Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings

A remarkable collection of rare, out-of-range birds has been discovered around the Salt Pond Visitor’s Center in Eastham this week, including a Yellow-throated Warbler, a Western Kingbird, and a Lark Sparrow, plus a late Eastern Phoebe [...]

An Ash-throated Flycatcher was briefly seen near Uncle Tim’s Bridge in Wellfleet last week. A Rufous Hummingbird continued as recently as Friday in a private yard Wellfleet. Highlights from the Cape Cod Christmas Bird count, covering areas from Harwich to South Wellfleet, [...]

A likely Rufous or Allen’s Hummingbird continued in a yard in Wellfleet on the 5th. Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown this week included a King Eider, 2 Harlequin Ducks, 1575 Long-tailed Ducks, 1719 Red-breasted Mergansers, [...]

A Western Kingbird was seen in Provincetown on the 1st. An unidentified hummingbird turned up in a yard in Wellfleet on the 5th. A Rough-legged Hawk was at High Head in North Truro this week. Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown this week included 550 Long-tailed Ducks, [...]

A Painted Bunting showed up at a private feeder in South Chatham on Tuesday. Rough-legged Hawks were seen in Orleans and Dennis this week. Two Little Gulls were seen at Corporation Beach in Dennis. A nice Thanksgiving morning seabird flight [...]

Sightings at Fort Hill in Eastham included a possible Western Tanager, 20 Eastern Bluebirds, 50 Cedar Waxwings, 5 Winter Wrens, 3 Fox Sparrows, 4 Yellow-breasted Chats, [...]

A Lark Bunting was banded at Wing Island banding station in Brewster on Monday, apparently just the fifth record of this western US species on the Cape and Islands in the last 40 years. A late Northern Parula [...]

A Swainson’s Hawk was photographed by Beech Forest in Provincetown over the weekend. A Yellow-headed Blackbird and a Lark Sparrow continued at the Old North Cemetery in Truro, in more recent days the blackbird was resighted [...]

An Ash-throated Flycatcher was found at High Head in North Truro this weekend, and a Yellow-headed Blackbird and a Lark Sparrow were found nearby at the Old North Cemetery in Truro. Other Lark Sparrows were found at Cape Cod Organic Farm [...]