Site Report: Witless Bay

Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)

American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)

Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) - Female

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

Razorbill (Alca torda)

Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)








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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)

American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)

Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) - Female

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

Razorbill (Alca torda)

Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
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Visits
- 2016-07-09: My host was up for a hike, so we walked over to Signal Hill. In the distance, there was a giant iceberg that must have been miles across. The sun was shining bright for the first few hours, anyway. In the afternoon, I went to a suburb to catch a boat to the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve. By this point, the cold and rainy weather had come in making it difficult to stay outside during the boat trip. Later, the host and another guest went over to the bar to get screeched in with a bunch of people from Saskatchewan.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (23 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(23 records)
Class: Birds
(21 records)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Order: Perching Birds
(9 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(8 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Razorbill (Alca torda)
- Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
- Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Cetacea
(2 records)
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)