New Brunswick
Hotspots

Photo copyright Bill Scholtz

....Puffins & Machias Seal Island - Machais Seal Island is located 
in the lower Bay of Fundy, approximately ten miles west of Grand Manan Island. The island is barely a mile long at low tide, and a few hundred feet wide. A lighthouse is located there and in the non-nesting season the only occupants on the island are the two lighthouse keepers. The lighthouse has been maintained by the Canadian Coast Guard for over 100 years. This is disputed territory between the US and Canada.
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.. .Machais Seal Island - a great illustrated trip report by Bill Scholtz. 
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....Grand Manan Island - Grand Manan is a paradise for bird-watchers.
Puffins and Arctic terns, marsh-dwelling cranes and heron, magnificent eagles and peregrine falcons -- the island boasts hundreds of species. See also Grand Manan Tourim - site includes a checklist of Grand Manan birds. 
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....Potential New Brunswick IBAs - This is a working list and map of
potential Important Bird Areas in New Brunswick. The process of identifying IBAs in this region is by no means complete. Additional sites that qualify as IBAs will likely be identified and likewise, some of the sites mapped may not qualify as IBAs once a thorough evaluation is completed. Once a site has been formally identified as an IBA the site name is linked to a one-page site summary. Includes details about:
• Restigouche River Estuary
• Kouchibouguac National Park Sand Spits and Barrier Islands
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....Sackville Waterfowl Park - The Sackville Waterfowl Park is home to
many species of wildlife. The Park is located near the Tantramar Marshes. The Park is a partnership between the Canadian Wildlife Service and Ducks Unlimited.
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....Birding in Restigouche - from the Restigouche Naturalists Club. 
Restigouche County, on the northern tip of New Brunswick, is one of the more interesting areas in the province for birders. In part, this is because the ranges of many northern and southern species overlap here.
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....Campobello Island, New Brunswick - Eastport is know as the world's
second largest whirlpool and is an internationally recognized feeding and staging area for tens of thousands of small gulls in summer and fall and equal numbers of Black-legged Kittiwakes in winter.
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....Great Drives Along New Brunswick's Fundy Coast - From old 
Acadia to Grand Manan Island, the southern shore of New Brunswick offers quiet villages, great scenery and birding, parks, historic treasures, and the highest tides in the world. 
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....Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick-Nova Scotia, Canada, Hemispheric
Reserve - part of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. The Bay of Fundy Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve was dedicated in two sections: Shepody Bay, NB in August, 1987 and Minas Basin, NS in August, 1988. More information about Shepody Bay. See also the Shorebirds of Fundy. Environment Canada Factsheet on Shepody Bay.
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....Mary's Point, New Brunswick (40 km south of the City of Moncton,
Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands. Environment Canada Fact Sheet on Mary's Point. See also Shorebirds at Mary's Point.
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....Tabusintac Lagoon and River Estuary, New Brunswick (50 km
northeast of the city of Chatham in Northumberland County) - Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands. 
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....The Daly Point Reserve  - comprised of 40 ha of saltmarsh and 
associated upland. The park consist of 6 km of trails running through more than 100 acres of saltmarsh, old fields, and mixted forest. Special attractions include the thousands of Canada Geese who arrive on their migratory voyage in the fall and the many different species of shorebirds who feed on the invertebrate communities located on the wide tidal flats. 
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....Chimney Swifts in Frederickton - A quaint tradition in some 
Fredericton families was telling children that it was time for them to go to bed when the chimney swifts came in to roost for the night. Unfortunately, many of the chimneys that formally housed chimney swifts have been torn down or sealed up. However, there a few exceptions, including the Incutech Building Chimney on the University of New Brunswick campus. The chimney at the Incutech Building has served as a roosting site for swifts for many years. 
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....New Brunswick Trip Reports - a number of New Brunswick trip reports
are available from Blake Maybank's "Birding the Americas - Trip Report and Trip Planning Repository". 

**..Grand Manan Autumn with Victor Emanuel Nature Tours (VENT). 
Located in the Bay of Fundy (off the coast of Maine and New Brunswick), Canada's picturesque island of Grand Manan makes an ideal base for experiencing the phenomenon of fall migration on the northeast coast.  This area stands out from other migration hot spots because of the ready availability of exciting pelagic birding. Nearby submarine canyons promote cold-water upwellings that attract numbers of pelagic birds every fall. 
• September 03 - September 09, 2001 (7.0 days - Limit 16 ) with leaders Jeff Gordon 
VENT offers nearly 140 tours to over 100 land-based destinations each year and is the largest tour company in the world specializing in birding and natural history.
...."Puffins, Whales, and Wilderness Trails" with Fundy Hiking and
Nature Tours Inc.
....Sea Watch Tours in Grand Manan Island - Step aboard to watch and
learn about whales from experienced guides and see seabirds flock to our boat as we drop bait. Machias Seal Island Tour - Machias Seal Island is a bird sanctuary for Atlantic Puffins, Arctic Terns and Razorbilll Auks. The island is operated by the Canadian Wildlife Service and visitors may observe the Puffins, Terns and Auks from blinds. Wildlife Officer must be present. Limited visitors permitted on island.
....Island Coast Boat Tours, Grand Manan Island Tel. (506) 662-8181
 

....Kennebecasis Naturalist Society - Calendar of Events
....Restigouche Naturalists Club - Upcoming Events

    Shediac/Moncton (French) Hotline: (506) 532-2873
    New Brunswick (Provincewide) Hotline: (506) 382-3825
    Check also New Brunswick RBA Archives