Cape Cod Bird Sightings — Tuesday, March 31, 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 March 25 and March 31, 2026.

The King Eider continues in Sandwich Marina and surrounding areas.

A flock of up to 7 Black Vultures was seen various places on the Cape between Sandwich and Dennis on Sunday.

A Clay-colored Sparrow is visiting a yard in Brewster.

A Little Blue Heron continued in Chatham this week.

A Glossy Ibis and a Northern Shrike were at Crane Wildlife Management Area in Falmouth.

Sightings at Bell’s Neck Conservation Area in Harwich included a Lesser Yellowlegs, 11 Greater Yellowlegs, 19 Double-crested Cormorants, 3 Great Egrets, 16 Black-crowned Night-Herons, and 11 Osprey.

Reports from Race Point in Provincetown include 2 Pacific Loons, 7 Piping Plovers, a Black Guillemot, 1300 Razorbills, a Common Murre, 68 Iceland Gulls, a Glaucous Gull, 500 Red-throated Loons, 2 Manx Shearwaters, 4 Tree Swallows, 3 Eastern Meadowlarks, and an American Pipit.

The first Eastern Phoebes have returned, and other sightings around the Cape included 3 American Pipits in Falmouth, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet in Mashpee, a continuing Dickcissel at a feeder in Chatham, and an Orange-crowned Warbler in Orleans.

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].