Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, March 21 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Sightings from Race Point Beach to Herring Cove in Provincetown included 2 Pacific Loons, 7 Northern Fulmars, an American Oystercatcher, a Dovekie, 27 Common Murres, a Thick-Billed Murre, 450 Razorbills, a Black Guillemot, 50 Black-Legged Kittiwakes, 30 Iceland Gulls, a Glaucous Gull, 205 Northern Gannets, 6 Great Cormorants, a Black Vulture, an American Pipit, 10 Snow Buntings, and 10 Common Redpolls. There was also a Palm Warbler in the Beech Forest this week.
Two White-Crowned Sparrows were seen in North Truro.
There was a Red Crossbill in Wellfleet.
An Atlantic Puffin passed First Encounter Beach in Eastham on March 15, along with 790 Black-Legged Kittiwakes and an impressive 59 Northern Fulmars.
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].
