A Pileated Woodpecker was discovered in Ryder Conservation Land and in adjacent Lowell-Holly Reservation in South Sandwich and Mashpee on Sunday, continuing into at least Monday.

A Swallow-tailed Kite was reported over Mashpee on the 26^th and 27th.

Reports from Race Point in Provincetown include 2 Pacific Loons, 1000 Red-breasted Mergansers, an American Oystercatcher, a King Eider, 3 Razorbills, 2 Black Guillemots, a Black-headed Gull, a Glaucous Gull, 700 Laughing Gulls, 19 Iceland Gulls, 90 Common Loons, 4 Manx Shearwaters, an American Kestrel, a Merlin, 

Early migrants this week included Yellow Warblers and Ovenbirds various places, a Prairie Warbler at the Beech Forest in Provincetown, and a Common Yellowthroat in Harwich.

Shorebirds at Monomoy NWR in Chatham included 6 American Oystercatchers, 300 Black-bellied Plovers, 16 Red Knots, and 1000 Dunlin. 

Other sightings around the Cape included 16 Willets in Bourne, 3 Roseate Terns and 30 Common Terns in Falmouth, a Grasshopper Sparrow at Crane WMA in Falmouth, a Worm-eating Warbler at Sandy Neck in Barnstable, a Black Vulture in Hyannis plus another in Harwich, and a hybrid Gadwall x American Wigeon 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

Two Swallow-tailed Kites were reported over Mashpee on the 10th.

A Clay-colored Sparrow is still visiting a yard in Brewster.

Continuing surveys from a ship travelling the waters around the Cape produced a Thick-billed Murre, 2 Common Murres, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, and a Glaucous Gull this week.

At the Beech Forest in Provincetown migrants included 2 Green-winged Teal, a Common Goldeneye, a Virginia Rail, a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Barn Swallows, 3 Rusty Blackbirds, 2 Purple Finches, 30 Yellow-rumped Warblers, and 2 Palm Warblers.

Reports from Race Point in Provincetown include a Pacific Loon, 2 American Oystercatchers, 9 Piping Plovers, 177 Razorbills, a Common Murre, 2 Black Guillemots, a Glaucous Gull, 19 Iceland Gulls, 425 Red-throated Loons, and a Black Vulture.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Black Vulture in Bourne, the first Purple Martins in Mashpee and Wellfleet, a continuing Brown Thrasher in Brewster, an Orange-crowned Warbler in Harwich, and an American Wigeon 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

The King Eider continues in Sandwich Marina and surrounding areas.

A flock of up to 7 Black Vultures was seen various places on the Cape between Sandwich and Dennis on Sunday.

A Clay-colored Sparrow is visiting a yard in Brewster.

A Little Blue Heron continued in Chatham this week.

A Glossy Ibis and a Northern Shrike were at Crane Wildlife Management Area in Falmouth.

Sightings at Bell’s Neck Conservation Area in Harwich included a Lesser Yellowlegs, 11 Greater Yellowlegs, 19 Double-crested Cormorants, 3 Great Egrets, 16 Black-crowned Night-Herons, and 11 Osprey.

Reports from Race Point in Provincetown include 2 Pacific Loons, 7 Piping Plovers, a Black Guillemot, 1300 Razorbills, a Common Murre, 68 Iceland Gulls, a Glaucous Gull, 500 Red-throated Loons, 2 Manx Shearwaters, 4 Tree Swallows, 3 Eastern Meadowlarks, and an American Pipit.

The first Eastern Phoebes have returned, and other sightings around the Cape included 3 American Pipits in Falmouth, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet in Mashpee, a continuing Dickcissel at a feeder in Chatham, and an Orange-crowned Warbler 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 male King Eider continues among thousands of Common Eiders in North Chatham.

A Short-eared Owl and a Northern Shrike continue at Crane WMA in Falmouth. Another Short-eared Owl has been seen daily in West Dennis.

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Pacific Loon, 420 Razorbills, 10 Common Murres, a Thick-billed Murre, 51 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 8 Iceland Gulls, a Glaucous Gull, and 7 Redpolls.

Reports from Cold Brook Preserve in Harwich included at least 3 continuing Northern Shovelers, 35 Gadwall, 2 late Tree Swallows, and 4 Field Sparrows. 

Birds in Chatham included a Long-billed Dowitcher, 4 Piping Plovers, a Semipalmated Plover, 5 Western Willets and 42 Red Knots.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Baltimore Oriole in Falmouth, a Eastern Phoebe in Mashpee, a Rusty Blackbird in Sandwich, a continuing Eurasian Wigeon in Yarmouth Port and another in Sandwich, up to 3 Barrow’s Goldeneyes at Loop Beach in Cotuit and 2 more in Wellfleet Harbor, 2 Killdeer in Centerville, a continuing Ovenbird in a yard in Yarmouth, an American Bittern in Orleans, 2 Chipping Sparrows in Eastham, a Baltimore Oriole in Harwich, 2 Red Crossbills in Brewster, an Orange-crowned Warbler in Wellfleet and another in Orleans, and a Bohemian Waxwing 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 Western Tanager was found at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay sanctuary on Thursday and continued at least through Friday.

The male Painted Bunting continued at a feeder in Brewster where it was recorded for the Lower Cape Christmas Bird Count on Sunday.

Other highlights from that count included a Clapper Rail and 6 Western Willets in South Chatham,2 Common Terns in North Chatham, a Blue-headed Vireo and a Yellow-breasted Chat in South Orleans, a Common Yellowthroat and 4 Northern Shovelers in Harwich, and a Short-eared Owl and a Sora at Nauset Beach in Orleans.

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Black Guillemot, 200 Razorbills, 13 Dovekies, 3 Common Murres, 45 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 6 Iceland Gulls, a Red-necked Grebe, and 75 Northern Gannets.

Other sightings around the Cape included 2 continuing Eurasian Wigeon in Yarmouth Port, 2 Barrow’s Goldeneyes at Loop Beach in Cotuit, a Great Egret at Mass Audubon’s Skunknett River sanctuary in Barnstable, a Nashville Warbler reported at a house in Yarmouth, continuing unseasonably large numbers of Tree Swallows various places including over 50 in Falmouth, 2 Western Willets in Chatham, and an American Golden-Plover 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 Townsend’s Solitaire was found in Provincetown over the weekend.

A Tufted Duck was at Seymour Pond in Brewster among 1100 Greater and a few Lesser Scaup.

At least two Cave Swallows were at Nauset Beach in Orleans.

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Pacific Loon, a Little Gull, a King Eider, 8000 Black Scoters, 1200 Red-breasted Mergansers, a Purple Sandpiper, a Parasitic Jaeger, 350 Razorbills, 6 Dovekies, 2 Common Murres, 200 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 800 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 5 Iceland Gulls, and 70 Snow Buntings.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in Falmouth, 90 Tree Swallows in Mashpee, 3 Barn Swallows at Dowse’s Beach in Osterville, a continuing Eurasian Wigeon in Sandwich plus another in Wellfleet, 2 Western Willets in Chatham, 4 Dovekies in Wellfleet Harbor and a late Osprey elsewhere in Wellfleet, and a Prairie Warbler on Commercial St 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

A late Ruby-throated or perhaps Black-chinned Hummingbird appeared at a feeder in Cummaquid on the 25th. 

A Survey of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge tallied 11 American Oystercatchers, 3 Piping Plovers, 533 Black-bellied Plovers, 113 Red Knots, 249 Sanderlings, and 949 Dunlin, 1040 Northern Gannets, and 110 Tree Swallows.

Elsewhere in Chatham, birds at Forest Beach included 8 American Oystercatchers, 2 Hudsonian Whimbrels, 4 Western Willets, 2 either Long or Short-billed Dowitchers, 25 Greater Yellowlegs, 8 Horned Grebes, and 6 Tree Swallows.

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Pacific Loon, 2 Little Gulls, 1500 Red-breasted Mergansers, a Pomarine Jaeger, a Black Guillemot, 425 Razorbills, 24 Dovekie, 3 Common Murre, 120 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 1200 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 4 Iceland Gulls, 9 Common Terns, a Manx Shearwater, 1800 Northern Gannets, a Merlin, and a Peregrine Falcon.

A birder canvassing the neighborhoods of Provincetown found a nice assortment of songbirds that included a late Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and Nashville Warbler, a possible Western Tanager, 7 Purple Finches, 4 Evening Grosbeaks, and 2 Dickcissels.

Other sightings around the Cape included a continuing Red-eyed Vireo in Mashpee, 2 Eurasian Wigeon in Sandwich and one in Dennis, a Dickcissel in Cummaquid, 2 Barn Swallows in Harwich a Nashville Warbler in Orleans, and 16 Eastern Meadowlarks and an Orange-crowned Warbler at Fort Hill 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

A Townsend’s Solitaire was found along the Herring River in Wellfleet on Sunday.

A Yellow-throated Warbler and two Evening Grosbeaks appeared in the yard of a sharp-eyed resident of Cummaquid this week.

Twelve Cave Swallows were at Nauset Beach in Orleans along with 18 late Barn Swallows and a Little Gull. Single Cave Swallows were seen in Sandwich and Dennis.

A Brown Booby continues between Corporation Beach and Sesuit Harbor in Dennis, where a Little Gull was also seen this week.

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included 2 Little Gulls, 100 Red-breasted Mergansers, a Pomarine Jaeger, 75 Razorbills, a Common Murre, 1000 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 70 Common Terns, a Cory’s Shearwater, 6 Great Shearwaters, a Manx Shearwater, and 2500 Northern Gannets.

Other sightings around the Cape included a late Red-eyed Vireo in Mashpee, a Cliff Swallow in Osterville, a Grasshopper Sparrow in West Barnstable, single Eurasian Wigeons in Sandwich and Dennis, a Rough-legged Hawk in Dennis, 2 Hudsonian Whimbrel and 2 Western Willets in Chatham, single Lesser Yellowlegs in Wellfleet and Mashpee, and 2 Clapper Rails at the Herring River in Wellfleet.

A Brown Booby continues between Corporation Beach and Sesuit Harbor in Dennis.

The Gray Kingbird at Fort Hill in Eastham was not seen again after the 4^th, but an Ash-throated Flycatcher was reported there on the 5^th.

Single Cave Swallows were reported from several locations from Dennis to Provincetown.

Evening Grosbeaks have been seen various places this week as singles and in flocks of up to 5 birds, including at feeders in Wellfleet and Provincetown. 

Sightings at Cold Brook Preserve in Harwich included 6 Northern Shovelers, 5 Northern Pintail, a Northern House Wren, a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and a Clay-colored Sparrow.

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Cave Swallow, a King Eider, a Pacific Loon, a Black-headed Gull, 4 Little Gulls, 2 American Golden-Plovers, a Semipalmated Plover, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Red Knot, 200 Long-tailed Ducks, 74 Razorbills, a Common Murre, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 800 Bonaparte’s Gulls, an Iceland Gull, 15 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 2 Forster’s Terns, 120 Common Terns, 4 Cory’s Shearwaters, 30 Great Shearwaters, a Sooty Shearwater, 5 Manx Shearwater, 1400 Northern Gannets, a Bald Eagle, and 600 Tree Swallows.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Long-eared Owl in Yarmouth, single Short-eared Owls in Dennis and Provincetown, 2 Hudsonian Whimbrel and a Marbled Godwit in Chatham, a Rough-legged Hawk at Nauset Beach, and a Northern Parula and a Spotted Sandpiper in Eastham. 

A Brown Booby was found at both Corporation Beach and Sesuit Harbor in Dennis over the weekend and was still present as of at least Monday. Three Leach’s Storm-Petrels were also seen at Corporation.

A Tufted Duck was found at Herring Pond in Eastham on the 4^th, and a seawatch at nearby First Encounter Beach on the same day tallied 6 Red-necked Phalaropes, 84 Cory’s Shearwaters, 3 Great Shearwaters, 3 Manx Shearwaters, and 1580 Northern Gannets.

A Black-headed Gull and 4 Little Gulls were at Ridgevale Beach in Chatham on the 30^th.

Five Cattle Egrets were at the Sandwich end of the Cape Cod Canal, along with a reported Dovekie and a Harlequin Duck.

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Pacific Loon, 2 Little Gulls, 3 American Wigeon, 18 Green-winged Teal, a Parasitic Jaeger, a Pomarine Jaeger, 7 Razorbills, a Common Murre, 120 Bonaparte’s Gulls, an Iceland Gull, 4 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 45 Cory’s Shearwaters, 6 Great Shearwaters, a Manx Shearwater, 400 Northern Gannets, an American Kestrel, a Merlin, 4 Common Ravens, 500 Tree Swallows, and 20 Snow Buntings.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Snowy Egret in Falmouth, a Willet in Harwich, a White-eyed Vireo in Brewster, a Whimbrel and 53 American Oystercatchers in Chatham, and 2 Evening Grosbeaks 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