Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings

Massachusetts’s first record of a Ferruginous Hawk was found at Morris Island in Chatham on Sunday. This is only the 5^th record of the species on the entire east coast. An Ash-throated Flycatcher was found [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

The Cape’s second-ever record of Spotted Towhee was found at the Provincetown Airport on the 16^th. A very rare Pine Grosbeak, two White-winged Crossbills and a late Prairie Warbler were also seen there this week. [...]

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 [...]

A Summer Tanager was reported from Wellfleet on the 11^th. 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. [...]

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, [...]

A Fork-tailed Flycatcher was seen and photographed in Chatham between October 16 and 20 but was not reported util it had been gone several days. This was the 7th Cape Cod record of this South American flycatcher. A Western Tanager was found [...]