Report created by Paul Martin, Shorebird Counter and Educator for the Shorebird Conservation and Education Project with the Saint John Naturalists Club.
Start Time: 2:25 PM
High Tide: 5:12 PM
Finish Time: 8:30 PM
Weather:
Start: 27°C, Clear Skies, Wind 20 km/h NNW
Finish: 21°C, Clear Skies, Wind 13 km/h ESE
Board Walk (2:29 PM) – Birds Observed: Click Here for eBird Checklist
Double-Crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Semipalmated Plover, Peeps, Greater Black-backed Gull, Least Sandpiper, American Black Duck, Nelson’s Sparrow, Spotted Sandpiper, Great Egret, Raven
East Beach (3:49 PM) – Birds Observed: Click Here for eBird Checklist
Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Greater Black-backed Gull, Double-Crested Cormorant, Common Loon
Main Beach (4:30 PM) – Birds Observed: Click Here for eBird Checklist
American Herring Gull, Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Double-Crested Cormorant, White-rumped Sandpiper, Osprey, Common Loon, Savannah Sparrow, Ring-billed Gull
Marsh (5:30 PM) – Birds Observed: Click Here for eBird Checklist
American Herring Gull, Least Sandpiper, Great Blue Heron, Savannah Sparrow, American Crow, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, American Black Duck, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Mallard, Black-bellied Plover
Mudflats (6:00 PM) – Birds Observed: Click Here for eBird Checklist
Semipalmated Plover, Short-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs, Black-bellied Plover, Common Eider, Great Blue Heron, Double-Crested Cormorant, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Greater Black-backed Gull, Peregrine Falcon, Bald Eagle, Nelson’s Sparrow, Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Killdeer, Pectoral Sandpiper, Common Loon, Osprey
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.
Numbers of sandpipers on the beach are beginning to increase, but a good number of peeps of all three species were also in the marsh—some near the sandy areas, others deeper among tall eel grasses.
I went early today to observe movements along the river before the tide rose. It was quite active, with peeps moving up and down the river.
People Engaged: 40
Total People on Beach: 65
Dogs Leashed: 2
Dogs Unleashed: 1
Kites: 0
Fisherman: 1 (was fishing center of beach but left before I arrived at that location)
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.