Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings

Two Swallow-tailed Kites were reported over Mashpee on the 10th. A Clay-colored Sparrow is still visiting a yard in Brewster. Continuing surveys from a ship travelling the waters around the Cape produced a Thick-billed Murre, 2 Common Murres, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, and a Glaucous Gull this week. At the Beech Forest in Provincetown migrants included [...]

A Swallow-tailed Kite was photographed over Eastham on the 6th, and a Swainson’s Hawk was reported from Camp Edwards on the 7th. Up to 12 Evening Grosbeaks were visiting feeders in a neighborhood near Skaket Beach in Orlean this week. A Clay-colored Sparrow is still visiting a yard in Brewster. A Northern Shrike remains at Crane Wildlife Management Area in Falmouth. Surveys from a ship travelling the waters from the Nantucket Shoals [...]

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 [...]

The King Eider continues in Sandwich Marina and surrounding areas. A Little Blue Heron and a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron were at Hardings Beach in Chatham this week. Reports from Race Point in Provincetown include a Pacific Loon, an American Oystercatcher, [...]

The King Eider continues in Sandwich Marina and surrounding areas. A male Painted Bunting continued off Breakwater Rd in Brewster. Widespread new early spring migrants arriving in recent days include Turkey Vultures and Brown-headed Cowbirds, plus first reports of a Barn Swallow [...]

A male Painted Bunting, likely the same one that’s been wintering at a feeder in the area, was found off Breakwater Rd on Tuesday. A male King Eider and 3 Piping Plovers were discovered in Sandwich this week. The traditional first Osprey on the Cape returned to his nest at Cedar Pond in Orleans [...]

A Baltimore Oriole has been coming to a mealworm feeder in Brewster since the storm. At least two Barrow’s Goldeneye continue in Sandwich, with single individuals also seen in Orleans and Eastham this week. Other sightings around the Cape included a Black Vulture in Bourne, a Brown Thrasher in Falmouth [...]

A Townsend’s Solitaire has been hanging around with a small flock of robins behind Billingsgate Market in South Wellfleet since the 18th. Northern Shrikes continued in Marstons Mills and Crane WMA Falmouth this week. At Race Point in Provincetown there were 2 Pacific Loons, 400 Razorbills, [...]

Northern Shrikes were seen in Marstons Mills, Falmouth, and Provincetown this week. At Race Point in Provincetown there were at least 3 Pacific Loons, 800 Razorbills, 2 Dovekie, 2 Thick-billed Murres, 7 Common Murres, a Glaucous Gull, 24 Iceland Gulls, [...]