Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, July 16 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
News flash from up Cape: That American Flamingo, which had returned to Long Island, N.Y. after a one-day visit to the Cape last month, returned to Chapin Beach in Dennis again on Monday, where it was seen and photographed by many. It was not seen on Tuesday.
Birds at Race Point in Provincetown included a Lesser Black-Backed Gull, a Black Skimmer, an Arctic Tern, 50 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, a Leach’s Storm-Petrel, small numbers of Cory’s, Great, Sooty, and Manx Shearwaters, 2 Common Ravens, and a Peregrine Falcon.
A Black Guillemot continued off Coast Guard Beach in Eastham, and the Chuck-Will’s-Widow was seen hanging out at Nauset Light Beach.
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].
