Report created by Paul Martin, Shorebird Counter and Educator for the Shorebird Conservation and Education Project with the Saint John Naturalists Club.
Start time: 12:00 PM
High tide: 2:00 PM
Finish time: 5:00 PM
Weather:
- Start: 24°C, passing clouds, wind 19 km/h (South)
- Finish: 28°C, scattered clouds, wind 15 km/h (Southwest)
Sky: Clear
Boardwalk – Birds observed: Black-bellied Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Nelson’s Sparrow, Double-crested Cormorant, Black Duck, Great Blue Heron, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Common Eider
Marsh – 1:26 PM – Birds observed: American Herring Gull, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Killdeer, Canada Goose, Least Sandpiper, Great Blue Heron, Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Savannah Sparrow
Main Beach – 2:38 PM – Birds observed: Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Bald Eagle, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Double-crested Cormorant
Mudflats – 3:24 PM – Birds observed: Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs, Black-bellied Plover, Common Eider, Great Blue Heron, Double-crested Cormorant, Cedar Waxwing, American Goldfinch, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Killdeer
Notes:
Due to the fire ban, Irving Nature Park restricted vehicle access to the parking lot outside the gate to Taylor’s Island. Visitors were allowed to use the trails at their own risk.
- People engaged: 40
- Total people on beach: 54
- Dogs leashed: 5
- Dogs unleashed: 1
- Kites: 0
- Fishermen: 0
Bird numbers roosting on the beach were low (30 counted). More shorebirds were in the marsh than on the beach.
Counter/Educator: Paul Martin