Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 31 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

That American Avocet sighted last week was still present and seen by many at High Head in Truro this week. Razorbills were also seen at High Head in Truro.

Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown this week included 2 Baird’s Sandpipers, a Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Parasitic Jaegers, 2 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, 3 Black Skimmers, 4 Black Terns, 800 Roseate Terns, 1,200 Common Terns, a Razorbill, 17 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 200 Great Shearwaters, 9 Sooty Shearwaters, 65 Manx Shearwaters, 120 Northern Gannets, a Great Cormorant, 25 Horned Larks, and 3 Purple Martins.

A Black Guillemot was reported from Provincetown Harbor. Razorbills were reported from there as well.

Birds seen at the Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary included a Little Blue Heron, 3 Western Sandpipers, 6 White-Rumped Sandpipers, 37 Forster’s Terns, and 2 Great Horned Owls.

Elsewhere in Wellfleet, someone saw a Pine Siskin.

Nobody saw anything in Eastham.

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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 24 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

An American Avocet was photographed flying by Race Point in Provincetown on Aug. 22.

Other sightings there this week included a Parasitic Jaeger, a Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 3 Black Terns, 200 Roseate Terns, 1,200 Common Terns, 10 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 6 Cory’s Shearwaters, 1,800 Great Shearwaters, 170 Sooty Shearwaters, 160 Manx Shearwaters, and 20 Northern Gannets.

A Royal Tern was seen nearby at Hatches Harbor in Provincetown.

An American Avocet was found at High Head in Truro on Aug. 24. Nobody knows if it was the same one that flew by Race Point two days earlier.

No Wellfleet or Eastham reports made the list this week.

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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 17 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

A Lark Sparrow was photographed at Coast Guard Beach in Eastham on Aug. 11.

A Common Ringed Plover, an ultra-rare European counterpart to our Semipalmated Plover, was reported at Lieutenant Island in Wellfleet that same day.

Dickcissels were reported from two places in Wellfleet.

Also on Aug. 11, a White-Winged Dove was reported from a feeder in Provincetown.

This week’s sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a South Polar Skua, a Red Knot, 2 Parasitic Jaegers, a Black Tern, 300 Roseate Terns, 400 Common Terns, 15 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 2 Cory’s Shearwaters, 150 Great Shearwaters, 20 Sooty Shearwaters, 6 Manx Shearwaters, and 30 Northern Gannets.

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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 10 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Birds tallied in Nauset Marsh in Eastham included 1,050 Semipalmated Plovers, 17 Red Knots, 22 White-Rumped Sandpipers, 825 Semipalmated Sandpipers, a Western Sandpiper, 325 Short-Billed Dowitchers, a Black Tern, 72 Roseate Terns, a Little Blue Heron, and 6 Saltmarsh Sparrows.

A Little Blue Heron was reported in North Truro.

No word from Provincetown or Wellfleet birdwatchers.

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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 3 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Race Point, Provincetown sightings included 3 Black Terns, 140 Roseate Terns, 1,200 Common Terns, 20 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 16 Cory’s Shearwaters, 300 Great Shearwaters, 22 Sooty Shearwaters, and 48 Manx Shearwaters.

A Little Blue Heron was seen in North Truro.

There were no sightings of birdwatchers in Wellfleet or Eastham this week.

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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, July 27 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Sightings from a quieter Race Point in Provincetown this week included a Royal Tern, a Sabine’s Gull, 160 Least Terns, 1,700 Common Terns, 120 Roseate Terns, 6 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 20 Cory’s Shearwaters, 215 Great Shearwaters, 32 Sooty Shearwaters, and 5 Manx Shearwaters.

Meanwhile, there were lots of sightings from in and around Nauset Marsh in Eastham, including 2 American Oystercatchers, 245 Semipalmated Plovers, 16 Red Knots, 1,050 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 475 Short-Billed Dowitchers, 6 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 3 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, 35 Roseate Terns, 3,250 Common Terns, 10 Great Egrets, 6 Snowy Egrets, a Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron, a Northern Harrier, a Seaside Sparrow, and 21 Saltmarsh Sparrows.

In Wellfleet and Truro, the birdwatchers aren’t talking.

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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, July 20 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

A Royal Tern was sighted at Stellwagen Bank.

Race Point in Provincetown was quieter this week. Among the birds reported were a Parasitic Jaeger, 150 Least Terns, 800 Common Terns, 20 Roseate Terns, 35 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 6 Cory’s Shearwaters, 125 Great Shearwaters, 35 Sooty Shearwaters, and 4 Manx Shearwaters.

There was a Common Gallinule in North Truro.

No unusual birds reported in Wellfleet, apparently.

Birds in and around Nauset Marsh in Eastham included a Northern Bobwhite, 3 Clapper Rails, a Whimbrel, 3 Yellow-Crowned Night-Herons, a Glossy Ibis, 2 Willow Flycatchers, 2 Seaside Sparrows, and 11 Saltmarsh Sparrows.

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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, July 13 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

A Brown Booby was photographed from a whale watch boat on Stellwagen Bank on Saturday, July 10. A Leach’s Storm-Petrel was also seen there.

Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a Common Murre, a Razorbill, a Royal Tern, a Black Tern, 250 Least Terns, 1,800 Common Terns, 2 Arctic Terns, 65 Roseate Terns, 110 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 72 Cory’s Shearwaters, including a ‘Scopoli’s’ Cory’s Shearwater, 1,600 Great Shearwaters, 900 Sooty Shearwaters, 20 Manx Shearwaters, 2 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, and a Parasitic Jaeger.

There were 4 Common Ravens in Truro.

Someone found the right vantage point in Eastham this week. Sightings from a kayak in Nauset Marsh included an American Golden-Plover, 4 American Oystercatchers, 210 Least Sandpipers, 2 White-Rumped Sandpipers, 178 Short-Billed Dowitchers, including one ‘Herndersoni,’ 4 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, a Black Skimmer, 6 Yellow-Crowned Night-Herons, 9 Black-Crowned Night-Herons, and 3 Saltmarsh Sparrows.

There must have been birds in Wellfleet, but nobody there dropped a dime.

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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, July 6 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

A Swallow-Tailed Kite was reported from Wellfleet this week.

Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included 5 Atlantic Puffins, 2 Common Murres, a Razorbill, a Sandwich Tern, 2 Little Gulls, a Parasitic Jaeger, 40 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, 3 Leach’s Storm-Petrels, 17 Cory’s Shearwaters, 100 Great Shearwaters, 180 Sooty Shearwaters, and 28 Manx Shearwaters.

There was also a Great Cormorant seen in Provincetown Harbor.

Nothing reported in Truro or Eastham this week.

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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 29 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included 2 Little Gulls, 2 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, a Forster’s Tern, 2 Arctic Terns, 6 Roseate Terns, 6 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels, a Cory’s Shearwater, 2 Great Shearwaters, 9 Sooty Shearwaters, and 4 Manx Shearwaters.

There was a Little Blue Heron in Truro.

Looks like Wellfleet was busy at town meeting. Eastham went water skiing again.

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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 22 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Two Caspian Terns were at Nauset Beach on June 19. That’s Eastham, right?

Immature Bald Eagles were spotted in both Eastham and Provincetown this week. We don’t know how many.

Two Sandhill Cranes were spotted flying over Wellfleet on June 19.

Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a Sandwich Tern, a White-Rumped Sandpiper, a Black Guillemot, a Common Murre, 2 Little Gulls, 70 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 6 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, 85 Roseate Terns, 250 Least Terns, a Great Shearwater, a Sooty Shearwater, and 4 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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 15 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included 2 Little Gulls, 70 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 3 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, and 225 Least Terns.

Blue-Winged Warblers were reported in Truro. We don’t know how many.

In Wellfleet, there were some late Blackpoll Warblers, and an Alder Flycatcher was seen at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary.

In Eastham the birdwatchers must have gone water skiing. No word on what they saw.

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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 1 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Mississippi Kites were reported in Truro this week, while the Swallow-Tailed Kites apparently preferred Eastham.

A Rose-Breasted Grosbeak and Black-Throated Blue Warbler were reported at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary.

An extraordinary assortment and number of seabirds passed Race Point in Provincetown during the three-day storm, including the third state record for White-Winged Terns and a remarkable count of 450 Arctic Terns. Other sightings included a Pacific Loon, a Red-Necked Grebe, a Red Phalarope, a Pomarine Jaeger, 24 Parasitic Jaegers, 2 Long-Tailed Jaegers, a Black Guillemot, 3 Common Murres, 5 Atlantic Puffins, a Sabine’s Gull, 750 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 4 Little Gulls, 5 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, a Black Tern, 8 Roseate Terns, 2,500 Common Terns, 12 Wilson’s and 7 Leach’s Storm-Petrels, 66 Northern Fulmars, 12 Sooty and 16 Manx Shearwaters, and 500 Northern Gannets.

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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 25 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included 2 Black Guillemots, 2 Little Gulls, 400 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 2 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, a Glaucous Gull, 1,200 Common Terns, and 11 Manx Shearwaters. Elsewhere in town, 3 Pine Siskins were seen.

A Wilson’s Phalarope and a Sora were found at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay sanctuary this week.

Little Blue Herons were seen in Eastham this week; we don’t know how many.

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].

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 18 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

A Tropical Kingbird was found near Race Point on Saturday, representing only the second Cape and Islands record and apparent 5th state record.

Other sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a Common Murre, 6 Little Gulls, 500 Bonaparte’s Gulls, an Iceland Gull, a Glaucous Gull, a Lesser Black-Backed Gull, and a Caspian Tern.

Elsewhere in Provincetown: a Red-Headed Woodpecker and a Cerulean Warbler at Foss Woods, and a Summer Tanager, a Prothonotary Warbler, a Yellow-Throated Warbler, a Louisiana Waterthrush, and 3 Evening Grosbeaks at Beech Forest.

There was a Kentucky Warbler at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary.

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].