Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings

A Swallow-tailed Kite was seen in Sandwich on Friday and Cotuit on Saturday. Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included at least 6 Pacific Loons, a Parasitic Jaeger, 12 Razorbills, 31 Common Murres, 2 Black-legged Kittiwakes, an Iceland Gull, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, [...]

A Swallow-tailed Kite was seen in Sandwich on the Monday the 6th. Sightings in Mashpee included a Hooded Warbler, 2 Blue-winged Teal, and 2 Lesser Scaup at Santuit Pond, and a Yellow-crowned Night Heron [...]

On Monday a Kentucky Warbler was reported from Mashpee and a Caspian Tern was seen in East Sandwich. Widespread new spring arrivals this week included Baltimore and Orchard Orioles, Gray Catbirds, Great-crested Flycatchers, House Wrens, and Yellow Warblers. Common and Roseate Terns [...]

The first Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were reported from at least 6 locations this week. A Prothonotary Warbler continued in West Barnstable and single White-eyed Vireos continued in several places this week. Two Little Blue Herons were at Mill Pond in Truro, [...]

Two different Swallow-tailed Kites passed Head of the Meadow in Truro on Monday. Prothonotary Warblers, Summer Tanagers, Scarlet Tanagers, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings, and White-eyed Vireos were among the other early overshoot migrants [...]

An early Summer Tanager visited a yard in Chatham on Friday, while a yard in Eastham has been hosting an early Indigo Bunting and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. A Black Brant was photographed in Sandwich this week. At least 3 Black-headed Gulls continue [...]

The young male King Eider continued among Common Eiders at the Scusset Beach end of the canal this week. The Western Kingbird overwintering in Eastham was reported again in neighborhoods north of Salt Pond visitor’s center. At least 3 Black-headed Gulls continue [...]

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, [...]