Water & shore birds
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
“Harlequin Ducks (Two Lights and Fort Williams, Common Eiders, at least one King Eider (Dyer Point), Black and White-winged Scoters (Crescent Beach), Pintails (Ferry Beach), Red-breasted Mergansers, Red-necked Grebes, and numerous Common Loons.”
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Mar 14, 2018
Harlequin Ducks (Two Lights and Fort Williams, Common Eiders, at least one King Eider (Dyer Point), Black and White-winged Scoters (Crescent Beach), Pintails (Ferry Beach), Red-breasted Mergansers, Red-necked Grebes, and numerous Common Loons.
Mar 12, 2025
…highlights include a Yellow Rumped Warbler, Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspur, Horned Larks, a Rusty Blackbird, an American Pipit and particularly noteworthy ducks include, American Widgeon, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Northern Pintail, Hooded Merganser, Lesser Scaup and Wood Duck.
Nov 26, 2025
Other ducks of interest spotted around Cape recently include Northern Pintails, Ruddy Ducks, Gadwalls.