Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Dec. 19 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Everybody wants highlights from the Cape Cod Christmas Bird Count, right? Reports are in from Harwich to South Wellfleet, and they include a MacGillivray’s Warbler in Eastham; a Wilson’s Warbler in Brewster; a Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, an American Oystercatcher, and three Western Willets in Chatham; a Lincoln’s Sparrow in South Wellfleet; and Yellow-Breasted Chats in Chatham and Brewster.
An Ash-Throated Flycatcher was briefly seen near Uncle Tim’s Bridge in Wellfleet last week. There was a Dickcissel at a feeder in town, too. And that Rufous Hummingbird seen last week lingered in a private yard.
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a Pacific Loon, a Thick-Billed Murre, a Black Guillemot, 17 Dovekies, 21 Common Murres, 700 Razorbills, a Great Shearwater, a Sooty Shearwater, and 75 Snow Buntings.
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].
