Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings
Cape Cod Bird Sightings — Tuesday, May 5, 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 April 29 and May 5, 2026.
A Prothonotary Warbler was found at Mass Audubon’s Barnstable Great Marsh property in Barnstable and a Hooded Warbler was found at Fort Hill in Eastham on Tuesday.
The Pileated Woodpecker discovered in Ryder Conservation Land and in adjacent Lowell-Holly Reservation in South Sandwich and Mashpee was last reported on the 30th, but another was spotted on 6A in Barnstable on the 5th.
Two Swallow-tailed Kites were reported in South Sandwich and another was at the Cotuit Center for the Arts.
Widespread new arrivals of local breeders this week include Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Baltimore Orioles, Gray Catbirds, Red-eyed Vireos, and Great-crested Flycatchers.
Other sightings around the Cape included a Grasshopper Sparrow at Crane WMA in Falmouth, a Little Blue Heron in Mashpee, 2 Red Crossbills in Barnstable and 2 more in Brewster, a Ring-necked Duck in Hyannis, 2 Harlequin Ducks at Corporation Beach in Dennis, a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron and a Summer Tanager in Harwich, a Glaucous Gull in Truro, 6 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels on Stellwagen Bank, and an Orange-crowned Warbler in Provincetown.
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].