Report created by Paul Martin, Shorebird Counter and Educator for the Shorebird Conservation and Education Project with the Saint John Naturalists Club.
Start time: 11:00 am
High tide: 2:47 pm (7.4 M)
Finish time: 6:10 pm
Weather:
Start: 16°C, cloud, Wind: 9 km/h North
Finish: 17°C, overcast, Wind: 11 km/h NNW
Mudflats (11:10 am) View Full eBird Checklist
Birds 6 Species: Black-bellied Plover, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Great Blue Heron, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Egret
Boardwalk (12:21 pm) View Full eBird Checklist
Birds 15 Species: Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, American Black Duck, Mallard, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Double-crested Cormorant, American Crow, Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Horned Lark, American Pipit
Marsh (1:34 pm) View Full eBird Checklist
Birds 17 Species: Hudsonian Godwit, Whimbrel, Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Mallard, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Horned Lark, American Pipit, Savannah Sparrow, Baird’s Sandpiper, Dunlin, Semipalmated Sandpiper, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Song Sparrow, American Crow
Main Beach (4:01 pm) View Full eBird Checklist
Birds 5 Species: Least Sandpiper, Red-throated Loon, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Semipalmated Sandpiper
Mudflats (4:57 pm) View Full eBird Checklist
Birds 15 Species: Mallard, Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Common Eider, Semipalmated Plover, American Golden Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Sanderling, Dunlin, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Red-throated Loon, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret
Disturbances to Birds:
Marsh: Bald Eagle flew over and scared up Gulls, and a Peregrine passed over and upset Black-bellied Plovers. American Herring Gull was hanging out on the sands close to where Dunlin and Baird’s were roosting, the Pipits and Larks were nervous.
People Engaged: 4
Total People on Beach: 2
Dogs leashed: 1 Dogs unleashed:
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.