119 Species on this Custom List
To upload the attached Custom list and Quiz yourself on birds that may be seen on this VENT Tour, right-click HERE and select "Save Target As.." (You may want to rename the file Grand_Manan.xml)
Autumn Grand Manan Click for tour details
Birds and Whales
Sep. 1-Sep. 7, 2008
Northern Right Whale.
Photo: Barry Zimmer Enjoy incredible seabird spectacles and marine mammals while staying on a picturesque New Brunswick island. Also good for landbird migrants and shorebirds.
Located in the Bay of Fundy (off the coasts of Maine and New Brunswick), the picturesque island of Grand Manan makes an ideal base for experiencing the phenomenon of fall migration on the northeast coast.
This area stands out from other migration hot spots because of the ready availability of exciting pelagic birding. Fundy’s famous tides wash through submarine canyons, promoting cold-water upwellings and consistently producing some of the best seabirding and whale-watching in North America.
We will have a full day at sea with excellent chances of finding Manx, Greater, and Sooty shearwaters; Wilson's and possibly Leach's storm-petrels; Atlantic Puffin; Razorbill; Black-legged Kittiwake; Northern Gannet; jaegers; phalaropes; and other surprises. Most years, though, the show is stolen by the impressive North Atlantic right whales.
We’ll check the forests and hedgerows of Grand Manan for a good variety of migrant songbirds (20 species of warblers are possible), and scan the rocky shoreline for Great Cormorant, Common Eider, and Black Guillemot.
Good accommodations and excellent food; easy terrain; minimal walking; two boat trips; cool to mild climate.
To Get (upload) a Custom List from this Forum and add it to your computer:
1. Open the Posting of the Custom List you want to upload to your computer.
2. Right-click on the word "Attachment" at the bottom of the post -- it will be a hyperlink and underlined.
3. Select "Save Target As..." and save to your desktop. (You may want to rename the file - but do not change the .xml file extension)
4. Open your Thayer Birding Software birding program version 3.5 or 3.9.
5. Click the Custom List icon
6. In the upper left corner of the Custom List screen, click on the word File.
7. Click Import. Select the file you just uploaded to your desktop. Click Open.
8. The Custom List will now appear on your computer with your other Custom Lists. (You may rename the Custom List if you like.) |