Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings

A young male King Eider was found among the Common Eiders at the Scusset Beach end of the canal this week. The Bohemian Waxwing continued sporadically in Yarmouth Port this week, mostly keeping company with Cedar Waxwings and the Townsend’s Solitaire continued at High Head in North Truro. [...]

The first Ospreys, Piping Plovers, and American Oystercatchers were reported this week, a few days ahead of schedule. The Bohemian Waxwing continued sporadically in Yarmouth Port this week, mostly keeping company with Cedar Waxwings. A Townsend’s Solitaire continued at High Head in North Truro, [...]

A Bohemian Waxwing continued sporadically in Yarmouth Port this week, mostly keeping company with Cedar Waxwings. A Townsend’s Solitaire continued at High Head in North Truro this week, and the Lark Sparrow continued at the Salt Pond visitor’s center in Eastham. Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a Pacific Loon, [...]

A Townsend’s Solitaire continued at High Head in North Truro this week. A Painted Bunting was reported from a yard in Dennis on Sunday. The Western Kingbird and Lark Sparrow continued at the Salt Pond visitor’s center [...]

A Townsend’s Solitaire was photographed at High Head in North Truro this past weekend. A Tufted Duck has been among the hundreds of Greater and Lesser Scaup at Long Pond in Harwich this week. The Western Kingbird and Lark Sparrow continued [...]

The Western Kingbird and Lark Sparrow continued at the Salt Pond visitor’s center in Eastham this week along with an Eastern Phoebe, and the Western Grebe also continued on Mashpee Pond. Birds at Great Island in Wellfleet included an overwintering American Oystercatcher, [...]

The Western Kingbird and Lark Sparrow continued at the Salt Pond visitor’s center in Eastham this week along with an Eastern Phoebe. The Western Grebe also continues on Mashpee Pond. One of the Western Tanagers wintering at the Sandwich [...]

A Greater White-fronted Goose was at the head of Muddy Creek in Chatham on Monday. The Western Kingbird and Lark Sparrow continued at the Salt Pond visitor’s center in Eastham this week. Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included 3 Pacific Loons, [...]

A Golden-crowned Sparrow was discovered in a private yard in Chatham this week, representing just the second Cape record of this west coast species and the first since 1980. The Western Grebe continued at Mashpee-Wakeby Pond this week. Despite the freezing weather, two Rufous Hummingbirds [...]