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: 1:37 pm (7.6 M)
Finish time: 5:00 pm
Weather:
Start: 17°C, cloud, Wind: 17 km/h SW
Finish: 16°C, rain, Wind: 13 km/h South
Boardwalk (12:03 pm) View full eBird Checklist
Birds 15 Species: Canada Goose, Mallard, American Black Duck, Common Eider, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Greater Yellowlegs, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, American Crow, American Pipit
Marsh (1:31 pm) View full eBird Checklist
Birds 20 Species: Mallard, American Black Duck, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin, Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, American Crow, Horned Lark, American Pipit, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow
Main Beach (3:13 pm) View full eBird Checklist
Birds 5 Species: Semipalmated Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Sanderling, Merlin, American Crow
Mudflats Middle Section (4:23 pm) View full eBird Checklist
Birds 12 Species: Common Eider, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Red-throated Loon, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, American Crow
Disturbances to Birds:
Marsh: The birds were skittish and there was a male Merlin and an immature Peregrine flying over the marsh, zipping past low close to the grass. I found a carcass of what I believe is a goose, only the wing feathers were present, something ate it.
Main Beach: Both falcons were also present on the beach, kicking up the plovers a couple of times. There were also a couple of people with 2 large dogs but Nancy and I got their attention and they turned around.
Yesterday was quite quiet but today was actually much more active, likely with the winds not as strong may have been an issue.
People Engaged: 7
Total People on Beach: 4
Dogs leashed: 1
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.