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April 3-April 9, 2024

An early Summer Tanager visited a yard in Chatham on Friday, while a yard in Eastham has been hosting an early Indigo Bunting and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

A Black Brant was photographed in Sandwich this week.

At least 3 Black-headed Gulls continue on various beaches between Osterville and Hyannis.

Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a Manx Shearwater, 60 Razorbills, 4 Common Murres, 5 Iceland Gulls, 125 Red-throated Loons, 225 Northern Gannets, and a Common Raven.

At Bell’s Neck conservation area on West Harwich, sightings this week included a Northern Pintail, 27 Green-winged Teal, 4 Blue-winged Teal, 21 Black-crowned Night-Herons, a Clapper Rail, 25 Ospreys, and an early Ovenbird.

A Western Kingbird continues in Eastham, and other sightings around the Cape included a Black Vulture in West Barnstable, a continuing Dickcissel in Yarmouth Port, an Orange-crowned Warbler in Chatham, an odd sighting of a Sora on roof top in Provincetown, and several reports of early Purple Martins including 2 in Mashpee and 3 in Provincetown.