MARITIMES BIRDING EXPEDITIONS
(with naturalist and birding guide)
Quebec ~ New Brunswick ~ Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island ~ Newfoundland including Labrador

Part 1 - 49 Day Tour - May 30 to July 17, 2009
Part 2 - 35 Day Tour - July 26 to August 29, 2009

DAILY BIRDING SITE ITINERARY (subject to change)  

Day Location Habitat
1 Quebec, QC historic city parks
2 Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, QC St. Lawrence River marshlands
3 Montmagny, Riviére-Ouelle, Rimounski, QC St. Lawrence River marshlands
4 Gaspé Provincial Park, QC (in route) Chic-Choc Mountains
5 Forillon National Park, QC Gaspé Peninsula, eastern tip
6 Percé, QC Gaspé Peninsula rocky shoreline
7 Bonaventure Island, QC gannet nesting sanctuary
8 Barachois Salt Marsh & Pointe-St. Pierre, QC salt marsh, cape, seashore
9 Caraquet, NB Gulf of St. Lawrence
10 Miscou & Lamequé islands, NB bogs, beaches, low forests
11 Kouchibouguac National Park, NB forests, bogs, sea coast
12 Kouchibouguac National Park, NB estuaries, lagoons, salt marshes
13 Cape Jourimain National Wildlife Area (in route) salt and brackish marshes
14 Cape Tyron & Blue Heron Drive, PE cliffs supporting rookeries
15 Prince Edward Island National Park, PE sand beaches, salt-water bays
16 Charlottetown, PE free day
17 Kings Byway, PE sand islands and salt marshes
18 ferry through Gulf of St. Lawrence to archipelago pelagic and island cliffs
19 Magdalen Islands, QC lagoons, mudflats, forests
20 Magdalen Islands & Gulf of St. Lawrence, QC pelagic and island cliffs
21 Victoria Park, NS mature coniferous & mixed forest
22 North Sydney, NS seaport harbor
23 Port aux Basques ferry to Newfoundland Atlantic Ocean pelagic
24 Grand Codroy Valley, NF wetlands, farmlands, estuaries
25 Corner Brook, NF boreal forest, farmlands
26 Deer Lake, NF lakes, sandy shores, boreal forests
27 Northern Peninsula, NF Gulf of St. Lawrence coastline
28 Ferolle Peninsula to St. Anthony, NF coves, bays, barrens, tuckamore
29 Fishing Point, Goose Cove, Pistolet Bay, NF icebergs & coastal outlooks to pelagic
30 Cape Norman & Cook's Harbor windy & foggy rocky point into sea
31 L'Anse aux Meadows, NF Viking landing point
32 Eddie's Cove, Shoal Cove, Flower's Cove Strait of Belle Isle coastline
33 Ferry to Quebec, overnight in Labrador pelagic, South Labrador coast
34 Red Bay, Labrador coves, bays, barrens
35 River of Ponds, Hawke's Bay, The Arches, NF Gulf of St. Lawrence coastline
36 Gros Morne National Park, NF coastal lowlands, frontal slopes
37 Gros Morne National Park, NF upland barrens, fiord lakes
38 Central Newfoundland inlets, estuaries, intertidal areas
39 The Exploits region, NF boreal forest, open barrens
40 Twillingate, NF harbors, coves
41 Twillingate, NF peninsula into sea
42 Gander area, NF mixed forests, cutover, stream valleys
43 Terra Nova National Park, NF ponds, streams, forests, coves
44 Bonavista Peninsula, NF bays, harbors, coves, coastal shores
45 Avalon Peninsula, NF Placentia Bay coastline
46 Cape St. Mary's Seabird Sanctuary, NF coastal seabird nesting colony
47 St. John's, NF lakes, bays, coves
48 Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, NF pelagic nesting areas
49 Argentia, NF first ferry departure to Nova Scotia
or 8 day unscheduled break between trips St. John's area, NF
then Argentia ferry to Nova Scotia Atlantic Ocean pelagic
Day Location Habitat
1 North Sydney, NS seaport harbor
2 Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, NS historic coastal village
3 Bird Island, NS (optional) puffin-razorbill nesting areas
4 Cape Breton Highlands National Park, NS forested coastal highlands
5 Cape Breton Highlands National Park, NS forested coastal highlands
6 Cabot Trail, NS forested coastal highlands
7 Cape Breton Highlands National Park, NS forested coastal highlands
8 Antigonish Harbor, NS coves, bays, sand beaches, salt marsh
9 Cumberland County, NS coastal lowlands
10 Sackville, NB extensive intertidal mudflats
11 Amherst Point Migratory Bird Sanctuary, NS freshwater marshes, fen, lakes, bogs
12 Northumberland Shore, NS fresh & saltwater marshes, forests
13 Dorchester Cape to Johnsons Mills, NS intertidal mudflats, shorebird roosting
14 Annapolis Valley, NS agricultural valley
15 Grand Pré & Minas Basin, NS tidal mud flats, agricultural, dykes
16 to Halifax, NS hardwood & coniferous forests
17 Dartmouth-Chezzetcook loop, NS boreal forests, coastal shorelines
18 Halifax, NS harbor, salt marshes, inland forests
19 Halifax to Lunenburg, NS sand beach, salt marsh, mud flats
20 Kejimkujik National Park, NS interior coniferous & mixed forests
21 Kejimkujik National Park, NS bogs, thickets, lakes, rivers, streams
22 Kejimkujik National Park, NS boreal forests
23 Victoria Park, NS mature coniferous & mixed forest
24 Digby Neck & Brier Island, NS coastal forests & barrens, shorelines
25 Digby, NS Bay of Fundy migratory corridor
26 to Hopewell Cape, NB multiple habitats in route
27 Shepody National Wildlife Area, NB tidal marshes, intertidal mudflats
28 Marys Point, NB 100,000 Semipalmated Sandpipers
29 Fundy National Park, NB mixed forests
30 Fundy National Park, NB turbid coastal waters
31 Fundy National Park, NB cliffs & rolling plateau lands
32 Grand Manan Archipelago, NB outlying islands
33 Grand Manan Archipelago, NB coniferous & mixed woodlands
34 Grand Manan Archipelago, NB brushy fields, exposed headlands
35 Grand Manan Archipelago, NB precipitous cliffs, rocky intertidal
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