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Sable Island Birds:

Selected Sightings

   

Systematic and comprehensive bird counts were not conducted. These notes are comprised of observations collected by ZL, as time permitted, while engaged in other programs. They are included here to provide a general impression of species and seasonal occurrence. 

Wood Warblers (subfamily Parulinae) are a New World family of birds comprised of about 115 species, of which over 50 occur regularly in North America. More than 30 warbler species have been seen on Sable Island, but none breed on the island. All North American warblers are migratory, and most winter in the tropics. Warblers turn up on Sable Island during their northward migration in the spring and southward migration in autumn. Ian McLaren (1981) suggested that warblers nesting in Newfoundland may routinely pass near the island on their way to and from the mainland. The four species shown below all nest in Atlantic Canada, including Newfoundland.

       

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