Cape Cod Birding (1 Viewer)

I will be in Cape Cod for a week starting Sunday. I was wondering if anyone could give me suggestions of what are the best places to see birds on the Cape.

I am no expert but these two places should be good when you are there:

Monomoy Island NWR, Chatham. http://www.fws.gov/northeast/monomoy/

Wellfleet Bay, http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Wellfleet/index.php

South Beach in Chatham is a world-class birding site:

http://home.comcast.net/~odenews/SouthBeach.htm

Also, there is a birding guide (book) for Cape Cod in print:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/s...-1_blended_14874877_1&results-process=default

Good birding.

Glen

Thanks for the information. I will be going to Wellfleet Bay for sure and maybe some of the other places.

cnybirder said:

Thanks for the information. I will be going to Wellfleet Bay for sure and maybe some of the other places.

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There are plover colonies on Samson's Island (also known as Deadneck by locals) in Cotuit, which is further east--but not sure if they are around at this time of year. For a beautiful beach check out Cahoon Hollow beach which is around the wellfleet area (very high dunes!). It seems wherever I've gone there is always some sort of bird activity, although I rarely head to the Cape at this time of year.

Also, if you have a chance you may want to stop off at Crane's beach on Boston's North Shore (cape Ann area), near Gloucester and Essex. I was there last Sunday and saw flocks of snow buntings and horned larks in the parking lot. I also saw a birder with a big camera lens head off onto a trail.

Have fun!