Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings
Below are the most recent sightings from the last four weeks in the Cape Cod area.
If you want to report a sighting, or have questions about these sightings, call Wellfleet Bay at 508-349-2615 or send an email.
The Cape Cod Natural History Hotline is sponsored by the Bird Watcher's General Store in Orleans and Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Recent Sightings
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
A likely Rufous or Allen’s Hummingbird continued in a yard in Wellfleet on the 5th. Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown this week included a King Eider, 2 Harlequin Ducks, 1575 Long-tailed Ducks, 1719 Red-breasted Mergansers, [...]
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
A Western Kingbird was seen in Provincetown on the 1st. An unidentified hummingbird turned up in a yard in Wellfleet on the 5th. A Rough-legged Hawk was at High Head in North Truro this week. Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown this week included 550 Long-tailed Ducks, [...]
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
A Painted Bunting showed up at a private feeder in South Chatham on Tuesday. Rough-legged Hawks were seen in Orleans and Dennis this week. Two Little Gulls were seen at Corporation Beach in Dennis. A nice Thanksgiving morning seabird flight [...]
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Sightings at Fort Hill in Eastham included a possible Western Tanager, 20 Eastern Bluebirds, 50 Cedar Waxwings, 5 Winter Wrens, 3 Fox Sparrows, 4 Yellow-breasted Chats, [...]
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
A Lark Bunting was banded at Wing Island banding station in Brewster on Monday, apparently just the fifth record of this western US species on the Cape and Islands in the last 40 years. A late Northern Parula [...]
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
A Swainson’s Hawk was photographed by Beech Forest in Provincetown over the weekend. A Yellow-headed Blackbird and a Lark Sparrow continued at the Old North Cemetery in Truro, in more recent days the blackbird was resighted [...]
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
An Ash-throated Flycatcher was found at High Head in North Truro this weekend, and a Yellow-headed Blackbird and a Lark Sparrow were found nearby at the Old North Cemetery in Truro. Other Lark Sparrows were found at Cape Cod Organic Farm [...]
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
The Rufous Hummingbird found last week at a community garden in Orleans has continued sporadically as recently as Monday, and a late Ruby-throated Hummingbird continues in Chatham. An immature Purple Gallinule was found walking in a residential neighborhood [...]
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
A Rufous Hummingbird was found at a community garden in Orleans on Tuesday, and late Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were seen in Falmouth, Sandwich, and Chatham this week. A Western Tanager was seen at Long Pasture [...]