Report created by Paul Martin, Shorebird Counter and Educator for the Shorebird Conservation and Education Project with the Saint John Naturalists Club.
Start Time: 12:20 PM
High Tide: 2:45 PM
Finish Time: 5:25 PM
Weather:
Start: 32°C, Clear, Wind 15 km/h SSW
Finish: 30°C, Clear, Wind 20 km/h SW
Board Walk (12:23 PM) – Birds Observed:
Lesser Yellowlegs, Double-Crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Semipalmated Plover, Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture, Peeps, Greater Black-backed Gull, Common Nighthawk
Marsh (1:14 PM) – Birds Observed:
American Herring Gull, Canada Goose, Least Sandpiper, Great Blue Heron, Savannah Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, American Crow, Turkey Vulture, Monarch Butterfly
East Beach (2:00 PM) – Birds Observed:
Double-Crested Cormorant, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Common Loon
Main Beach (2:53 PM) – Birds Observed:
American Herring Gull, Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Double-Crested Cormorant
Mudflats (4:25 PM) – Birds Observed:
Semipalmated Plover, Baird’s Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Black-bellied Plover, Common Eider, Great Blue Heron, Double-Crested Cormorant, American Goldfinch, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Greater Black-backed Gull, Peregrine Falcon
Notes:
Due to the fire ban, Irving Nature Park has restricted vehicle access to the parking lot outside of the gate to Taylor’s Island. Visitors were allowed to use the trails at their own risk.
80 Black-Bellied Plovers, 2 Baird’s Sandpipers, and a small number of peeps and yellowlegs on the mudflats, beach, and marsh were relatively quiet.
People Engaged: 38
Total People on Beach: 50
Dogs Leashed: 2
Dogs Unleashed: 2
Kites: 0
Fisherman: 1
Counter/Educator: Paul Martin
The Shorebird Conservation and Education Project is supported by our funders at the NB Wildlife Trust Fund, the NB Environmental Trust Fund and Birds Canada.