: a small short-billed auk (Alle alle) breeding on arctic coasts and ranging south in winter
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Sightings from Race Point in Provincetown included 2 Pacific loons, 11 red-necked grebes, 2 pomarine jaegers, a dovekie, 34 common murres, 425 razorbills, a black guillemot, 2 great shearwaters, 145 black-legged kittiwakes, 3 Iceland gulls, and a snowy owl.
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BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2020
For now, the dovekie population is thriving, producing just as many healthy chicks as before.
—Thor Hanson, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2021
Miscellaneous: Reports included a dovekie at Cuttyhunk Island.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
At Andrew’s Point in Rockport, sightings included a Pacific loon and a dovekie.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2019
Richards confirms that monkfish can prey on small birds called dovekies, and the biggest could indeed snatch a goose.
—Rachel Ellner, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2018
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BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2020
For now, the dovekie population is thriving, producing just as many healthy chicks as before.
—Thor Hanson, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2021
Miscellaneous: Reports included a dovekie at Cuttyhunk Island.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
At Andrew’s Point in Rockport, sightings included a Pacific loon and a dovekie.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2019
Richards confirms that monkfish can prey on small birds called dovekies, and the biggest could indeed snatch a goose.
—Rachel Ellner, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2018
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“Dovekie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dovekie. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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