Birding Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
1–14 July 2008
I met Bill Scheible, Cedar Rapids, IA, in Montreal
and we flew on to St. John's, Newfoundland in the fog on 30 June. After
exploring St. John's on Canada Day, we met five other members of our Field
Guides group and Chris Benesh, our very knowledgeable Field Guides leader.
We toured much of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, took a 17-hr ferry
ride to Sidney, NS, and toured the northern half of NS, including Cape
Breton Island. We enjoyed several great birding/whaling pelagic trips, and
saw more than 120 bird species, four whale species, and several other
notable mammals. Bill and I stayed on for three additional days at a
delightful B&B, The Breakers, in Digby, NS, home of the world-famous
scallop fleet on the Bay of Fundy. The scallops were delicious! We
wandered the Annapolis Valley and Bay of Fundy areas and drove to Westport
on the peninsula. We crossed southern Nova Scotia through Kejimkujik NP
and visited several towns along the Atlantic coast on our way back to
Halifax. Trip weather was generally sunny with a couple days of
fog/drizzle. We greatly enjoyed exploring with Chris and our other amiable
companions.
A series of photos, generally in chronological order,
follows.
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Bill Scheible and St. John's, Newf. Battery Hotel sign, 1 July 2008 |
St. John's harbor seen from our windows in the Battery Hotel, 1 July 2008
St. John's harbor at night |
Historic buildings in St. John's, 1 July 2008
Canada Day celebration, St. John's, 1 July 2008 |
Seabird colony, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Black-legged Kittiwakes with chicks, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Common Murres, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Atlantic Puffin, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Atlantic Puffins, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Atlantic Puffin, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Great Black-backed Gull, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Common Murres, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Razorbills, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Black-legged Kittiwakes with chicks, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Black-legged Kittiwakes, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Common Murres, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Common Murre with Thick-billed Murre, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Northern Fulmar, Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Flukes of diving Humpback Whale (one of many) in Witless Bay, Newf., 2
July 2008 |
Flukes of diving Humpback Whale in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Flukes of diving Humpback Whale in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Flukes of diving Humpback Whale in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Flukes of diving Humpback Whale in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Flukes of diving Humpback Whale in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Flukes of diving Humpback Whale in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Spout of Humpback Whale in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Blowhole of Humpback Whale in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Dorsal fin of diving Humpback Whale in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Flukes of diving Humpback Whale in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Flukes of diving Humpback Whale in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Iceberg in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Iceberg in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008
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Flipper of Humpback Whale in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Blowhole of Humpback Whale in Witless Bay, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher near Cape Spear, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Cape Spear lighthouse, easternmost point of land in North America, 2 July
2008 |
Bill Scheible at Cape Spear, 2 July 2008 |
Kay Niyo at Cape Spear, 2 July 2008 |
Fin whales seen going by Cape Spear, Newf., 2 July 2008 |
Tors Cove (where we estimated ~50 Humpback Whales in the bay) on the
Atlantic coast of Avalon Peninsula, Newf., 3 July 2008 |
Fox Sparrow singing, southern Avalon Peninsula, 3 July 2008 |
Little Gull in fog at St. Vincent's Beach, Newf., 3 July 2008 |
Arctic Tern possibly nesting, in fog at St. Vincent's Beach, Newf., 3 July
2008 |
Gannet Rock in fog, Northern Gannet colony at Cape St. Mary's, Newf., 4
July 2008
Gannet Rock in fog |
Northern Gannet pair preening in fog at Cape St. Mary's, Newf., 5 July
2008 |
Northern Gannet pair in fog at Cape St. Mary's, Newf., 5 July 2008 |
Northern Gannet with chick at Cape St. Mary's, Newf., 5 July 2008 |
Northern Gannet with oldest chick at Cape St. Mary's hatched 16 June
according to the naturalist, 5 July 2008 |
Northern Gannet with oldest chick at Cape St. Mary's hatched 16 June
according to the naturalist, 5 July 2008 |
Third-year Northern Gannet at Cape St. Mary's, Newf., 5 July 2008 |
Unidentified wildflower found in the open meadow at Cape St. Mary's,
Newf., 5 July 2008 |
Unidentified fungus, possibly a chantarelle, found in the open meadow at
Cape St. Mary's, Newf., 5 July 2008 |
Unidentified buttercup found in open meadow at Cape St. Mary's, Newf., 5
July 2008 |
Unidentified violet found in open meadow at Cape St. Mary's, Newf., 5 July
2008 |
Caribou near Cape St. Mary's, Newf., 5 July 2008 |
Swamp Sparrow, Avalon Peninsula, Newf., 5 July 2008 |
Pine Grosbeak, Avalon Peninsula, Newf., 5 July 2008 |
Northern Waterthrush, Avalon Peninsula, Newf., 5 July 2008 |
Pine Grosbeak eating dandelion seeds at Saint Bride's, Newf., 5 July 2008 |
Sister ferry leaving Sidney, Nova Scotia for Placentia, Newf., as we were
ready to dock at Sidney, 6 July 2008 |
Ferry dock at Sidney, Nova Scotia, 6 July 2008 |
Double-crested Cormorants on buoy in Sidney, Nova Scotia harbor, 6 July
2008 |
Double-crested Cormorants and nesting Common Terns with chicks on wharf at
Sidney, Nova Scotia harbor dock, 6 July 2008 |
Common Terns with chicks on wharf at Sidney, Nova Scotia harbor dock, 6
July 2008 |
Black Duck with ducklings at ferry dock, Sidney, Nova Scotia, 6 July 2008 |
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Port Morian Sandbar, Nova Scotia, 6 July
2008 |
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Port Morian Sandbar, Nova Scotia, 6 July
2008 |
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Port Morian Sandbar, Nova Scotia, 6 July
2008 |
Savannah Sparrow, Port Morian Sandbar, Nova Scotia, 6 July 2008 |
Willet with chicks, Port Morian Sandbar, Nova Scotia, 6 July 2008 |
Willet, Port Morian Sandbar, Nova Scotia, 6 July 2008 |
Cape Breton Island bridge, Nova Scotia, 7 July 2008 |
White-throated Sparrow, Cape Breton Island, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Cape Breton Island, taken from whale-watching boat out of Pleasant Bay,
NS, 7 July 2008 |
Whale-watching boat in Pleasant Bay, Cape Breton Island, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Pilot Whale seen from whale-watching boat on coast of Cape Breton Island,
NS, 7 July 2008 |
Moose, one of five seen on Cape Breton Island, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Moose, one of five seen on Cape Breton Island, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Laurel in bog on Cape Breton Island, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Unidentified orchid in bog on Cape Breton Island, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Pitcher plant in bog on Cape Breton Island, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Magnolia Warbler, Benji's Lake Trail, Cape Breton Highlands NP, NS, 7 July
2008 |
Black and White Warbler, Cape Breton Highlands NP, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Black and White Warbler, Cape Breton Highlands NP, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Gray Jay, Cape Breton Highlands NP, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Cape Breton Highlands NP, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Cape Breton Highlands NP, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Mourning Warbler, Cape Breton Highlands NP, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Mourning Warbler, Cape Breton Highlands NP, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Black and White Warbler, Cape Breton Highlands NP, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Pine Grosbeak, Cape Breton Highlands NP, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Lincoln's Sparrow, Cape Breton Highlands NP, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Cape Breton Island and Cape Breton Highlands NP seen from a whale-watching
boat out of Pleasant Bay, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Cape Breton Island and Cape Breton Highlands NP seen from a whale-watching
boat out of Pleasant Bay, NS, 7 July 2008 |
Common Mergansers on St. Mary's River, near Liscomb, NS, 8 July 2008 |
Piping Plover on Pomquet Beach, NS, 8 July 2008 |
Piping Plover with chicks on Pomquet Beach, NS, 8 July 2008 |
Bobolink in hayfield land, Nova Scotia, 8 July 2008 |
Purple Finch, near Liscombe Lodge, Liscomb, NS, 8 July 2008 |
Bill Scheible with The Simpsons in a yard near Liscomb, NS, 8 July 2008 |
Bill Scheible with The Simpsons in a yard near Liscomb, NS, 8 July 2008 |
Old farmhouse near Liscomb, NS, 9 July 2008 |
Evening Grosbeaks at farmhouse near Liscomb, NS, 9 July 2008 |
Fern along country road near Liscomb, NS, 9 July 2008 |
Bunchberry along country road near Liscomb, NS, 9 July 2008 |
Broad-winged Hawk with prey (probable vole spp), Woodpecker Trail near
Liscombe Lodge, Liscomb, NS, 9 July 2008 |
Broad-winged Hawk with prey hidden by branch, Woodpecker Trail near
Liscombe Lodge, Liscomb, NS, 9 July 2008 |
White-winged Crossbill, Woodpecker Trail near Liscombe Lodge, Liscomb, NS,
9 July 2008 |
Woodchuck, Liscombe Lodge, Liscomb, NS, 9 July 2008 |
Northern Parula, Woodpecker Trail near Liscombe Lodge, NS, 10 July 2008 |
American Goldfinches on feeder at Liscombe Lodge, Liscomb, NS, 10 July
2008 |
St. Mary's Falls on the St. Mary's River near Liscombe Lodge, Liscomb, NS,
10 July 2008 |
Which bird?! Last day of the tour, along a country road near
Liscomb, NS, 10 July 2008 (L to R: Bill Scheible, Warren Cairo, Connie
Diernisse, Claudia Burns, Amy Potter, Dianne Hall, Chris Benesh) |
NO, this way! Along a country road near Liscomb, NS, 10 July 2008 |
Sunset over Digby, NS wharf, 11 July 2008 |
The Breakers B&B, Digby, NS, 11 July 2008 |
Digby wharf, home of the world's largest scallop fleet, 11 July 2008 |
Evangeline Beach, Bay of Fundy shorebird site, NS, 11 July 2008 |
Evangeline Beach, NS, with receding tides in the Bay of
Fundy, 11 July 2008 |
Wolfville, NS, one of our favorite little towns in the Annapolis Valley,
11 July 2008 |
Bill and Kay enjoying coffee at the Library Pub in Wolfville, NS, 11 July
2008 |
Bill and Kay in the rose garden in Annapolis Royal, NS, 12 July 2008 |
Bill at the water garden in Annapolis Royal, NS, 12 July 2008 |
Kay at the water garden in Annapolis Royal, NS, 12 July 2008 |
Lilies at the water garden in Annapolis Royal, NS, 12 July 2008 |
Fort Anne at Annapolis Royal, NS, 12 July 2008 |
St. Mary's Bay with receding tide along the peninsula of NS, 12 July 2008 |
Herring weir, along the peninsula on the way to Briar Isl., NS, 12 July
2008 |
Lobster buoys readied for next year's season, along the peninsula on the
way to Briar Isl., NS, 12 July 2008 |
Lobster traps and nets readied for next year's season, along the peninsula
on the way to Briar Isl., NS, 12 July 2008 |
Briar Isl, NS, across the strait from Westport, NS, 12 July 2008 |
River running through Kejimkujik NP in south-central NS, 13 July 2008 |
Historic home in Lunenburg, NS on the Atlantic coast, 13 July 2008 |
Historic home in Lunenburg, NS, 13 July 2008 |
Historic Episcopal Church in Lunenburg, NS, 13 July 2008 |
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