History
The name was given to this bay by colonists who saw a large bird that they called a buzzard near its shores. The bird was actually an osprey, and small numbers of osprey continue to breed along the shores of the bay.
In 1991, towns located on Buzzards Bay suffered the worst effects from the storm surge of Hurricane Bob.
The bay was the location of one of only three documented fatal shark attacks in the state's history in 1936.
The Buzzard's Bay disaster happened on April 27, 2003 in Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts. An oil spill destroyed much of the shellfish business and killed many birds. 98,000 gallons of oil leaked from a barge.
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