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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, Aug. 27 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

A Wood Stork was found in a recently cleared area along the Herring River in Wellfleet over the weekend, representing just the third Cape Cod record of this species. A Hooded Warbler and a Yellow-Throated Vireo were also seen in the area. There was a Caspian Tern at Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary.

Wood Storks are entirely white except for their black flight feathers and tails. Their heads are unfeathered. “To get a look at one, head to a wetland preserve or wildlife area along the coast in Florida, South Carolina, or Georgia,” say the experts at the Cornell Bird Lab. Or, you could try looking along the Herring River in Wellfleet. Also: “This stork doesn’t bring babies,” the Cornellians say. (Photo by Susan Young/USFWS)

Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included an American Golden Plover, 4 Whimbrels, a Red Knot, 4 Parasitic Jaegers, a Black Tern, 2,200 Common Terns, 500 Roseate Terns, 2 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, 4 Cory’s Shearwaters, 12 Great Shearwaters, 5 Sooty Shearwaters, and 45 Manx Shearwaters. 

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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