Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings

The King Eider continues in Sandwich Marina and surrounding areas. A Little Blue Heron and a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron were at Hardings Beach in Chatham this week. Reports from Race Point in Provincetown include a Pacific Loon, an American Oystercatcher, [...]

The King Eider continues in Sandwich Marina and surrounding areas. A male Painted Bunting continued off Breakwater Rd in Brewster. Widespread new early spring migrants arriving in recent days include Turkey Vultures and Brown-headed Cowbirds, plus first reports of a Barn Swallow [...]

A male Painted Bunting, likely the same one that’s been wintering at a feeder in the area, was found off Breakwater Rd on Tuesday. A male King Eider and 3 Piping Plovers were discovered in Sandwich this week. The traditional first Osprey on the Cape returned to his nest at Cedar Pond in Orleans [...]

A Baltimore Oriole has been coming to a mealworm feeder in Brewster since the storm. At least two Barrow’s Goldeneye continue in Sandwich, with single individuals also seen in Orleans and Eastham this week. Other sightings around the Cape included a Black Vulture in Bourne, a Brown Thrasher in Falmouth [...]

A Townsend’s Solitaire has been hanging around with a small flock of robins behind Billingsgate Market in South Wellfleet since the 18th. Northern Shrikes continued in Marstons Mills and Crane WMA Falmouth this week. At Race Point in Provincetown there were 2 Pacific Loons, 400 Razorbills, [...]

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, [...]

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,  [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]