Recent bird sightings on Cape Cod (as of Feb. 15) as reported to the Massachusetts Audubon Society.
The lazuli bunting continues at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. A yellow-bellied sapsucker, 4 Northern bobwhites, a swamp sparrow, 7 field sparrows, and a winter wren were also seen at the sanctuary.
Other rare birds that are wintering locally include a blue-winged teal and Northern shoveler on Mill Pond in Marstons Mills, long- and short-billed dowitchers plus 8 greater yellowlegs at West Harwich Conservation Area, a painted bunting and orange-crowned warbler on Shore Road in Eastham, a great egret on the Pamet River in Truro, and a Pacific loon present off the old Horizon’s restaurant in Sandwich.
