January 8 – 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 this week, and a Black-throated blue Warbler visited a hummingbird feeder elsewhere in Provincetown.

An Ash-throated Flycatcher continues in East Falmouth this week, and a Northern Shrike and a Vesper Sparrow continue at nearby at Crane WMA.

Two Pacific Loons were at Race Point in Provincetown this week, along with a Harlequin Duck, 3 Dovekies, 6 Common Murres, a Glaucous Gull, and 13 Iceland Gulls.

Other sightings around the Cape included a female King Eider in the canal near the Sagamore Bridge, an Eastern Phoebe at Santuit Pond in Mashpee, a Red-headed Woodpecker in Bourne, single Black-headed Gulls in Cotuit and Chatham, 4 Long-billed Dowitchers in Centerville, a Short-eared Owl at Sandy Neck in Barnstable and another in Bourne, 4 Baltimore Orioles and a Rusty Blackbird in a yard in Cummaquid, a Redpoll in a Barnstable yard, single Orange-crowned Warblers in Barnstable, Brewster, and Wellfleet; a continuing Clay-colored Sparrow in Harwich, and a Canvasback in Eastham.

If you have questions about these sightings, or want to report a sighting, call the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at 508-349-2615 or send e-mail to cape.sightings@massaudubon.org.