Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings

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 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 [...]

A Gray Kingbird was seen at Fort Hill and later Nauset Light Beach in Eastham this week, representing just the second record for Cape Cod. Elsewhere in Eastham, a Painted Bunting was reported [...]

A Vermilion Flycatcher, just the 6th state record, was seen on the 8th at South Cape Beach in Mashpee but has not been relocated since. A Western Kingbird continued at Peterson Farm in Falmouth [...]

A Western Kingbird was found at Peterson Farm in Falmouth on Tuesday. A Common Gallinule continued at Mill Pond in Chatham this week. The long-staying Brown Pelican was last reported on the 2nd, [...]

A Common Gallinule was at Mill Pond in Chatham this week. Single Prothonotary Warblers, exceptionally rare in fall, were seen in Mashpee and South Monomoy this week. A Brown Pelican [...]

An unconfirmed Eurasian Kestrel was described from the dunes of Provincetown on Monday. A Brown Pelican continued various places around Wellfleet and Eastham this week, including Great Island [...]