Category Archives: Cape Cod Birding

Common Eider At Rock Harbor In Orleans On Cape Cod.

This Common Eider was putting on quite a show at Rock Harbor the other day. He was so funny! (Click on blog link for other photos.)

There are a lot of Eiders here on the Cape in the winter. You can see flocks of them flying by… they look like the black and white wind toys!

Have you seen any Common Eiders this season so far? Beautiful bird, don’t you think?

Red-Throated Loon At Coast Guard Beach On Cape Cod.

This Red-throated Loon was swimming around at Coast Guard Beach and diving deep for his food. I have never seen one before.He was there for quite a while.

This is a “Non-breeding Adult which is a small loon with a thin bill typically held horizontal. Non-breeding birds have more white on the neck and face than other loons.”

Beautiful bid, don’t you think?