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Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Wellfleet

Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings

Below are the most recent sightings from the last four weeks in the Cape Cod area.

If you want to report a sighting, or have questions about these sightings, call Wellfleet Bay at 508-349-2615 or send an email.

The Cape Cod Natural History Hotline is sponsored by the Bird Watcher's General Store in Orleans and Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. 

Recent Sightings

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 3 American Golden-Plovers, an American Bittern, a Black Guillemot, 5 White-rumped Sandpipers, 11 Parasitic Jaegers, 3 Black Skimmers, 48 Cory’s Shearwaters, 12 Great Shearwaters, 11 Manx Shearwaters, and a Dickcissel. [...]

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

A Yellow-headed Blackbird was seen in Truro on Sunday, and a Eurasian Whimbrel was seen on private property in West Dennis last week. Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Scopoli’s Shearwater, a Black Guillemot, 2 Caspian Terns, a late Least Tern, 3400 Common Terns, [...]

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

A Black-throated Gray Warbler was found on private property in Brewster on Tuesday and a Swainson’s Hawk was photographed over Race Point in Provincetown over the weekend. Other birds at the Race included a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, [...]

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Multiple Magnificent Frigatebirds were reported over the weekend, including one in Hyannis and at least three in Chatham, one of which spent the night on top of a flagpole by the lighthouse. None have been seen since. A Black-necked Stilt is being seen seen at marshes behind south facing beaches in Harwich and Chatham over the last week. At least one Mississippi Kite [...]

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Up to three Mississippi Kites continued to be seen in a small area of South Sandwich this week. Birds seen on South Monomoy included 15 Blue-winged Teal, 6 Ruddy Ducks, 2 Common Gallinules, an American Coot, and 5 Pied-billed Grebes. [...]

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Between one and three Mississippi Kites were seen various places in Sandwich this week. A Sabine’s Gull, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, and a Pacific Loon were seen at Race Point in Provincetown, where other sightings included [...]

Tuesday, August 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, [...]

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

A Rufous Hummingbird was banded at Wing Island in Brewster this week, a rare summer record for the eastern US for this species of the mountain west. A Mississippi Kite and a Swallow-tailed Kite were seen in Sandwich at different times over the last week. A Black-headed Gull and an Atlantic Puffin were seen at Race Point in Provincetown, [...]

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

At least 2 Swallow-tailed Kites continue in the Cotuit area this week. A Brown Booby and an Atlantic Puffin were seen at Race Point in Provincetown, where other sightings this week included a Pomarine Jaeger, 2500 Common Terns, 200 Roseate Terns, 130 Cory’s Shearwaters, 57 Great Shearwaters, 3 Sooty Shearwaters, and 12 Manx Shearwaters. Surveys of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge tallied [...]

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