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November 15 – November 21, 2023

Sightings at Fort Hill in Eastham included a possible Western Tanager, 20 Eastern Bluebirds, 50 Cedar Waxwings, 5 Winter Wrens, 3 Fox Sparrows, 4 Yellow-breasted Chats, 6 Orange-crowned Warblers, a Black-and-white Warbler, and a Dickcissel.
Birds noted from Marconi Site overlook in Wellfleet included 2 Black-headed Gulls, 4 Green-winged Teal, 1500 Surf Scoters, 740 White-winged Scoters, 3400 Black Scoters, 215 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Pomarine Jaegers, 2400 Razorbills, 350 Black-legged Kittiwake, 215 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, an Iceland Gull, 350 Red-throated Loons, 80 Common Loons, 96 Great Shearwaters, and 22 Manx Shearwaters.
High numbers of seabirds were also noted off Nauset Beach in Orleans, including 2100 Common Eider, 2300 White-winged Scoters, 450 Long-tailed Ducks, 8200 Razorbills, a Black-headed Gull, 3500 Herring Gulls, 9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 630 Red-throated Loons, 210 Common Loons, 710 Great Shearwaters, 4 Sooty Shearwaters, 48 Manx Shearwaters, 650 Northern Gannets, 1250 Double-crested Cormorants, 40 Pine Siskins, and 30 Snow Buntings.
Yet more seabirds from Race Point in Provincetown included 7000 Common Eider, 1500 Red-breasted Mergansers, a Purple Sandpiper, 1900 Razorbills, 15 Dovekies, a Thick-billed Murre, 3 Common Murres, a Black Guillemot, 700 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 4000 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 3 Iceland Gulls, 35 Great Shearwaters, 800 Northern Gannets, a Lapland Longspur, and 80 Snow Buntings.
Other sightings around the Cape included a White-rumped Sandpiper and a Great-crested Flycatcher in Sandwich, 2 Willets at Forest Beach in Chatham, a late Tennessee Warbler banded at Wing Island in Brewster, and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Orleans.