Birds & wildlife

While visiting the park, you may spot any number of wildlife common to this area such as white-tailed deer, moose, raccoon, porcupine, rabbit, red fox, coyote or black bear.

Keep a keen eye out for the endangered peregrine falcon, bald eagles, merlins, osprey, cormorants, eider ducks, the great blue heron and even the occasional horned or barred owl.

Grindstone Island, which can be seen from our upper observation deck, is protected by the Canadian Wildlife Association and is home to one of the largest nesting populations of blue herons in the area.

But our most well-known and mesmerizing visitors are the migrating Bay of Fundy shorebirds.  From mid-July to mid-August, hundreds of thousands of these entertaining winged marvels take to the skies with incredible aerobatics.  The Hopewell Rocks or nearby Mary's Point Bird Sanctuary are two of the best places to view these small wonders of nature.   Learn more…