Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Feb. 13 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
The Western Kingbird and Lark Sparrow continued at the Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham this week along with an Eastern Phoebe. Elsewhere in Eastham, someone saw an American Bittern.
Birds at Great Island in Wellfleet included an overwintering American Oystercatcher, 29 Black-Bellied Plovers, 71 Ruddy Turnstones, 420 Sanderlings, and 850 Dunlins.
A Northern Waterthrush and 25 Pine Siskins were sighted in North Truro.
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a Pacific Loon, 2 Thick-Billed Murres, 115 Razorbills, 17 Common Murres, a Black Guillemot, 5 Black-Legged Kittiwakes, a Glaucous Gull, 24 Iceland Gulls, and 11 Tree Swallows. At Provincetown Harbor there were 4 Harlequin Ducks, 2 Northern Pintails, a Red-Necked Grebe, a Black Guillemot, a Thick-Billed Murre, 2 Purple Sandpipers, and a Common Raven.
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].
