Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, April 22 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Up-Cape newsflash: The Cape and Islands’ first record of a White-Faced Ibis was identified after the fact from a photo of 15 Glossy Ibis flying over Sandy Neck in Barnstable.
Another rarity, a Pacific Loon, continued on Great Pond in Eastham this week. There was a Whimbrel on Nauset Beach.
Seven Snow Geese, a Black-Necked Stilt, and a Louisiana Waterthrush were at the Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary.
Birds at Race Point this week included 2 Pacific Loons, a Harlequin Duck, 2 Black Guillemots, 2 Common Murres, 22 Razorbills, 20 Iceland Gulls, a Glaucous Gull, 4 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, a Parasitic Jaeger, 100 Red-Throated Loons, a Manx Shearwater, 88 Turkey Vultures, 4 American Kestrels, 40 migrating Northern Flickers, and 2 Lapland Longspurs. Also, a Rusty Blackbird and a Solitary Sandpiper were at the airport and an early Northern Parula was at Beech Forest.
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].
