Birds & Birding at Wellfleet Bay
Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings
Below are the most recent sightings from the last four weeks in the Cape Cod area.
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Recent Sightings
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
The Ferruginous Hawk at Morris Island in Chatham was last seen on the 2nd. Other sightings there included 6 Piping Plovers, 2 Semipalmated Plovers, 14 Black-bellied Plovers, 85 Red Knots, 4 Northern Harriers, and a Bald Eagle. The Spotted Towhee and a lingering Prairie Warbler continued at the Provincetown Airport [...]
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Massachusetts’s first record of a Ferruginous Hawk was found at Morris Island in Chatham on Sunday. This is only the 5th record of the species on the entire east coast. An Ash-throated Flycatcher was found [...]
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
The Spotted Towhee continued at the Provincetown Airport this week, and the mystery hummingbird of Provincetown has been confirmed as a Black-chinned Hummingbird, only the third ever recorded on Cape Cod. Highlights from Sunday’s Cape Cod Christmas Bird Count, [...]
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
The Spotted Towhee continued at the Provincetown Airport this week, and the Western Tanager reappeared along Race Point Road. Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a Pacific Loon, [...]
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
A Painted Bunting visited a yard in Cummaquid on the 28th. The Spotted Towhee continued at the Provincetown Airport this week. A continuing Prairie Warbler and [...]
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
The Cape’s second-ever record of Spotted Towhee was found at the Provincetown Airport on the 16th. A very rare Pine Grosbeak, two White-winged Crossbills and a late Prairie Warbler were also seen there this week. [...]
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
A Cave Swallow was on Morris Island in Chatham on the 24th. The Spotted Towhee, Western Tanager, Pine Grosbeak, and up to three Evening Grosbeaks all continued at various point [...]
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
A Summer Tanager was reported from Wellfleet on the 11th. Masses of Cory’s Shearwaters were in the bay this week, with many counts of hundreds from places like Barnstable Harbor, First Encounter in Eastham, Race Point, and Provincetown Harbor. [...]
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
A Western Tanager was discovered at a private home in Provincetown over the weekend. Birds from Race Point in Provincetown this week included a King Eider, a Harlequin Duck, 200 Black-bellied Plovers, [...]