Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 17 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
A Lark Sparrow was photographed at Coast Guard Beach in Eastham on Aug. 11.
A Common Ringed Plover, an ultra-rare European counterpart to our Semipalmated Plover, was reported at Lieutenant Island in Wellfleet that same day.
Dickcissels were reported from two places in Wellfleet.
Also on Aug. 11, a White-Winged Dove was reported from a feeder in Provincetown.
This week’s sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a South Polar Skua, a Red Knot, 2 Parasitic Jaegers, a Black Tern, 300 Roseate Terns, 400 Common Terns, 15 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 2 Cory’s Shearwaters, 150 Great Shearwaters, 20 Sooty Shearwaters, 6 Manx Shearwaters, and 30 Northern Gannets.
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].
