52 Weeks of Flight is about BIRDS! Our region is rich with migratory species year round. We have the best environmental mix for widest variety of birds, with our Bay of Chaleur salt water, Restigouche River fresh water and the point where the two meet. Add in the Eel River Marsh Estuary, our protected valleys and sharp cliffs, and we have upped the potential of habitat listings for our feathered friends. With 300 species to discover, we invite you to come Explore Dalhousie!
And to help you find what’s happening in the world of birding and habitats, 52 Weeks of Flight has hatched a new Naturalist Club for Dalhousie and area. Meetings are the third Monday of every month (except for July and August, when we’re on vacation too), at Dalhousie Regional High School Library, 7pm. For more information, please call the 52 Weeks of Flight Naturalist Club at 506-508-0505.
the 2015 Calendars are now available! New table/desktop design makes it more compact. Made from quality cardstock and superb photography, this great stocking stuffer gift item is sure to please all the birders in your life. Perfectly prices at only $8, you can purchase your Calendar at:
Dalhousie Town Hall, Haven of Hope, and The Christmas Shoppe. The calendars are bilingual and continue our mission of promoting birding education and profiling of our area. All proceeds return to trail development, maintenance and promotion.
“Here is a small sample listing of birds that can be found in Dalhousie”
- Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
- Common raven (Corvus corax)
- Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
- Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
- Black Scoter (Malanitta americana)
- Common yellowthroat (Goethlypis trichas)
- Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Wood duck (Aix sponsa)
- Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
- Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
- Red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- Barrow’s goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- Downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
- Blue jay (Cyanocita cristata)
- Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
- Common redpole (Acanthis flammea)
- European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus)
- Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus piliaetus)
- Dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Barred owl (Strix varia)
- Yellow-rumped warbler (Dendroica coronata)
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Common loon (Gavia immer)
- Yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia)
- American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
- American wigeon (Anas americana)
- Ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris)
- American goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Bonaparte’s gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
- Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
- Semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- Black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
- Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
- White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Greater scaup (Aythya marila)
- Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulous)
- Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
- Iceland gull (Larus glaucoides)
- Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
- American black duck (Anas rubripes)
