Report created by Paul Martin, Shorebird Counter and Educator for the Shorebird Conservation and Education Project with the Saint John Naturalists Club.
Start time: 8:30 am
High tide: 11:09 am (7.3 m)
Finish time: 2:20 pm
Weather:
Start: 11°C, broken clouds, wind 4 km/h ENE
Finish: 23°C, partly sunny skies, wind 4 km/h SSW
Boardwalk (8:52 am) – Birds, 14 species: View eBird Checklist
Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Killdeer, Semipalmated Plover, Solitary Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, American Crow, Common Raven, Merlin
Marsh (10:06 am) – Birds, 13 species: View eBird Checklist
Canada Goose, Mallard, American Black Duck, Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Peregrine Falcon, American Crow, Northern Harrier
Main Beach (10:50 am) – Birds, 5 species: View eBird Checklist
Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Baird’s Sandpiper, Bald Eagle (immature)
Mudflats (12:51 pm) – Birds, 12 species: View eBird Checklist
Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Loon, Double-crested Cormorant, Merlin, Common Raven
We had 8 students and 2 professors from the Maritime College of Forest Technology with us for the entire day. It was a good outing. Hank Scarth came along to help instruct on the process for the bird surveys. We had a Harbor Seal out on the bay near the opposite bank.
Due to the fire ban, Irving Nature Park has restricted vehicle passage to the parking lot outside of the gate to Taylor’s Island. People were allowed to use the trails at their own risk.
People engaged: 8
Total people on beach: 11
Dogs leashed: 4
Dogs unleashed: 2
Kites: 0
Fishermen: 0
Counter/Educator: Paul Martin
The Shorebird Conservation and Education Project is supported by our funders: the NB Wildlife Trust Fund, the NB Environmental Trust Fund, and Birds Canada.