Friday September 26, 2025
Report created by Paul Martin, Shorebird Counter and Educator for the Shorebird Conservation and Education Project with the Saint John Naturalists Club.
Start time: 12:50 pm
High tide: 3:25 pm (7.3 M)
Finish time: 6:25 pm
Weather:
Start: 21°C, partly sunny, Wind: 17 km/h West
Finish: 21°C, scattered cloud, Wind: 13 km/h SSW
East Beach (12:54 pm) View full eBird Checklist
Birds 2 Species: Semipalmated Plover, Bald Eagle
Main Beach (1:56 pm) View full eBird Checklist
Birds 3 Species: Least Sandpiper, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Semipalmated Plover
Marsh (2:25 pm) View full eBird Checklist
Birds 18 Species: Canada Goose, Mallard, American Black Duck, Great Blue Heron, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Horned Lark, American Pipit, Savannah Sparrow, American Crow, Northern Harrier, Baird’s Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Double-crested Cormorant, Hudsonian Godwit, Great Egret
Mudflats (4:42 pm) View full eBird Checklist
Birds 13 Species: Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Common Eider, Black-bellied Plover, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Red-throated Loon, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Red-throated Loon, Northern Harrier, Merlin, American Crow
Disturbances to Birds:
East Beach: There was a woman jogging with a dog off the leash. I stopped and talked to her, she said she didn’t realize and put the dog on the leash. I met 3 others with dogs on leash on beaches, they all had extremely long leashes. I just asked if they could avoid the birds (not many birds on beach). Bald Eagle was flying over East Beach.
Marsh: Northern Harrier was flying over marsh, kicked up geese and black ducks.
Mudflats: Northern Harrier flew over berm and kicked up ducks, gulls and cormorants. The Merlin came in low over the flats but there were limited peeps (flock of 10 on beach).
People Engaged: 7
Total People on Beach: 15
Dogs leashed: 4
Dogs unleashed: 2
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.