Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Nov. 2 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
The Bell’s Vireo was seen again at Fort Hill in Eastham on Nov. 2. A Whimbrel was spotted in town as well.
The strong nor’easter of last week brought many seabirds into Cape Cod Bay, with highlights at First Encounter Beach in Eastham including a Brown Booby, 642 Red Phalaropes, 2 Great Skuas, 249 Pomarine Jaegers, 7 Parasitic Jaegers, a Long-Tailed Jaeger, 634 Dovekies, 673 Black-Legged Kittiwakes, a Little Gull, 5 Leach’s Storm-Petrels, 4 Cory’s Shearwaters, and 6 Great Shearwaters, plus large flights of more expected species, including over 10,000 Common Eiders, 17,000 Scoters of all three species, 91 Red-Throated Loons, 42 Common Loons, 2,494 Northern Gannets, as well as an American Golden-Plover, 2 Red Knots, a Short-Billed Dowitcher, 4 White-Rumped Sandpipers, 7 Snow Buntings, and a Lapland Longspur.
Storm birds noted at Race Point in Provincetown on Oct. 28 included yet another Brown Booby, 3 Red Phalaropes, 87 Pomarine Jaegers, 117 Dovekies, a Thick-Billed Murre, 1,150 Black-Legged Kittiwakes, a Leach’s Storm-Petrel, a Cory’s Shearwater, 68 Great Shearwaters, and 4,200 Northern Gannets.
A late Spotted Sandpiper appeared in Wellfleet.
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].
