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November 29 – December 5, 2023

A Western Kingbird was seen in Provincetown on the 1st.
An unidentified hummingbird turned up in a yard in Wellfleet on the 5th.
A Rough-legged Hawk was at High Head in North Truro this week.
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown this week included 550 Long-tailed Ducks, 800 Red-breasted Mergansers, a Purple Sandpiper, 23 Dovekies, a Black-headed Gull, 200 Razorbills, 2 Common Murres, 4 Laughing Gulls, 5 Iceland Gulls, 2 Common Terns, and 40 Snow Buntings.
Other sightings around the Cape included single Eastern Phoebes in Bourne and Provincetown, a hybrid Common x Barrow’s Goldeneye in Mashpee, 3 late Tree Swallows seen in Sandwich and Barnstable plus four more in Truro, 3 Long-billed Dowitchers in Hyannis, a late Sooty Shearwater and Semipalmated Plover at Corporation Beach in Dennis, a Red Knot at nearby Chapin Beach in Dennis, a Whimbrel in West Dennis, 3 Willets and an American Oystercatcher in Chatham, a late Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Eastham, and a Red Crossbill in Provincetown.