Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, April 16 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Prothonotary Warblers, Summer Tanagers, Scarlet Tanagers, Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings, and White-Eyed Vireos were among the early overshoot migrants that turned up in several places on the Cape this week, to the delight of birders.
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included 2 Pacific Loons, a Black Guillemot, 120 Razorbills, 9 Common Murres, 9 Iceland Gulls, and 24 Horned Larks. Elsewhere in Provincetown 2 Black Vultures were sighted.
Two different Swallow-Tailed Kites passed Head of the Meadow in Truro on Monday.
Birds at Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary included 2 White-Eyed Vireos, 3 Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers, and a Lincoln’s Sparrow.
A Tricolored Heron was at Fort Hill in Eastham. And a Blue Grosbeak visited a yard in town.
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].
