This afternoon, amongst a flock of a dozen or so grackles at our feeder, we had one adult male rusty blackbird. New yard bird for us. Peter Crosson ...
For those with an interest, photos posted from Saturday morning. Species includes: Tufted Titmouse Piping Plover Black-bellied Plover Chipping Sparrow Eastern...
Hi all,this morning I spent a couple of hours birding Ryder conservation area looking for early migrants. The highlight was an immature bald eagle that flew...
Good evening- This morning I made an increasingly rare solo birding trip to Breivogel Ponds in Falmouth. FOY Chipping Sparrows, Field Sparrows, and Northern ...
CCbirders, Had my FOY Ruby-throated hummingbird today in Sandwich, MA. Looked back to last year in eBird and they arrived in my yard the same day last year. ...
Bird hit our kitchen window and was stunned--in my hand for a time before flying--sat in nearby tree for at least twenty minutes before flying off in apparent...
While bicycling to work yesterday (7:15) along Prince Ave in Marston Mills I saw a pair of Great Egrets feeding. They were about a mile from the lights on 28,...
At South Cape Beach in Mashpee there was 1 GLOSSY IBIS feeding near a group of Snowy Egrets. I watched it for quite some time before it flew off heading east. ...
The floodgates are about to burst with all the migrants and it's not even May 1st yet!........well so much for the trickle of early April..........Biking this...
Good morning- Armed with binoculars, and with nearly no wind and plenty of sunshine (unlike yesterday evening), I was prepared to scour the coastlines of ...
Tonight I stood on the bow of the 6:15 ferry from Vineyard Haven to Woods Hole, keeping my eyes peeled for the peripatetic frigatebird. I did not see one,...
I thought this would be of interest! Mary Keleher, Mashpee, MA I received the following from Vern Laux. Although this is not a "chasable" bird it is certainly...
Ashley and I made a quick check on the Purple Martin colony at Willowbend in Mashpee late this afternoon and spotted 2 adult males and 1 adult female. There...
Checked out the west side of Mashpee River Woodlands trail yesterday AM and we saw a Red-shouldered Hawk, 3 different warblers in a single Red Maple and a few...
I heard the unmistakable screams of a barn owl at 2:30am Sunday morning. It was in my back yard but I was unable to get outside fast enough to see it. Most of...
Hi all, I had my first Palm warbler of the spring today at Horse pond in Yarmouth. Also seen were 12 pine warblers, a brown creeper, and a dozing raccoon in a...
I checked one of my Purple Martin sites in Mashpee late this afternoon and spotted a lone adult male soaring high over the area. I've been checking both sites...
Vern will speak Friday, April 20th at 7:30 pm at Falmouth High School. The talk is titled "Birds of the Cape and Beyond", but the bird stories could be from...
Although I heard/saw 34 species, nothing unusual - only the FOY(first of year) I really dislike birding jargon - six Barn Swallows and two FOY Laughing Gulls....
As I made a net run today I was surprised to see two juvenile peregrines putting on quite a show on the northern end of Wing Island in Brewster where the...
As Joan Walsh mentioned in her talk to the Cape Cod Bird Club last night, Common Ravens are now nesting on Cape Cod. There have been increased sightings...
Just pulled in to Rock Harbor in Orleans to see a group of about 20 Brant geese. Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless ... From: capecodbirds@yahoogroups.com ...