Wicked Local
Cape Cod Weekly Wildlife Sightings is sponsored by the Bird Watchers General Store in Orleans and Mass Audubon s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. The following sightings were reported between and December 15 and December 21, 2020.
Painted Buntings were visiting feeders in Eastham, Orleans, and Falmouth this week.
The Pink-footed Goose continues at Eldredge Field and Boland Pond in Orleans.
A Western Tanager continues to visit a feeder in Brewster while another was found near Nauset Beach in Orleans.
The Buzzard’s Bay Christmas Bird Count was held on Saturday with highlights including multiple Redheads, a Blue-headed Vireo, a Lincoln’s Sparrow, 2 Black Vultures, 2 Barred Owls, a Northern Shrike, and both Red and White-winged Crossbills.