Many thousands of seabirds have been crowded into southeastern Cape Cod Bay this week to feed on massive schools of Atlantic saury, including over 3000 Northern Gannets and at least 5000 gulls of various species, plus at least 1000 Cory’s Shearwaters and a few Parasitic and Pomarine Jaegers.

A Sedge Wren continued at Nauset Marsh in Eastham this week. Other species there included a Hudsonian Godwit, 84 Semipalmated Plovers, 500 Dunlin, an American Pipit, and 4 Pine Siskins.

Two Redheads have been on Scargo Lake in Dennis since last week.

At least 4 White-winged Crossbills continue near the gatehouse at Sandy Neck in Barnstable, with pairs reported from Rock Harbor in Orleans and also North Truro.

A survey of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge on the 28^th tallied 200 American Black Ducks, 1205 Black-bellied Plovers, 58 Semipalmated Plovers, 6 Piping Plovers, a Long-billed Dowitcher, 224 Red Knots, 820 Sanderlings, 2342 Dunlin, 3 Western Sandpipers, a White-rumped Sandpiper, and 20 Snow Buntings.

Birds seen at Race Point in Provincetown included a Pacific Loon, 3 American Golden-Plovers, 2 Purple Sandpipers, 7 Pomarine Jaegers, 86 Dovekies, 68 Razorbills, 400 Bonaparte’s Gulls, a Little Gull, an Iceland Gull, 3 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 3 Northern Fulmar, 800 Great Shearwaters, 3 Sooty Shearwaters, 11 Manx Shearwaters, and 5500 Northern Gannets. 

Other sightings around the Cape included a late possible Ruby-throated Hummingbird in Falmouth, a Short-eared Owl and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Sandy Neck in Barnstable, 3 Black Vultures over Barnstable, 12 Marbled Godwits and a Whimbrel continuing at Forest Beach in Chatham, a Black-and-white Warbler at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary, and 2 Short-billed Dowitchers at Fox Island in Wellfleet.

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

A Sedge Wren was discovered at Nauset Marsh in Eastham on the 25^th.

A Townsend’s Solitaire was found near the Provincetown Airport on the 27^th.

The immature Purple Gallinule in West Yarmouth was last seen on the 19^th.

Up to 4 White-winged Crossbills have been seen daily near the gatehouse at Sandy Neck in Barnstable and another was at Scusset Beach in Sandwich over the weekend.

A birding trip from Plymouth to Stellwagen Bank marine sanctuary on the 25^th produced an Atlantic Puffin, 9 Razorbills, 2 Pomarine Jaegers, an Iceland Gull, 63 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 4 Leach’s Storm-Petrels, 10 Northern Fulmars, and over 1000 Great Shearwaters.

Birds at First Encounter Beach in Eastham on the 22^nd included 3000 Surf and Black Scoters, a Purple Sandpiper, 2 Parasitic Jaegers, 4 Razorbills, 8 Dovekies, 15 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 4 Cory’s Shearwaters, 2 Great Shearwaters, 3 Manx Shearwaters, and 300 Northern Gannets.

Sightings from North Chatham included a late Piping Plover, 2 American Oystercatchers, 6 Red Knots, 12 Northern Pintails, and 1515 Common Eiders. 

A Rough-legged Hawk was seen at Race Point in Provincetown, where other birds included 2 Pacific Loons, 1000 Surf Scoters, 6900 White-winged Scoters, 900 Black Scoters, 4 American Golden-Plovers, 2 Pomarine Jaegers, 25 Razorbills, 5 Dovekies, a Little Gull, 200 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 325 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 11 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, an Iceland Gull, 47 Northern Fulmars, 500 Cory’s Shearwaters, 676 Great Shearwaters, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 6 Manx Shearwaters, 1500 Northern Gannets, a Merlin, 2500 Tree Swallows, 80 Pine Siskins, and a Lapland Longspur.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Snowy Egret in Mashpee, 2 Leach’s Storm-Petrels at Sandy Neck in Barnstable, 2 Redheads on Scargo Lake in Dennis, a late Spotted Sandpiper in West Harwich, 12 Marbled Godwits at Forest Beach in Chatham, 230 Red Knots on Morris Island in Chatham, a late possible Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Putnam Farm in Orleans, and 20 Pine Siskins and a few Rusty Blackbirds by Gull Pond in Wellfleet. 

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

The Crested Caracara continued at Duck Harbor in Wellfleet this week.

Late sightings of at least one Swallow-tailed Kite continued in Mashpee and Cotuit this week. 

Birds at Race Point/Hatches Harbor in Provincetown included an American Golden-Plover, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a remarkable 16 Stilt Sandpipers, a Pectoral Sandpiper, 7 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 Black Terns, an Arctic Tern, 250 Roseate Terns, 200 Common Terns, 27 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 6 Cory’s Shearwaters, 3 Great Shearwaters, 11 Manx Shearwaters, a Peregrine Falcon, and a Blue Grosbeak.

Birds in Nauset Marsh in Eastham included 11 American Oystercatchers, an American Golden-Plover, 300 Semipalmated Plovers, 19 Western Sandpipers, and 15 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.

At the south end of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, birds included 8 Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, a 22 Gadwall, 160 American Black Ducks, 3 Green-winged Teal, 8 Ruddy Ducks, 2 American Coot, 4 Pied-billed Grebes, an American Golden-Plover, 3 Red Knots, and 22 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.

Migrants along the Hering River in Wellfleet included a Sora, an Olive-sided Flycatcher, a White-eyed Vireo, a Philadelphia Vireo, and a Cape May Warbler.

Other sightings around the Cape included single Little Blue Herons in Barnstable and Harwich, a Leach’s Storm-Petrel off Chatham and 2 more in the bay off Barnstable, a Golden-winged Warbler at Fort Hill in Eastham, a Summer Tanager in Wellfleet, a White-throated Sparrow in North Truro, and 11 Red-necked Phalaropes and a Leach’s Storm-Petrel on Stellwagen Bank.

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

The Crested Caracara was rediscovered at Duck Harbor in Wellfleet on Sunday and last seen on Monday.

Sightings of up to 3 Swallow-tailed Kites continued in Mashpee and Cotuit this week. 

Birds at Race Point/Hatches Harbor in Provincetown included a Sabine’s Gull, a Little Gull, 7 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 425 Roseate Terns, 23 Black Terns, a Pomarine Jaeger, 4 Parasitic Jaegers, 70 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 15 Cory’s Shearwaters, 3 Great Shearwaters, 10 Manx Shearwaters, a Great Cormorant, and a Red-necked Grebe.

Birds in Nauset Marsh in Eastham included an American Golden-Plover, a Wilson’s Phalarope, a Baird’s Sandpiper, 400 Semipalmated Plovers, 10 Western Sandpipers, a Pectoral Sandpiper, 12 Hudsonian Whimbrels, 40 White-rumped Sandpipers, 120 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 3 Glossy Ibis, 67 Snowy Egrets, 34 Great Egrets, a Northern Waterthrush, and a Dickcissel.

Birds at Bell’s Neck Conservation Area in West Harwich included a continuing and cooperative Clapper Rail, a Tricolored Heron, a Little Blue Heron, 5 Green Herons, and a Marsh Wren.

Migrants noted at Sandy Neck in Barnstable on the 6^th included 800 Black-bellied Plovers, 1500 Semipalmated Plovers, 200 Sanderlings, a Western Sandpiper, 250 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 30 Forster’s Terns, 50 Roseate Terns, a Pied-billed Grebe, 25 Snowy Egrets, 30 Great Egrets, 15 Great Blue Herons, and 9 Eastern Phoebes. 

Other sightings around the Cape included a Little Blue Heron at Long Pasture sanctuary in Cummaquid, a Long-tailed Jaeger and a Black Tern at First Encounter Beach in Eastham, and an Iceland Gull and a Black Guillemot in North Truro.

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

The famously friendly Bridled Tern summering in Scituate once again visited the Cape, this time interacting with a woman and her dog at Seagull Beach in Yarmouth on the 13^th.

At least 3 Swallow-tailed Kites continued along Rt 28 in Cotuit and nearby areas.

Birds tallied at Nauset Inlet in Orleans/Eastham included 4415 Semipalmated Plovers, 21 Piping Plovers, 40 Short-billed Dowitchers, 7 White-rumped Sandpipers, 1130 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 115 Least Terns, 4 Forster’s Terns, and 12 Roseate Terns.

A survey of a remote part of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge turned up 20 American Oystercatchers, 1015 Black-bellied Plovers, 1665 Semipalmated Plovers, a Hudsonian Whimbrel, 2 Hudsonian Godwits, 4 Marbled Godwits, 1695 Short-billed Dowitchers, 159 Ruddy Turnstones, 359 Red Knots, 2755 Sanderlings, a Baird’s Sandpiper, 9 White-rumped Sandpiper, 3230 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 200 Common Terns, and 300 Roseate Terns.

Other sightings around the Cape included the continuing Harlequin Duck in East Falmouth, a Blue Grosbeak and a Dickcissel at Crane WMA in Falmouth, another Dickcissel Harwich, a Tricolored Heron and a Little Blue Heron at Bell’s Neck conservation area in West Harwich, a Stilt Sandpiper in North Chatham, and 3 Black Vultures 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

At least 3 Swallow-tailed Kites continued along rt 28 in Cotuit and nearby areas, and a Mississippi Kite was photographed in Falmouth.

Birds at Race Point this week included an American Golden-Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 10 Red-necked Phalarope, a Black Tern, 2 Arctic Terns, 750 Roseate Terns, 400 Common Terns, 130 Least Terns, 40 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, and small numbers of Great, Cory’s, Sooty, and Manx Shearwaters. 

Birds tallied at the Chatham end of Nauset Beach included 185 Black-bellied Plovers, 390 Semipalmated Plovers, 670 Short-billed Dowitchers, a Long-billed Dowitcher, 11 Lesser Yellowlegs, 12 Red Knots, 205 Sanderlings, 490 Semipalmated Sandpipers, and 25 Roseate Terns.

A survey of the south end of Monomoy NWR turned up 10 Ruddy Ducks, 2 American Coot, 6 American Oystercatchers, 275 Semipalmated Plovers, 10 Piping Plovers, 500 Short-billed Dowitchers, 2 Long-billed Dowitchers, a Stilt Sandpiper, a Black Skimmer, 5 Forster’s Terns, and a Black Tern.

Birds at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary included a Marbled Godwit, 16 Whimbrels, 2 Yellow-crowed Night-Herons, 3 Little Blue Herons, and an American Golden Plover.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Dickcissel at Crane WMA in Falmouth plus another in Mashpee, 2 Marbled Godwits at Forest Beach in Chatham, at least one Chuck-will’s-Widow continuing at Nauset Light Beach in Eastham, a Stilt Sandpiper at Duck Harbor in Wellfleet, and an American Golden-Plover in Provincetown Harbor.

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

At least 2 Swallow-tailed Kites continued along rt 28 in Cotuit and nearby areas.

The oddly friendly Bridled Tern that tried to land on the back of a birder at Race Point last Sunday was next seen on Nantucket, then Martha’s Vineyard, where it perched on a yellow lab. It was last seen on someone’s deck railing in Duxbury on the 1st.

Birds at Race Point this week included an Atlantic Puffin, a Leach’s Storm-Petrel, a Black Guillemot, and an Iceland Gull.

Birds seen during shorebird surveys at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge on the 31^st included 11 American Oystercatchers, 350 Semipalmated Plovers, 1207 Short-billed Dowitchers, 61 Willets, 136 Ruddy Turnstones, 4 Stilt Sandpipers, 2400 Sanderlings, 4 Western Sandpipers, 5180 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 1200 Laughing Gulls, and 1000 Common Terns.

Other sightings around the Cape included 2 Blue Grosbeaks at Crane WMA in Falmouth, 5 Bobolinks in Mashpee, 3 Black Vultures in Bourne, 2 Little Blue Herons and a Marbled Godwit at Forest Beach in Chatham, a Little Blue Heron in Harwich, a Merlin in Orleans, at least one Chuck-will’s-Widow continuing at Nauset Light Beach in Eastham, 4 Western Sandpipers and 4 Long-billed Dowitchers in Nauset Marsh in Eastham, a Dickcissel at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary, 2 Least Bitterns in North Truro, 2 American Golden-Plovers and a Western Sandpiper at First Landing Park in Provincetown, and a Caspian Tern on Stellwagen Bank.

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

Single Mississippi Kites were seen in Sandwich and Mashpee on the 21^st and another was seen in Sandwich on the 16^th.

At least 2 Gull-billed Terns were seen in Provincetown and another was at Forest Beach in Chatham. 

Adult, likely breeding Yellow-crowned Night Herons seem to be around in unprecedented numbers, with 6 in West Barnstable, 3 in Yarmouth, up to 4 in Harwich, and 3 at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary. 

Sightings from Race Point in Provincetown this week included 2 Blue-winged Teal, 2 Black Guillemots, a Common Murre, a Little Gull, and at least seven species of terns including the Gull-billed, plus a Royal, 2 Black, 2 Arctic, and 10 Roseate.

At least two Chuck-will’s-widows continued at Nauset Light Beach in Eastham, and other sightings around the Cape included 2 Blue Grosbeaks and 15 Grasshopper Sparrows at Crane WMA in Falmouth, a Harlequin Duck in Mashpee, an Alder Flycatcher at Wing Island in Brewster, a late lingering Dark-eyed Junco elsewhere in Brewster, a Little Blue Heron and an American Bittern in West Harwich, 

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

A Hooded Warbler and an Acadian Flycatcher were found in the Long Pond woodlands of Brewster this week.

A Western Kingbird was at Santuit Pond in Mashpee on the 3^rd.

A Kentucky Warbler visited a yard in Barnstable on the 8^th.

Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown this week included a Pacific Loon, a Thick-billed Murre, a Northern Fulmar, a Little Gull, 58 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 2 Black-headed Gulls, 2 Caspian Terns, 4 Arctic Terns, 2 Forster’s Terns, 5 Sooty Shearwaters, 20 Manx Shearwaters, a Merlin, and a Cliff Swallow.

Bird surveys on Monomoy NWR tallied 2 Northern Pintail, 5 American Oystercatchers, 35 Willets, 400 Ruddy Turnstones, and 39 Red Knots. 

Three Chuck-will’s-widows continued at Nauset Light Beach in Eastham, and other sightings around the Cape included 3 Blue Grosbeaks at Crane WMA in Falmouth, a Red Crossbill in Bourne, a Harlequin Duck and a Veery in Mashpee, a Swallow-tailed Kite in Barnstable and 3 Mississippi Kites in Mashpee, a Black Vulture in Barnstable, 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Herons in West Barnstable, 3 Little Blue Heron in West Dennis, a Gadwall in Harwich, a Razorbill and 2 Sooty Shearwaters in Cape Cod Bay off Orleans, and a Blue-headed Vireo in North Truro.

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

Up to two White Ibis and two White-faced Ibises continued this week in Chatham.

An incredible variety of storm driven birds were turned up during and after Saturday’s storm, including a Ruff at Race Point in Provincetown. Other sightings at Race Point included a Red Phalarope, a South Polar Skua, 2 Parasitic Jaegers, a Long-tailed Jaeger, a Thick-billed Murre, 5 Common Murres, a Little Gull, 2 Iceland Gulls, 40 Arctic Terns, a Pacific Loon, 15 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 3 Leach’s Storm-Petrels, a Northern Fulmar, 15 Great Shearwaters, 32 Sooty Shearwaters, 19 Manx Shearwaters, 500 Northern Gannets, and a Merlin.

Post-storm birds at First Encounter Beach in Eastham on Sunday included a Red Phalarope, 30 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 2 Sabine’s Gulls, 25 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 15 Leach’s Storm-Petrels, 2 Great Shearwaters, 5 Sooty Shearwaters, 3 Manx Shearwaters, and 550 Northern Gannets.

An amazing number of migrants tallied at the Provincetown airport one morning this week included 2 Black-billed Cuckoos, 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoos, 38 Chimney Swifts, 52 Common Loons, 53 Eastern Kingbirds, 292 Blue Jays, a state record 5795 Cedar Waxwings, 110 Bobolinks, 2 Northern Waterthrush, a Tennessee Warbler, 7 Magnolia Warblers, 9 Blackburnian Warblers, a Chestnut-sided Warbler, 54 Blackpoll Warblers, and 2 Indigo Buntings.

Bird surveys on Monomoy NWR on the 27^th tallied a Northern Pintail, a Long-tailed Duck, 5 American Oystercatchers, 125 Black-bellied Plovers, 400 Ruddy Turnstones, 2 Red Knots, 300 Dunlin, 250 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 2Black Skimmers, 2500 Common Terns, 34 Glossy Ibis, and 90 Black-crowned Night-Herons.

Three Chuck-will’s-widows continued at Nauset Light Beach in Eastham, and other sightings around the Cape included a Sandhill Crane at Crane WMA in Falmouth, a Lesser Scaup and a Harlequin Duck Mashpee, a Swallow-tailed Kite at Santuit Pond in Mashpee, a Black Vulture in Barnstable, a Tricolored Heron in Orleans, an Acadian Flycatcher in Brewster, an American Golden-Plover and 2 Pectoral Sandpipers in Eastham, 300 Dunlin, a White-throated Sparrow and an Olive-sided Flycatcher in Truro, and a Summer Tanager at Beech Forest in Provincetown.

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