The Cape and Islands’ first record of White-faced Ibis was identified after the fact from a photo of 15 Glossy Ibis flying over Sandy Neck in Barnstable. Other sightings at Sandy Neck included 150 Long-tailed Ducks, 137 Horned Grebes, 2 Northern Harriers, and a Brown Thrasher.

The first Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were reported from several places between East Falmouth and Chatham this week.

Continuing rarities included the Yellow-throated Warbler visiting a feeder in Dennis, 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 2 Pacific Loons, a Harlequin Duck, 2 Black Guillemots, 2 Common Murres, 22 Razorbills, 20 Iceland Gulls, a Glaucous Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a Parasitic Jaeger, 100 Red-throated Loons, a Manx Shearwater, 88 Turkey Vultures, 4 American Kestrels, 40 migrating Northern Flickers, and 2 Lapland Longspurs. A Rusty Blackbird and a Solitary Sandpiper were at the nearby airport.

At Bell’s Neck conservation area in West Harwich sightings included a Little Blue Heron, a Least Sandpiper, a Pectoral Sandpiper, 30 Greater Yellowlegs, 12 Lesser Yellowlegs, 32 Snowy Egrets, 16 Great Egrets, 11 Black-crowned Night-Herons, and 14 Ospreys.

Seven Snow Geese, a Black-necked Stilt, and a Louisiana Waterthrush were at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary, and other sightings around the Cape included 2 Black Vultures in East Sandwich, an early Green Heron in Mashpee, a Willet in Cotuit, 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Herons in Barnstable Harbor and another in Chatham, 3 Baltimore Orioles that successfully overwintered in Cummaquid, continuing Orange-crowned Warblers in yards in Barnstable and Brewster, a Grasshopper Sparrow at Cold Brook Preserve in Harwich, a Whimbrel on Nauset Beach, and an early Northern Parula 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