The Indigo Bunting is a brilliant blue overall with scattered dark markings on its wings and tail.  This is one of the most cheerful songbirds in Nort [...]

The Eastern Wood-Pewee is commonly found in a variety of woodlands in Falmouth.  This flycatching songbird is often perched upright on a exposed branc [...]

Grasshopper Sparrows are known to be quite shy and secretive.  They are named for their insect like song which is a high, thin buzzing type sound.  Th [...]

The Northern Rough-winged Swallow is a small migratory bird that returns to Cape Cod in April and begins nest building in May.  They tend to be most a [...]

This large and colorful sparrow usually stays very close to the ground.  They forage in the ground cover for insects and seeds. Towhees are typically [...]

Prairie Warblers are frequently found singing loudly from elevated perches.  They make their breeding home in shrubby, second growth habitats such as [...]