Report created by Paul Martin, Shorebird Counter and Educator for the Shorebird Conservation and Education Project with the Saint John Naturalists Club.
Start time: 6:50 am
High tide: 7:46 am (6.9 M)
Finish time: 12:30 pm
Weather:
Start: 5 Deg Cel, Clear, Wind: 4 km/h NE
Finish: 21 Deg Cel, Clear, Wind: 13 km/h NNW
Marsh (6:53 am) View eBird Checklist
20 Species: Great Blue Heron, Least Sandpiper, Canada Goose, Mallard, American Black Duck, Green-winged Teal, Common Goldeneye, Black-bellied Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper, American Herring Gull, Great Egret, Double-crested Cormorant, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, American Pipit, American Crow
East Beach (7:58 am) View eBird Checklist
6 Species: Least Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Red-throated Loon, American Herring Gull
Main Beach (8:51 am) View eBird Checklist
5 Species: Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Savannah Sparrow
Irving Nature Park Tidal Flats (9:30 am) View eBird Checklist
9 Species: American Black Duck, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, Great Blue Heron, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Double-crested Cormorant
Mudflats Middle Section (10:17 am) View eBird Checklist
13 Species: American Black Duck, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Dunlin, White-rumped Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Sanderling, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Peregrine Falcon, Bald Eagle, Great Blue Heron, Double-crested Cormorant, Northern Flicker
Disturbances to Birds:
- Marsh: Northern Harrier took something from the marsh, too far to see what it was.
- East Beach: Woman walking her dog, dog on electronic leash, but was visibly scaring birds off beach, walking right through birds. I talked with her, she said she wasn’t aware and would make a change to walk at low tide.
- Main Beach: American Herring Gulls were present both on and off beach near cobble, birds that were roosting looked weary, not many present.
- Mudflats: Peregrine Falcons were constantly making runs at the peeps, saw 5 kills.
People Engaged: 2
Total People on Beach: 1
Dogs leashed: 0
Dogs unleashed: 1
Fisherman: 0
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.