Report created by Paul Martin, Shorebird Counter and Educator for the Shorebird Conservation and Education Project with the Saint John Naturalists Club.
Start time: 11:50 am
High tide: 2:11 pm (7.5 M)
Finish time: 5:00 pm
Weather:
Start: 16°C, partly sunny, Wind: 4 km/h North
Finish: 18°C, scattered clouds, Wind: 6 km/h East
Boardwalk (11:53 am) View full eBird Checklist
Birds 11 Species: Canada Goose, Mallard, American Black Duck, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Greater Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Bald Eagle
Marsh (1:12 pm) View full eBird Checklist
Birds 12 Species: Mallard, American Black Duck, Dunlin, Pectoral Sandpiper, American Herring Gull, Great Blue Heron, American Crow, Horned Lark, American Pipit, Savannah Sparrow, Canada Goose, Black-bellied Plover
Main Beach (2:20 pm) View full eBird Checklist
Birds 6 Species: Dunlin, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Sanderling, American Herring Gull, Red-throated Loon
Mudflats (3:28 pm) View full eBird Checklist
Birds 17 Species: Common Eider, Black-bellied Plover, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Common Goldeneye, Least Sandpiper, Great Egret, Peregrine Falcon, Northern Harrier, American Pipit, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, American Crow
Disturbances to Birds:
Boardwalk: Bald Eagle flew over kicking up all the gulls and moving the Double-crested Cormorants off the berm.
Mudflats: The Peregrine Falcon made a run at a couple of Black-bellied Plovers and a Least Sandpiper. I didn’t see the LESA again after the Peregrine passed through.
Main Beach: A couple of tourists from Britain. I was able to get them to detour to avoid scaring up Dunlins.
People Engaged: 8
Total People on Beach: 5
Dogs leashed: 1
Dogs unleashed: 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.