Birds & Birding at Wellfleet Bay
Cape Cod Weekly Bird Sightings
Below are the most recent sightings from the last four weeks in the Cape Cod area.
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Recent Sightings
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
A female Tufted Duck continued in Harwich but had moved to Hinckley’s Pond in response to changing ice conditions. In Provincetown, the Spotted Towhee continued at the airport, a Sandhill Crane was photographed in the West End marshes, and a Thick-billed Murre has been drawing birders [...]
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
A female Tufted Duck was found on Long Pond in Harwich on Tuesday. The Spotted Towhee continued at the Provincetown Airport this week. Birds at Race Point in Provincetown this week included a Pacific Loon, 37 Razorbills, a Dovekie, 4 Common Murres, [...]
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The Ferruginous Hawk continued at Morris Island in Chatham, where other sightings included a Semipalmated Plover, 12 Black-bellied Plovers, 200 Dunlin, and 8 Northern Harriers. The Spotted Towhee continued at the Provincetown Airport this week. [...]
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Ferruginous Hawk continued at Morris Island in Chatham, where other sightings included 2 Piping Plovers, 2 Semipalmated Plovers, 58 Black-bellied Plovers, 60 Red Knots, 980 Dunlin, 3 Bald Eagles, and 4 Northern Harriers. The Spotted Towhee continued [...]
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The Ferruginous Hawk continued at Morris Island in Chatham, where other sightings included 5 Piping Plovers, 2 Semipalmated Plovers, 40 Red Knots, 350 Sanderlings, and 4 Northern Harriers. The Spotted Towhee continued at the Provincetown Airport this week and Northern Shrike [...]
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
The Ferruginous Hawk reappeared at Morris Island in Chatham, where other sightings included an American Goshawk, 6 Piping Plovers, 2 Semipalmated Plovers, 14 Black-bellied Plovers, 45 Red Knots, 4 Northern Harriers, and a Bald Eagle. The Spotted Towhee continued at the Provincetown Airport [...]
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
The Ferruginous Hawk at Morris Island in Chatham was last seen on the 2nd. Other sightings there included 6 Piping Plovers, 2 Semipalmated Plovers, 14 Black-bellied Plovers, 85 Red Knots, 4 Northern Harriers, and a Bald Eagle. The Spotted Towhee and a lingering Prairie Warbler continued at the Provincetown Airport [...]
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Massachusetts’s first record of a Ferruginous Hawk was found at Morris Island in Chatham on Sunday. This is only the 5th record of the species on the entire east coast. An Ash-throated Flycatcher was found [...]
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
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, [...]