purple sandpipers on the Rockland Breakwater

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One of our favorite signs of the oncoming winter: finding Purple sandpipers along the open ocean side of the Rockland Breakwater, foraging amongst the rockweed species as the tide recedes.

Today, around 10 am, we saw our first half-dozen of Fall 2026, scattered along the Breakwater despite the rockweed being submerged by the incoming tide.

Happy Thanksgiving to all, and may your winter be full of interesting birds.

Cathie Murray