Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, March 5 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Birds in the cemeteries of Provincetown this weekend included a Snow Goose, a Clay-Colored Sparrow, a Chipping Sparrow, and a mixed flock of blackbirds including Red-Winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, and 2 Brown-Headed Cowbirds.
Sightings at Race Point included 5 Harlequin Ducks, a Black Guillemot, 87 Razorbills, a Common Murre, a Glaucous Gull, 7 Iceland Gulls, a Merlin, and 9 Tree Swallows.
A Townsend’s Solitaire continued at High Head in North Truro this week.
There was a Red Crossbill in Wellfleet.
The Western Kingbird and Lark Sparrow continued at the Salt Pond Visitor Center 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].
