Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 27 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included 2 Royal Terns, 4 Arctic Terns, 2 Long-Tailed Jaegers, 35 Black-Legged Kittiwakes, 500 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 75 Cory’s Shearwaters, 700 Great Shearwaters, 1,400 Sooty Shearwaters, 5 Manx Shearwaters, and from a boat just offshore, a Leach’s Storm-Petrel.
A Northern Waterthrush was seen elsewhere in Provincetown.
There was a Red Phalarope in Truro.
A Chestnut-Sided Warbler was seen 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].
