Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Oct. 8 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Birds from Race Point in Provincetown this week included a Baird’s Sandpiper, 2 American Golden-Plovers, a Pacific Loon, a Common Murre, 20 Parasitic Jaegers, 11 Cory’s Shearwaters, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 10 Manx Shearwaters, 3 Common Ravens, 3 American Kestrels, and 42 American Pipits.
The long-staying Brown Pelican last reported on Sept. 2 was seen this week at High Head in Truro. There was also a Vireo at High Head.
Birds at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary included a Black Skimmer, 40 Forster’s Terns, 2 Yellow-Crowned Night-Herons, 2 Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers, a Veery, a Gray-Cheeked Thrush, 37 Eastern Bluebirds, and a Blue-Winged Warbler. Elsewhere in Wellfleet there was a Hooded Warbler and a Gray-Cheeked Thrush.
What’s up, Eastham 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].
