Click for printable PDFHave you ever looked up in the sky and wondered, where on earth is that bird going? Is it finishing up a dinner run? Or is it on the very last leg of a transcontinental migration? For years, birders have been coming, with lists in tow, perhaps asking these very questions. Maybe that’s why they call this place the Seabird Capital of North America.
Around here, you tend to look up more than usual. Not because the land and sea aren’t enough to capture your full attention. But because there’s over 29,000 kilometres of coastline that acts as a beacon to over 350 species of birds, so you can get up close. Just make sure you bring an umbrella.
35 million seabirds – 25,000 gannets, 500,000 puffins, 7 million storm-petrels and 24,000 razorbills – just to name a few. Be witness to chaotic gatherings around our many guts and bays, inlets and reserves, both in the sky and sea.
Come for the falcons, hawks, and ospreys. And for northern species like murres and boreal owls. And rare species like black-headed gulls and fulmars. There are more than 800 American bald eagles across the province, making this place one of the largest populations on the continent.
Besides the millions of seabirds that enjoy the rich marine life, we welcome rare species to these parts every year. Think of it as a crossroads for bird traffic – many non-native birds stray from their migration route and end up here, so sightings of non-native species for this climate zone are not uncommon.