Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Oct. 17 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
From Race Point to Herring Cove in Provincetown, birds reported included an American Oystercatcher, a Black Guillemot, a Roseate Tern, 5 Parasitic Jaegers, a Razorbill, 15 Black-Legged Kittiwakes, 6 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, a hybrid Herring x Great Black-Backed Gull, 3 Great Shearwaters, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 185 Manx Shearwaters, 7 Ruby-Crowned Kinglets, and 7 American Pipits.
Single Common Murres continued in Wellfleet Harbor this week, and there was a Whimbrel at Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary.
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].
