Canada Ramsar wetland
Shepody Bay
180 bird species recorded; the most from July to August.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
59 species in January.51 species in February.51 species in March.62 species in April.115 species in May.108 species in June.133 species in July.142 species in August.107 species in September.76 species in October.58 species in November.57 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
180 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).
- 180Speciesrecorded more than once
- 111Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 10ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 18,845Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 13Raptors
- 2Owls
- 24Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 16Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 90Songbirds
- 18Other 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 180 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Falco atricapillusFalco atricapillus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Waders24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodusNT
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Ducks & geese16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Songbirds90 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
Other birds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Spruce GrouseCanachites canadensis
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusNT
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from July to August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-3°/-11°72 mm
- Feb-3°/-11°72 mm
- Mar1°/-6°72 mm
- Apr8°/-1°79 mm
- May14°/4°81 mm
- Jun19°/10°95 mm
- Jul23°/15°79 mm
- Aug23°/15°80 mm
- Sep19°/11°89 mm
- Oct13°/6°101 mm
- Nov6°/0°94 mm
- Dec0°/-6°100 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Shepody Bay.
Bay in Canada
Shepody Bay is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada.
180 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 18,845 open records.
The most recorded are the Semipalmated Sandpiper, the Semipalmated Plover and the American Crow.
73 species come for the summer, 36 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
10 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, White-rumped Sandpiper and Short-billed Dowitcher.
The most species are recorded from July to August.
Get there and watch
- Ponderosa Pines Campgroundcampsite · 3.8 km · 1 within 10 km
- Hopewell Rocks Motel & Country Innplace to stay · 4.1 km · 7 within 10 km
- Fundy Albertnearest town · 8.5 km in a straight line
- Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport (YQM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 36 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
- 1observation towers within 6 kmEmergency Tower
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmInterpretive Centre
- 8viewpoints within 5 kmDiamond Rock, Big Cove Lookout, Daniels Flats and 5 more
- 7car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmPonderosa Pines Campground
- 7places to stay within 10 kmHopewell Rocks Motel & Country Inn, Innisfree B&B, The Artisan's Suite B&B and 4 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Shepody Bay.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas21 mountains within 25 kmCaledonian Highland416 m · 13 kmCrooked Creek Lookout · 16 kmOak Hill · 16 kmGrays Island25 m · 17 kmCaledonia Mountain306 m · 20 kmBeech Hill · 20 kmOil Hill · 22 kmLewis Mountain · 24 km
Coastya2 beaches within 10 kmMaringouin Flats · 7.5 kmSlacks Cove · 8.7 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Shepody Bay
Canada
- 85Birdyas Score
- 180Species
- 111Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2879620) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 18,845 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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