A Townsend’s Warbler was banded at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary on the 16^th.

A Common Gallinule was found at Mill Pond in Falmouth on the 19th.

Two Sandhill Cranes and a Eurasian Wigeon were seen at South Monomoy this week, where other sightings included 16 Northern Pintail, 13,500 White-winged Scoters, 900 Surf Scoters, 600 Black Scoters, and a Long-billed Dowitcher.

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included 2 Sandhill Cranes, a Purple Sandpiper, 6 Razorbills, a Little Gull, a Black Guillemot, 2 Red-necked Grebes, 700 Cory’s Shearwaters, 60 Great Shearwaters, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 8 Manx Shearwaters, 1800 Northern Gannets, 2 Merlins, and 7 American Pipits.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Leach’s Storm-Petrel in Sandwich, a Black-billed Cuckoo at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary and another elsewhere in Wellfleet, and a Rusty Blackbird, 3 Orange-crowned Warblers and 2 Dickcissels at Pochet Island in Orleans  

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 Bell’s Vireo was banded at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge last week.

A Common Gallinule was at Santuit Pond in Mashpee as recently as the 4th. Other birds at Santuit included a Blue-winged Teal, a Northern Pintail, 3 Red-shouldered Hawks, a Winter Wren, and a Chestnut-sided Warbler.

A Summer Tanager was at Fort Hill in Eastham on the 3rd.

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Sabine’s Gull, 5 White-rumped Sandpipers, 4 Parasitic Jaegers, 2 Pomarine Jaegers, 3 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 250 Cory’s Shearwaters, 500 Great Shearwaters, 230 Manx Shearwaters, a Merlin, a Peregrine Falcon, 2 Northern Harriers, 12 American Pipits, a Clay-colored Sparrow, a White-crowned Sparrow, and a Dickcissel.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Black Vulture in Bourne, a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in West Barnstable, an American Coot at Monomoy NWR, a Mourning Warbler banded at Wing Island in Brewster, 2 Caspian Terns in Wellfleet Harbor, a Little Blue Heron at Duck Harbor in Wellfleet, and an Audubon’s Yellow-rumped Warbler at High Head 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

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 3 American Golden-Plovers, an American Bittern, a Black Guillemot, 5 White-rumped Sandpipers, 11 Parasitic Jaegers, 3 Black Skimmers, 48 Cory’s Shearwaters, 12 Great Shearwaters, 11 Manx Shearwaters, and a Dickcissel.

Landbird migrants elsewhere in Provincetown included a Lark Sparrow, 2 Clay-colored Sparrows, and a Connecticut Warbler at the airport and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 2 Solitary Sandpipers, 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 18 Blue-headed Vireos, 2 Warbling Vireos, 23 White-throated Sparrows, 12 Eastern Towhees, 4 Baltimore Orioles, 4 Nashville Warblers, 17 American Redstarts, 5 Black-throated Blue Warblers, and 11 Black-throated Green Warblers at the Beech Forest.

Reports from High Head in North Truro included a Pectoral Sandpiper, an American-Golden Plover, a Philadelphia Vireo, a Yellow-throated Vireo, and a Connecticut Warbler.

Sightings at Chapin Beach in Dennis included 5 Black Skimmers, 375 Black-bellied Plovers, 42 Red Knots, 700 Sanderlings, and 150 Forster’s Terns.

Other sightings around the Cape included a late Least Tern at Sandy Neck in Barnstable, a Black Vulture in West Barnstable, and 2 Caspian Terns in Wellfleet 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

A Yellow-headed Blackbird was seen in Truro on Sunday, and a Eurasian Whimbrel was seen on private property in West Dennis last week.

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a Scopoli’s Shearwater, a Black Guillemot, 2 Caspian Terns, a late Least Tern, 3400 Common Terns, a Sabine’s Gull, 29 Parasitic Jaegers, 200 Cory’s Shearwaters, 68 Great Shearwaters, a Sooty Shearwater, and 130 Manx Shearwaters.

Sightings offshore on Stellwagen Bank this week included a Northern Fulmar, a Leach’s Storm-Petrel, 3 Pomarine Jaegers, and an American Pipit.

Birds on South Monomoy island in Chatham included 15 Blue-winged Teal, 14 Green-winged Teal, a Lesser Scaup, a Ruddy Duck, an American Coot, and 2 Pied-billed Grebes.

Sightings from Sandy Neck beach in Barnstable on Monday included 225 Black-bellied Plovers, 350 Semipalmated Plovers, 5 Piping Plovers, 16 Red Knots, 325 Sanderlings, 55 Dunlin, 150 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 7 Least Terns, 35 Forster’s Terns, 15 Roseate Terns, and 5000 Tree Swallows.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Hooded Warbler and a Connecticut Warbler in Mashpee, a Glossy Ibis in Hyannis, an American Goshawk at Sandy Neck in Barnstable, an Alder Flycatcher and a Connecticut Warbler at Wings Island in Brewster, and a White-crowned Sparrow in Orleans. 

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 Mississippi Kite was seen in Sandwich this week.

Two Stilt Sandpipers, an Arctic Tern, and an Atlantic Puffin were seen at Race Point in Provincetown.

Birds at Forest Beach in Chatham included a Marbled Godwit, a Stilt Sandpiper, 3 Black Skimmers, and a Peregrine Falcon.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Black Vulture in Bourne, a Little Blue Heron in West Dennis, and 2 Northern Pintail in Chatham. 

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 three Swallow-tailed Kites continue to be seen near Santuit Pond in Mashpee and around Cotuit where there were multiple sightings of up to three again this week.

Three Mississippi Kites were back in the Centerville neighborhood where they had been feeding on cicadas for a few weeks, and a single bird was at Santuit Pond in Mashpee.

Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included an American Golden-Plover, a South Polar Skua, a Sandwich Tern, a Royal Tern, a Glaucous Gull, 2 Little Gulls, 2 Black Guillemots, 2 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 7 Cory’s Shearwaters, 2 Great Shearwaters, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 7 Manx Shearwaters, a Tricolored Heron, and 9 Horned Larks.

Other sightings around the Cape included 2 Worm-eating Warblers in Falmouth, 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Herons in West Barnstable and singles in Chatham and Eastham, a Black Vulture in West Barnstable,  2 Black Skimmers and 9 American Oystercatchers at Forest Beach in Chatham, a Northern Pintail and 15 Glossy Ibis at Monomoy NWR in Chatham, a Glaucous Gull in Orleans, two Chuck-Will’s-widows in Eastham, and 2 Black-billed Cuckoos at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary.

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

Amazingly, a White Ibis was found eating cicadas around the parking lot of Mashpee High School on the 20^th, representing just the second-ever June record for New England.

A rare Say’s Phoebe from the western US was photographed at Bourne Farm in Falmouth, one of just a handful of June/July records for northeastern North America. 

A White-winged Dove was briefly seen and heard near Wellfleet Harbor on Sunday.

Single Swallow-tailed Kites continue to be seen near Santuit Pond in Mashpee and also increasingly in Cotuit where there were multiple sightings of up to two this week.

Birds at Crane Wildlife Management Area in Falmouth included an American Kestrel, a Bald Eagle, 4 Blue Grosbeaks, a Yellow-breasted Chat, 6 Eastern Meadowlarks, 26 Grasshopper Sparrows, and 6 Prairie Warblers.

Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a Mississippi Kite, 2 Arctic Terns, 2 Black Terns, 2 Little Gulls, a Glaucous Gull, 7 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and 3 Manx Shearwaters.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Cliff Swallow and 3 Worm-eating Warblers in Falmouth, the lingering Ring-necked Duck in Mashpee, 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Herons in West Barnstable and Falmouth, 4 Gadwall in Hyannis, the continuing Chuck-Will’s-widow in Eastham, 2 Forster’s Terns at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary and another in Centerville, and a Green-winged Teal at the 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

An incredible five Swallow-tailed Kites were seen flying and roosting together near Santuit Pond in Mashpee on Memorial Day, with multiple sightings of birds carrying nesting material over the last several days.

A spring Nor’easter brought some nice seabirds within view of bay side beaches late last week, with  Race Point in Provincetown sightings including 64 Red Phalaropes, 28 Red-necked Phalaropes, 14 Parasitic Jaegers, 4 Pomarine Jaegers, 5 Common Murres, a Little Gull, 7 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 20 Bonaparte’s Gulls, a Black Tern, 325 Arctic Terns, 1800 Common Terns, 7 Roseate Terns, a Pacific Loon, 9 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 84 Leach’s Storm-Petrels, 54 Sooty Shearwaters, 17 Manx Shearwaters, and 1600 Northern Gannets. Four Caspian Terns passed the point on the 26^th.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Falmouth, three Blue Grosbeaks at Crane WMA in Falmouth plus 4 Worm-eating Warblers elsewhere in Falmouth, a Royal Tern in Sandwich, a Black-headed Gull in Mashpee, a Yellow-throated Vireo in Centerville, 2 Black Vultures in Barnstable, a Gray-cheeked Thrush in West Barnstable, a Chuck-will’s-widow in Eastham, single Common Nighthawks in Truro and Falmouth, and a Hooded Warbler in a yard 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

Two Swallow-tailed Kites and a Mississippi Kite were seen near Santuit Pond in Mashpee this week, where other sightings included a continuing Ring-necked Duck and Tricolored Heron, and two White-eyed Vireos.
A Mississippi Kite was also reported in Brewster on Sunday the 11th.
Birds at Race Point in Provincetown this week included a Little Gull, 300 Red-breasted Mergansers, a Parasitic Jaeger, 45 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, an Iceland Gull, 820 Common Terns, 8 Roseate Terns, a Manx Shearwater, and 250 Northern Gannets.
Other sightings around the Cape included a Blue Grosbeak at Crane WMA in Falmouth plus 2 Worm-eating Warblers elsewhere in Falmouth, 2 Northern Shovelers in Mashpee, a Black-headed Gull at Gray’s Beach in Yarmouth, an American Wigeon in Chatham, a Little Blue Heron at Cold Brook Preserve in Harwich, a Wilson’s Storm-Petrel off Eastham, a Tricolored Heron at Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary, and a Northern Shoveler and a Blue-winged Teal at High Head 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

A Swallow-tailed Kite was seen near Santuit Pond in Mashpee on the 25th and 28th, and maybe the same one was also seen from West Barnstable on the 28th. This area of the Cape has had annual spring and summer resident Swallow-tailed Kites for several years, so expect more sightings.
Continuing rarities included the Black-necked Stilt in North Chatham, and the Pacific Loon on Great Pond in Eastham.
Birds at Race Point in Provincetown this week included a Pacific Loon, 50 unidentified phalaropes, a Parasitic Jaeger, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 5 Iceland Gulls, 2 Common Terns, 2 American Kestrels, a Merlin, and 17 Broad-winged Hawks.
At Bell’s Neck conservation area in West Harwich sightings included 2 Little Blue Herons, 6 Least Sandpiper, a Pectoral Sandpiper, 79 Greater Yellowlegs, 12 Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Glossy Ibis, 64 Snowy Egrets, and 19 Great Egrets.
A Black-headed Gull was in Osterville and other sightings around the Cape included 4 late American Tree Sparrows in Falmouth, an early Least Tern in Mashpee, a Yellow-crowned Night-Herons in West Barnstable, a Black Guillemot in Harwich, a continuing Orange-crowned Warbler in a yard in Brewster, an American Golden-Plover at Nauset Beach, an Orchard Oriole in Eastham, a Barrow’s Goldeneye in Wellfleet Harbor, a Red Crossbill in North Truro, and a Black Vulture 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