Dear Birding Friends-- (You might already know this by now.) This morning Blair Nikula found an adult winter Black-tailed Gull at Herring Cove Beach. He got...
I saw a pied-billed grebe in the Marstons Mills Mill Pond this afternoon, along with American and Eurasian wigeons. A few surf scoters mixed in with 50 or more...
We saw two male Harlequin Ducks at Corporation Beach on Monday, morning. They were actively diving around the largest rock behind the right end of the jetty,...
Cape Cod Weekly Wildlife Sightings is sponsored by the Bird Watchers General Store in Orleans and Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. The...
We've had a striking male Ring-necked Pheasant, 10 bobwhites, and a Lincoln's Sparrow on and off under our feeders the last couple of days. Folks should stop...
Monday, November 10, 2008 Blair Nikula - “The Cape Cod Bay Seabird Trap” Cape Cod Bay has long been known as a trap for marine mammals and more recently...
Birders - The Broad-billed Hummingbird is still being seen in S. Dennis as of yesterday, between 11 and 11:30 AM. He seems to prefer the ivy-covered trees...
So I scored a pretty good house-sitting/winter rental gig overlooking the ocean in Wellfleet by Cahoon Hollow. This morning the fog cleared and I could see the...
A quick stop by Mill Pond in West Barnstable yielded the following sightings: Location: Mill Pond, W. Barnstable Observation date: 11/7/08 Number of...
Kathy Doyon, Keelin Miller, and I birded around the upper Cape beginning in the fog at Scusett Beach. The fog cleared up and we traveled through Sandwich to...
Today (11-8) Cynthia Krakowski and I birded the old Sea View Playland off Lower County Rd in Dennisport. Two species of interest observed include one...
I noticed today that about 150 Grtr. Scaup have returned to Salt Pond in Falmouth (adjacent to Surf Drive). A couple of Common Goldeyes and Bufflehead mixed in...
This may be considered off topic but I wanted to float an idea by the community that monitors this site for bird sightings. We don't have a Forum for such...
I think this is a great idea. I have lived on the Cape for 35 years but do not know sometimes where people are seeing birds that they mention. Posters of...
Cape Cod had a Cave Swallow as well today. I was out and about at South Cape Beach SP in the morning, but no Cave Swallows then, lots of Goldfinches passing by...
A singleCave Swallow appeared this morning at 7:30 and continued to be seen until about 8:45 at South Cape Beach State Park in Mashpee in the area of Flat...
Cape Cod Weekly Wildlife Sightings is sponsored by the Bird Watchers General Store in Orleans and Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. The...
We were beginning to worry. We've had a resident covey of quail at our feeder since we moved to the Cape four years ago but they've never been this late in...
A few recent sightings from the outer Cape that haven't seen the light of day yet: -Vern Laux had 2 Cave Swallows at Race Point on Tuesday 11/11 -A Snowy Owl...
A birding walk today around Dean's Pond, Popponessett, late morning. My best sighting was a yellow-rumped warbler on both sides of the pond. Also saw a robin,...
I had a Barn Swallow pass by the house in Wellfleet today, which made me wonder what other swallows might be around. Later in the afternoon I could see one...
A fellow birder forwarded this to me. I thought it would be of interest to other birders. Chronicle did a good story on Lyme disease last Friday. I encourage...
Cape Cod Weekly Wildlife Sightings is sponsored by the Bird Watchers General Store in Orleans and Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. The...
This morning I spotted a Baltimore Oriole in my yard. It visited one of the suet feeders and also fed on the ground under the suet feeder. It was very active....