Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, July 7, included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Reports from Race Point in Provincetown included a “Scopoli’s” Cory’s Shearwater among over 70 total Cory’s Shearwaters, 65 Great Shearwaters, 85 Sooty Shearwaters, 2 Manx Shearwaters, 18 Roseate Terns, a Forster’s Tern, 3 Arctic Terns, and 3 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels.
A Glaucous Gull and a Little Gull were reported 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 an email to [email protected].
