Recent bird sightings on Cape Cod, reported from May 8-14.
A swallow-tailed kite was seen in Sandwich and Cotuit.
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included at least 6 Pacific loons, a parasitic Jaeger, 12 razorbills, 31 common Murres, 2 black-legged kittiwakes, an Iceland gull, a lesser black-backed gull, 2 roseate terns, 4 sooty shearwaters, 2 Manx shearwaters, 187 northern gannets, 2 broad-winged hawks, and a common raven.
Other sightings in Provincetown included a sora in Foss Woods, a hooded warbler at Clapps Pond, 2 black guillemots and a glaucous gull reported from the harbor, and a yellow-crowned night-heron and an orange-crowned warbler at Beech Forest.
At Wellfleet Bay sanctuary birds included a Prothonotary warbler, a yellow-throated warbler, a yellow-bellied sapsucker, a black-billed cuckoo, 2 red crossbills, and a saltmarsh sparrow.
Lingering winter ducks included an American wigeon at Ashumet Holly sanctuary in Falmouth, 2 ring-necked ducks at Lumbert Pond in Centerville, 9 ruddy ducks and 2 lesser scaup in Orleans, and 4 lesser scaup at South Monomoy.
Birds at Bell’s Neck conservation area in Harwich included a tricolored heron, 18 snowy egrets, and up to 50 glossy ibis.
Other sightings around the Cape included the annually returning Chuck-will’s-widow and 2 blue grosbeaks in Falmouth, a white-rumped sandpiper at Sandy Neck in Barnstable, a clay-colored sparrow and 2 Nelson’s sparrows at Fort Hill in Eastham, and a Caspian tern at High Head in North Truro.
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.