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.
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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].