Canada Ramsar wetland
Mary's Point
212 bird species recorded; the most in May.
James Mann from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada · CC BY 2.0
This month here
84 species in January.61 species in February.87 species in March.118 species in April.153 species in May.106 species in June.134 species in July.125 species in August.101 species in September.105 species in October.94 species in November.84 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
212 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 212Speciesrecorded more than once
- 142Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 9ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 18,097Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 15Raptors
- 4Owls
- 21Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 27Ducks & geese
- 6Herons, ibises & grebes
- 110Songbirds
- 23Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 212 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Falco atricapillusFalco atricapillus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Northern Saw-Whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Ducks & geese27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- GadwallMareca strepera
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- RedheadAythya americana
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
Herons, ibises & grebes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Songbirds110 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Other birds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- American CootFulica americana
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-2°/-9°88 mm
- Feb-2°/-9°86 mm
- Mar1°/-5°84 mm
- Apr7°/0°88 mm
- May12°/4°90 mm
- Jun16°/9°103 mm
- Jul20°/13°84 mm
- Aug20°/14°82 mm
- Sep18°/11°99 mm
- Oct12°/6°115 mm
- Nov6°/0°117 mm
- Dec1°/-5°122 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Mary's Point.
Wetland in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada
Mary's Point is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada.
212 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 18,097 open records.
The most recorded are the American Crow, the Black-capped Chickadee and the Song Sparrow.
86 species come for the summer, 52 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
9 are threatened worldwide, including Rusty Blackbird, Lesser yellowlegs and Evening Grosbeak.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- The Shirecampsite · 5.6 km · 2 within 10 km
- The Maplegrove Innplace to stay · 2.9 km · 10 within 10 km
- Fundy Albertnearest town · 10 km in a straight line
- Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport (YQM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 43 km in a straight lineCar hire at YQM airport (Moncton)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 5car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmThe Shire, West River Camping
- 10places to stay within 10 kmThe Maplegrove Inn, Florentine Manor Bed & Breakfast, Sandpipers' Rest Bed and Breakfast and 7 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Mary's Point.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas35 mountains within 25 kmCaledonian Highland416 m · 4.5 kmCaledonia Mountain306 m · 14 kmOak Hill · 19 kmCollier Mountain · 23 kmGrays Island25 m · 24 kmHarrison Mountain · 24 kmGarland Mountain · 24 kmGowland Mountain295 m · 25 km
Coastya4 beaches within 10 kmMarys Cove · 5.4 kmNew Horton Flats · 7.0 kmShepody Flats · 7.4 kmBig Bar · 9.3 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmNew Horton Lake0.7 km² · 5.5 kmLockhart Lake0.3 km² · 8.5 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Mary's Point
Canada
- 84Birdyas Score
- 212Species
- 142Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6778689) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 18,097 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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