting has been visiting a feeder in Brewster since late November. A Common Gallinule and 2 Eurasian Wigeon were at Tom Matthews Pond in Yarmouth Port along with 6 Wood Ducks, 200 American Wigeon and 2 American Coots. Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Pacific Loon, 5000 Black Scoters, a Red Phalarope, [...]

A Townsend’s Solitaire was found in Provincetown over the weekend. A Tufted Duck was at Seymour Pond in Brewster among 1100 Greater and a few Lesser Scaup. At least two Cave Swallows were at Nauset Beach in Orleans. [...]