Cape Cod Bird Sightings — Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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 January 7 and January 13, 2026.

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, 10 Common Murres, a Thick-billed Murre, 51 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 8 Iceland Gulls, a Glaucous Gull, and 7 Redpolls.

Reports from Cold Brook Preserve in Harwich included at least 3 continuing Northern Shovelers, 35 Gadwall, 2 late Tree Swallows, and 4 Field Sparrows.

Birds in Chatham included a Long-billed Dowitcher, 4 Piping Plovers, a Semipalmated Plover, 5 Western Willets and 42 Red Knots.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Baltimore Oriole in Falmouth, a Eastern Phoebe in Mashpee, a Rusty Blackbird in Sandwich, a continuing Eurasian Wigeon in Yarmouth Port and another in Sandwich, up to 3 Barrow’s Goldeneyes at Loop Beach in Cotuit and 2 more in Wellfleet Harbor, 2 Killdeer in Centerville, a continuing Ovenbird in a yard in Yarmouth, an American Bittern in Orleans, 2 Chipping Sparrows in Eastham, a Baltimore Oriole in Harwich, 2 Red Crossbills in Brewster, an Orange-crowned Warbler in Wellfleet and another in Orleans, and a Bohemian Waxwing in North Truro.

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].