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Common species of birds that can be found within the park are Canada geese (Branta cabadebsis), mallards (Anas okatyrhynchos), American wigeons (Mareca americana), northern pintails (A. acuta), greater and lesser scaups (Aythya marila/affinis), and hooded mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus). [9]
Sign on the limit of Nicolet Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Quebec. Migratory Bird Sanctuaries are created in Canada under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. They are administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service. [1] The first sanctuary in North America, Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary, was created by federal order-in-council in 1887.
Prince Albert National Park of Canada Nature Centre: Waskesiu Lake: 16: North Central: Natural history of the park and its significance in the family of national parks of Canada Quill Lakes International Bird Area Interpretive Centre: Wynyard: 10: East Central: Natural history of the Quill Lakes, local tourism information [1]
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East Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary [16] Bird sanctuary: Coral Harbour: 1,138 km 2 (439 sq mi) Harry Gibbons Migratory Bird Sanctuary [17] Bird sanctuary: Coral Harbour: 1,224 km 2 (473 sq mi) McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary [18] Bird sanctuary: Arviat
At certain times of year, it is home for many mating birds including, double crested cormorant, seagulls, herring gull, ring billed gull, black-crowned night herons, great blue herons and great egrets. [4] Fisheries and Oceans Canada owns the island (and some of the surrounding water) and leases it to the Municipality of Saugeen Shores, Ontario.
The bird sanctuary supports nearly 30% of the breeding geese in Canada, making it the largest goose colony in the world. Up to two million birds of various species use the area for summer nesting, and it is also "habitat for one of Canada's major barren-ground caribou herds". [ 2 ]
The Rochers aux Oiseaux bird sanctuary is a Canadian protected area, an Important Bird Area (IBA) and one of 28 migratory bird sanctuaries in Quebec. The mission of this protected area, which includes the archipelago 's four hectares of land and the 645-hectare maritime zone around the rocks [ 19 ] (a total of 649 ha), is to preserve an ...