Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 10 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Birds tallied in Nauset Marsh in Eastham included 1,050 Semipalmated Plovers, 17 Red Knots, 22 White-Rumped Sandpipers, 825 Semipalmated Sandpipers, a Western Sandpiper, 325 Short-Billed Dowitchers, a Black Tern, 72 Roseate Terns, a Little Blue Heron, and 6 Saltmarsh Sparrows.
A Little Blue Heron was reported in North Truro.
No word from Provincetown or Wellfleet birdwatchers.
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].
