NEWFOUNDLAND & NOVA SCOTIABoreal specialties, seabird colonies, and numerous breeding landbirds in the beautiful Canadian Maritimes.
$3575 (2008 fee). 11 days See our triplist for 2007 or 2006 or 2005. Newfoundland and Nova Scotia offer a wonderful summer getaway with some of the best birding in eastern Canada. Spectacular scenery ranging from high cliffs and sandy beaches to windswept barrens and rich deciduous forest forms the backdrop for our exciting trip. We’ll begin in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where we’ll focus our attention on the multitudes of seabirds, some 300,000 nesting pairs of Atlantic Puffins and more than 400,000 other alcids including both murres, Razorbill, and Black Guillemot! It’s a blur of constant motion, the sight of thousands of birds whirling around their few select nest islands like ungainly bees swarming a hive. On Cape St. Mary’s we will again encounter thousands of birds—Northern Gannets, Black-legged Kittiwakes, and Common Murres—as well as smaller numbers of Razorbills, Black Guillemots, Thick-billed Murres, Great Cormorants, and nesting American Pipits and Horned Larks. The ferry crossing from Argentia to North Sydney, Nova Scotia can be one of the most productive in eastern North America, so we’ll keep a sharp lookout for Manx, Greater, and Sooty shearwaters, Pomarine and Parasitic jaegers, Leach’s and Wilson’s storm-petrels, as well as a number of whales and possibly even a South Polar Skua. On Cape Breton Island, known for its sweeping coastal vistas and great birding, we’ll look for the rare Bicknell’s Thrush, and we’ll spend time in the boreal forest in search of the many birds nesting here, specialties such as Spruce Grouse, Boreal Chickadee, and White-winged Crossbill, not to mention an excellent selection of warblers and other landbirds. While the birds will generally be commanding our attention, the marine mammal possibilities on this tour are great. Join us this summer in cool maritime Canada for some truly enjoyable birding combined with dramatic landscapes and hard-to-resist seafood.
Contact our office by e-mail in Austin, Texas at fieldguides@fieldguides.com.
Field Guides Incorporated, 9433 Bee Cave Road, Building 1, Suite 150, Austin, TX 78733 Copyright © 2008 Field Guides Incorporated Field Guides is a registered trademark of Field Guides Incorporated. cat09 |
