Report created by Erin Brown, Shorebird Counter and Public Educator for the Shorebird Conservation and Education Project with the Saint John Naturalists Club.
Counts
Flats
- The number of “peeps” feeding was estimated at 475. There were also 7 Black-Bellied Plovers.
- Other birds included: 116 Gulls, 5 Great Blue Herons, 9 Cormorants, 5 Eiders, 1 Turkey Vulture, 9 Black Ducks, and 52 waterfowl too distant to identify.
Main Beach
- Shorebirds roosting: 64 Semipalmated Plovers, 261 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 1 Sanderling, 1 Least Sandpiper, 1 Red Knot, and 12 Dunlin.
- Other birds included 6 Gulls, 1 Red-Throated Loon, 4 Green-Winged Teal, and 2 Peregrine Falcons.
- There were 19 people on the beach and 2 leashed dogs. 9 people were spoken to about the birds and seemed interested.
East Beach
- Shorebirds roosting: 54 Semipalmated Plovers, 63 Semipalmated Sandpipers, and 6 Dunlin.
- 1 person was seen on the beach and was spoken to about the shorebirds.
Marsh
- Only 1 unidentified shorebird was seen flying through the marsh.
- Other birds seen included: 6 Great Egrets, 11 Black Ducks, 48 Gulls, 10 Canada Geese, 2 Crows, 7 Great Blue Herons, 1 Cormorant, 2 Common Eiders, and 1 Green-Winged Teal.
This project was made possible with the support from our funders at the Environment and Climate Change Canada. We would like to thank our partners at Irving Nature Park and NatureNB.