Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Dec. 12 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown this week included a King Eider, 2 Harlequin Ducks, 1,575 Long-Tailed Ducks, 1,719 Red-Breasted Mergansers, a Pomarine Jaeger, 1,600 Razorbills, 39 Dovekies, 2 Pacific Loons, 6 Thick-Billed Murres, 66 Common Murres, a Black Guillemot, 32 Black-Legged Kittiwakes, 5 Iceland Gulls, a Great Shearwater, and 350 Northern Gannets.
There was an Eastern Phoebe in Wellfleet. Also, that hummingbird seen lingering in a yard in town on Dec. 5 is likely a Rufous or Allen’s Hummingbird.
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].
