Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Oct. 6, included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
A South Polar Skua was photographed at Race Point in Provincetown, where other sightings included as many as 18 Caspian Terns, a continuing Sabine’s Gull, a Little Gull, a Razorbill, a Harlequin Duck, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 15 Red-necked Phalaropes, 250 Forster’s Terns, a Red-throated Loon, 7 Northern Fulmars, 118 Cory’s Shearwaters, and 37 Manx Shearwaters.
A Yellow-headed Blackbird was found among Brown-headed Cowbirds in a yard in North Truro on Monday.
A few Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are still being reported at feeders.
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 e-mail to [email protected].
