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This Week’s Bird Sightings

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Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Sept. 26 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

A Wood Duck was seen flying out over Stellwagen Bank this week.

The Wood Duck is considered a “perching duck,” often seen standing on branches of trees, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: “Their wings are shorter than other ducks, allowing them to better maneuver through tree branches.” They are one of North America’s most beautiful ducks. The male is multicolored with iridescent greens, blues, and purples and a bold red bill. In fall and winter courtship displays, males raise their wings, heads, and even their tails, holding postures that show off their colors as they swim past females. (Photo by Clayton Ferrell/USFWS)

Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included 3 Caspian Terns, a Purple Sandpiper, a Baird’s Sandpiper, 5 American Golden-Plovers, 80 White-Rumped Sandpipers, 3 Red-Necked Phalaropes, 40 Parasitic Jaegers, 3 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, 4 Black-Legged Kittiwakes, 20 Roseate Terns, 1,350 Common Terns, 15 Great Shearwaters, 10 Sooty Shearwaters, and 96 Manx Shearwaters.

A Common Murre was in Wellfleet Harbor for several days, and a Worm-Eating Warbler and a Golden-Winged Warbler were at Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary.

A Common Murre flew over First Encounter in Eastham on Sept. 26. A Brown Booby was there that same day.

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].

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