Birding the South Musquash Marsh

This event has been rescheduled for June 10th.

Registration is required in case of changes or cancellation: https://form.jotform.com/221284752050247

 

✴️ What we’ll do:

The South Musquash Marsh is a small portion of the NBCC Musquash Estuary Marine Protected Area. The area we will be visiting has been part of the Maritime Marsh Monitoring program for several years and is checked each year for American bittern, least bittern, pied-billed grebe, sora, Virginia rail, American coot, common gallinule, nelsons sparrow, marsh wren, black tern and willet.

 

The plan is to bird the woodland trail to the marsh but not stopping over long just practicing our listening skills in preparation for our time on the marsh.

 

To maximize the experience on this trip there will be no electronic callings or phishing. 

 

The quieter the group can be while we are on the marsh, the more likely we are to hear and see some of the above marsh birds but also the other numerous birds that inhabit any marsh.

 

The walking surface is flat, however; it can be muddy in spots and may have some sinkholes once we are out on the marsh berm. 

 

Cost:

This event is FREE to attend!

 

What to bring:

• Sturdy Shoes 
• Water & Lunch
• Binoculars or Camera
• Dress in layers 

 

COVID Protocols:

• Carpooling, masking & distancing will be at the discretion of the participants
• Please do not take part if you have any COVID-like symptoms

 

✴️ How to get there:

We will meet at South Musquash Trail Head.

 

GPS Coordinates: 

45.1760742, -66.3319971

 Directions:

From Saint John take Rte. 1 West, Take Exit 96 Chance Harbour, and turn left towards Chance Harbour.

Drive 1.7 KM. the South Musquash Road will be a sharp turn to the left and immediately turn to the right. Drive down the South Musquash Road for 1km. A logging road on the right will provide parking.

 

☮️ The land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik, Wəlastəkewiyik / Maliseet whose ancestors along with the Mi’Kmaq / Mi’kmaw and Passamaquoddy / Peskotomuhkati Tribes / Nations signed Peace and Friendship Treaties with the British Crown in the 1700s.