Highlights from the Truro Christmas Bird Count held on Monday were 188 pine siskins, 80 white-winged crossbills, 4 common redpolls, a fox sparrow, a common yellowthroat, 3 bohemian waxwings, over 10,000 American robins, 2 northern shrikes, a snowy owl, an Iceland gull, 831 black-legged kittiwakes, an Atlantic puffin, 10 dovekies, 3 common murres, 4 thick-billed murres, a rough-legged hawk, an American bittern, a sora, a saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow, and a seaside sparrow.
On the Buzzard's Bay count, also held Monday, the notable birds included an eared grebe in Falmouth, 11 yellow-breasted chats, 3 red-shouldered hawks, a snow goose flying by the Falmouth Mall, 2 short-eared owls, a Baltimore oriole, 3 white-winged crossbills, 20 pine siskins, 12 common redpolls, 2 peregrine falcons, and a Barrow's goldeneye.
The occasionally-seen golden eagle was reported from the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary this week, and other birds reported from here and there included a snowy owl at South Cape Beach in Mashpee, 2 Barrow's goldeneyes in Falmouth, an orange-crowned warbler at a feeder in Mashpee, a fox sparrow at a feeder in West Barnstable, and a chipping sparrow and 5 eastern towhees from a yard in East Sandwich.
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 e-mail to sightings@massaudubon.org.
The Cape Cod Natural History Hotline is sponsored by the Bird Watchers General Store in Orleans and Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife 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 e-mail to sightings@massaudubon.org.
