Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Sept. 3 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
There was a Sabine’s Gull on Stellwagen Bank.
A Brown Booby was seen at Race Point in Provincetown on Aug. 28. Other reports from the Race this week included a Pacific Loon, 4 Red Knots, 2 Whimbrels, a Long-Tailed Jaeger, 15 Parasitic Jaegers, 1,500 Laughing Gulls, 2 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, 3,000 Common Terns, 800 Roseate Terns, 10 Cory’s Shearwaters, 50 Great Shearwaters, 15 Sooty Shearwaters, and 250 Manx Shearwaters.
A single Philadelphia Vireo was seen in Wellfleet.
Between the houseguests and the sunny weather, nobody from Truro or Eastham dropped a dime this week.
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].
