BIRDS — THE WONDERFUL BAY OF FUNDY SHOREBIRDS
2 min readFeb 1, 2022
Each summer, for a 4–6 week period beginning in mid-July, 1–2.5 million shorebirds (up to 75% of the world’s population of the Semipalmated Sandpiper) congregate in waves at several key locations in the upper reaches of the bay. The Bay of Fundy is their only stopover on a 4,000 km migration south.
One of the best locations to see the shorebirds is the Hopewell Rocks. Visitors who come…