Birds of Campobello

Campobello lies on the Atlantic flyway and is a convient stop over point for thousands of shore birds and other migrants.

Local Species

View a list that includes species breeding here on
Campobello (and nearby islands), plus birds that
migrating through this area.

Seasonal Calendar
May ; The majority of
song birds and summer
residents return.

June ; The last summer
residents return early in
the month. Singing and
nesting activities peak.
July ; Singing decreases
as nesting is completed.
South bound shorbirds
arrive in numbers by
late month.
August ; South bound
migratiion of warblers,
flycatchers and other
songbirds is well under
way. Shorebird migration
peaks in mid August.
September ; Shorebirds
are found in reduced
numbers. Non-concentrated
hawk migration. Water
birds start to gather along
the coast.
October ; Most remaining
migrants depart. Large
movements of waterbirds
occur. Many of the winter
residents begin to arrive
late in the month.

This is a listing of Birding Places located mostly in
the protected area of Roosevelt International Park.

Visitor Centre - mowed lawns, fields, thickets,
forest edges and marine shorland. Look for Nashville,
North-em Pamla, Magnolia, Black-throated Green
Warblers, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Chipping
Sparrow, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin.

Friar's Head - open fields, thickets, mixed woods
and marine shoreland. Habitats for Alder Flycatcher,
Nash-ville, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Chestnut
sided Warbler (uncommon).

Fire Pond Trail - coniferous and mixed woods, forest
edges and pond. Bay-breasted and Wilson's Warblers,
Sharp-Shinned Hawk and Winter Wren sighted in this
area. Migrant Solitary Sandpiper (uncommon) at
pond.

Junction, Cranberry Point Drive and Tourist infor-
marion Centre Road - mixed woods, thickets, alder
bog. Blackburnfan, Magnolia, Wilson's Warbler
(uncommon), Hairy Woodpecker.

Fox Farm - open fields, thickets, forest edges, tidal
flats. Alder Flycatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, North-
ern Pamla, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided Warbler
(uncommon).

Tidal flats good for migrant shorebirds. American
Woodcock in low, wet areas of back trails.

Cranberry Point - marine shoreland, mixed woods,
regenerating forest. Good gathering area for mixed
flocks of warblers with fledglings in late summer
before migration. Look for uncommon Cape May
Warbler. White-winged Crossbills seen here (nomadic,
highly variable).

Upper Duck Pond - tidal flats, estuary and marsh,
mixed woods. Excellent for migrant shorebirds. Take-
o point for warblers, flycatchers, nuthatches, chicka-
dees, kinglets, etc., in late summer. American Black
Duck, Northern Harrier seen in estuary area.