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Table 4.4. Birds of Buzzards Bay 



■N=nestor in Buzzards Bay. C=common, U=uncommon, W=winters in Buzzards Bay 



Sources B Blodgett, H Hausmann. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Massachusetts Natural Heritage Program. Camp, Dresser and 

 McKee (1990), Peterson (1980). Trull (1991). Massachusetts Audubon Society (1989); unpublished species lists Many wintering birds are found year 

 round 



A complete synthesis of the voluminous infor- 

 mation on avian resources in the Buzzards Bay 

 system is well beyond the scope of this text. In fact, 

 entire texts could be, and indeed have been. 



devoted to the subject of birds on Cape Cod. Sev- 

 eral worthy of note include Bailey (1968). 

 Massachusetts Audubon Society ( 1 989), and Trull 

 (1991). 



