This Week's Bird Sightings - The Provincetown Independent

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, March 29 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

A Saltmarsh Sparrow perched in cordgrass. These birds are losing their habitat to rising tides. Saltmarsh restorations that ward off coastal flooding may help, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (Photo courtesy USFWS)

The first reports of Tree Swallows, Snowy Egrets, American Oystercatchers, and Laughing Gulls came in from points around the Cape this week.

Bird sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a Caspian Tern, 2 Pacific Loons, a Dovekie, 11 Common Murres, 285 Razorbills, 2 Glaucous Gulls, 24 Iceland Gulls, and 325 Red-Throated Loons.

There was a Saltmarsh Sparrow in Eastham.

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].