A Sedge Wren was discovered at Nauset Marsh in Eastham on the 25^th.

A Townsend’s Solitaire was found near the Provincetown Airport on the 27^th.

The immature Purple Gallinule in West Yarmouth was last seen on the 19^th.

Up to 4 White-winged Crossbills have been seen daily near the gatehouse at Sandy Neck in Barnstable and another was at Scusset Beach in Sandwich over the weekend.

A birding trip from Plymouth to Stellwagen Bank marine sanctuary on the 25^th produced an Atlantic Puffin, 9 Razorbills, 2 Pomarine Jaegers, an Iceland Gull, 63 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 4 Leach’s Storm-Petrels, 10 Northern Fulmars, and over 1000 Great Shearwaters.

Birds at First Encounter Beach in Eastham on the 22^nd included 3000 Surf and Black Scoters, a Purple Sandpiper, 2 Parasitic Jaegers, 4 Razorbills, 8 Dovekies, 15 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 4 Cory’s Shearwaters, 2 Great Shearwaters, 3 Manx Shearwaters, and 300 Northern Gannets.

Sightings from North Chatham included a late Piping Plover, 2 American Oystercatchers, 6 Red Knots, 12 Northern Pintails, and 1515 Common Eiders. 

A Rough-legged Hawk was seen at Race Point in Provincetown, where other birds included 2 Pacific Loons, 1000 Surf Scoters, 6900 White-winged Scoters, 900 Black Scoters, 4 American Golden-Plovers, 2 Pomarine Jaegers, 25 Razorbills, 5 Dovekies, a Little Gull, 200 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 325 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 11 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, an Iceland Gull, 47 Northern Fulmars, 500 Cory’s Shearwaters, 676 Great Shearwaters, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 6 Manx Shearwaters, 1500 Northern Gannets, a Merlin, 2500 Tree Swallows, 80 Pine Siskins, and a Lapland Longspur.

Other sightings around the Cape included a Snowy Egret in Mashpee, 2 Leach’s Storm-Petrels at Sandy Neck in Barnstable, 2 Redheads on Scargo Lake in Dennis, a late Spotted Sandpiper in West Harwich, 12 Marbled Godwits at Forest Beach in Chatham, 230 Red Knots on Morris Island in Chatham, a late possible Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Putnam Farm in Orleans, and 20 Pine Siskins and a few Rusty Blackbirds by Gull Pond in Wellfleet. 

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