Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, March 19 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
The first Ospreys, Piping Plovers, and American Oystercatchers were reported this week, “a few days ahead of schedule,” writes Mark Faherty, although he’s only partly serious about the schedule.
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a Pacific Loon, 4 Piping Plovers, 2 American Oystercatchers, 537 Razorbills, 16 Common Murres, a Thick-Billed Murre, 2 Dovekies, a Glaucous Gull, 5 Iceland Gulls, 156 Red-Throated Loons, and an early Barn Swallow.
A Townsend’s Solitaire continued at High Head in North Truro, where other sightings included a very early Purple Martin, 3 Common Ravens, a Marsh Wren, 5 Gray Catbirds, a Brown Thrasher, a Common Yellowthroat, and 50 Yellow-Rumped Warblers.
There was a Lincoln’s Sparrow in Wellfleet.
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].
