Birdwatching

Birdwatching

Birdwatching is a popular activity along the shores of St. Mary’s Bay.

Common birds found throughout July and August

  • D.C. Cormorant
  • American Bittern
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Canada Goose
  • Green-winged Teal
  • American Black Duck
  • Mallard
  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Osprey
  • Northern Harrier
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • American Kestrel
  • Black-bellied Plover
  • Killdeer
  • Willet
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper
  • Least Sandpiper
  • Short Billed Dowitcher
  • Common Snipe
  • Ring-billed Gull
  • Herring Gull
  • Great Black-backed Gull
  • Common Tern
  • Arctic Tern
  • Belted Kingfisher
  • American Crow
  • American Robin
  • European Starling
  • Yellow Warbler
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow
  • Song Sparrow
  • Swamp Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Common Grackle
  • Tree Swallow
  • Barn Swallow

Potential Surprises found in the marshes

  • Great Egret
  • Snowy Egret
  • Little Blue Heron
  • Tricoloured Heron
  • Cattle Egret
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Hudsonian Godwit
  • Bonaparte’s Gull
  • Caspian Tern
  • Green Heron
  • Glossy Ibis
  • Bank Swallow
  • Cliff Swallow
  • Red-breasted Merganser
  • Black Skimmer
  • Laughing Gull