Sabine's Gull -- this elusive bird has emerged as the #1 target bird for this trip. NO, not seen!
Little Gull -- has been in nearby New England the last month. NO
Brown Booby -- hanging around for weeks in Provincetown Harbor. NO
Seabirds -- including shearwaters, jaegers, fulmars, early alcids, etc....
- Greater Shearwater. YES
- Cory's Shearwater. YES
- Sooty Shearwater. NO
- Manx Shearwater. YES
- Parasitic Jaeger. YES
- Pomarine Jaeger. NO
- Northern Fulmar. YES
- Black-legged Kittiwake. NO
- Northern Gannet. YES
- Red-necked Phalarope. NO
- Red Phalarope. NO
- Lesser Black-backed Gull. NO but we really did not search for this species
- Forster's Tern. YES
Rare late migrants
We focused on seabirds and did not search for land birds at all....
Not too many great passerines recently reported on the outer cape, yet, so this trip will not focus much on "the interior" of Cape Cod. Possible exceptions include...
- Blue Grosbeak. NO
- Clay-colored Sparrow. NO
- Lark Sparrow. NO
- Lark Bunting (at least one in NE this month). NO
- Dickcissel. NO
- Orange-crowned Warbler. NO
You might also want to refresh your memory on the flight calls of a few landbirds which we might hear as they fly over....
- Pipit
- Bobolink
- Blue Grosbeak
- Dickcissel
- Pine Siskin
- Redpoll, Crossbills and other winter finches
