Cape Cod Bird Sightings — Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Cape Cod Weekly Wildlife Sightings is sponsored by the Bird Watchers General Store in Orleans and Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. The following sightings were reported between August 13 and 19, 2025.

A Mississippi Kite was seen in Sandwich this week.

Two Stilt Sandpipers, an Arctic Tern, and an Atlantic Puffin were seen at Race Point in Provincetown.

Birds at Forest Beach in Chatham included a Marbled Godwit, a Stilt Sandpiper, 3 Black Skimmers, and a Peregrine Falcon.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Black Vulture in Bourne, a Little Blue Heron in West Dennis, and 2 Northern Pintail in Chatham.

If you have questions about these sightings, or want to report a sighting, call the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at 508-349-2615 or send e-mail to [email protected]