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The Shearstown Estuary - Animal and Plant Life

BIRDS OF THE SHEARSTOWN ESTUARY

Waterfowl

Common Name
Scientific Name
Photo

American Black Duck

Anas rubripes

Green-Winged Teal Anas crecca
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

Greater Scaup

Aythya marila

Canada Goose Branta canadensis

SEABIRDS
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Photo:Andreas Trepte, Marburg
Greater Black-Backed Gull Larus marinus
Ring-Billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Ivory Gull

Pagophila eburnea

Black-Headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea

SHOREBIRDS
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Black-Bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularia

Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla  
Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

SONGBIRDS
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
Black-Capped Chickadee Parus atricapillus
American Robin Turdus migratorius
Northern Junco Junco hyemalis

Hawks

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Merlin Falco columbarius

OTHERS

European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Loon Gavia immer
Ruffed Grouse

Bonasa umbellus

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

•  Birds of the Estuary    • Aquatic Life of the Estuary
• Plants of the Estuary

For further information contact:
Eastern Habitat Joint Venture Department of Environment and Conservation Wildlife Division

Town of Spaniard's Bay
Email: spaniardsbay@persona.ca

Town of Bay Roberts
Email: info@bayroberts.co

Local Joint Management Committee
Mose Anthony: 709-786-2361
Patricia George: 709-786-1292
Cathy Kleinwort: 709-786-9829
Bill Seymour: 709-786-7423
Contact your JMC members to make a monetary donation or to volunteer your time and skills to projects that will improve the local ecosystem of the Shearstown Estuary

Telephone: (709) 786-2126 Fax: (709) 786-2128
E-mail: info@bayroberts.com
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