Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Oct. 29 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Birds from Race Point in Provincetown this week included a Pacific Loon, an Iceland Gull, 3 Wood Ducks, 51 Green-Winged Teal, a Harlequin Duck, 550 Surf Scoters, 1,100 White-Winged Scoters, 570 Black Scoters, 33 Long-Tailed Ducks, 650 Red-Breasted Mergansers, 13 Pomarine Jaegers, 8 Razorbills, a Common Murre, 35 Black-Legged Kittiwakes, 400 Cory’s Shearwaters, a Scopoli’s Shearwater, 300 Great Shearwaters, and 600 Northern Gannets.
There was a Purple Sandpiper in Wellfleet.
And that’s about that out here at the far end of things.
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].
