Recent bird sightings as reported to the Massachusetts Audubon Society:

Incoming migrants this week may include green herons, willets, chimney swifts, barn swallows, marsh wrens, blue-gray gnatcatchers, and brown thrashers.

►Essex: A continuing white-faced ibis was seen last week at Hamlin Reservation.

►Hingham: There were numerous sightings of Louisiana waterthrush at Wompatuck State Park.

►Halifax: Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area hosted several interesting birds, including a sandhill crane and a Caspian tern that stayed for several days.

►Plum Island: Reports from Parker River National Wildlife Refuge included one rose-breasted grosbeak, one eastern meadowlark, and two rusty blackbirds.

Reports indicated that snowy owls have likely departed, but several species of winter waterfowl linger, such as buffleheads, long-tailed ducks, and three species of scoters.

►Nantucket: The warmer weather brought many new arrivals early last week, including wood thrushes, blue grosbeaks, and rose-breasted grosbeaks, which joined more unusual rarities such as tufted ducks and Eurasian wigeons.

For more information about bird sightings or to report sightings, call the Massachusetts Audubon Society at 781-259-8805 or go to www.mass-audubon.org.