Water & shore birds
Dovekie
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“Also appearing with some regularity off our shoreline over the last several weeks at Fort Williams, Dyer Point and Kettle Cove is the smallest of our Arctic waterfowl visitors, the Dovekie.”
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Mar 14, 2018
February 2018 yielded reasonable numbers of Pelagic Alcids along the shorelines of Cape and Scarborough – Dovekies and Thick-billed Murres in particular.
Feb 17, 2021
Dovekies, Razorbill and a single drake King Eider were reported around this date as well.
Mar 10, 2021
The Dovekie or Little Auk as it is also referred to breeds in immense colonies in the High-Arctic.
Mar 11, 2026
Also appearing with some regularity off our shoreline over the last several weeks at Fort Williams, Dyer Point and Kettle Cove is the smallest of our Arctic waterfowl visitors, the Dovekie.