Nova Scotia Birding  -  Bring along your binoculars and guide books ! 

"Sea Scape is a bird watcher's paradise" - Mildred L. -  El Dorado, Kansas

Bald Eagle at SeaScape Cottages in Nova ScotiaExperience the best of Nova Scotia bird watching in our pristine coastal habitat along the Atlantic Bird Migratory Flyway. Antigonish County offers many fresh and salt water marsh areas, ideal habitat for migratory birds including open fields, meadows & forests for nesting birds.
  
Coastal regions are great sources of entertainment for both avid birders and casual bird watchers. Nova Scotia enjoys a rich compliment of over 400 bird species that appear thoughtout the province. Many (over 150) regularly can be found n our area on a dependable basis from rare, uncommon or common throughout all months of the year.

The Osprey  was designated as the provincial bird of Nova Scotia in 1994. 

There is a province wide rare bird alert telephone hotline call  (902) 852-2428  Be sure and visit these additional online resources; Two common birds you are to see are Eagles and Owls.

Blue Herons at SeaScape Cottages Nova Scotia

Listed below are birds you might spot while visiting our area especially during the spring and fall migrations season.
 
HERONS & BITTERNS
  • Great Blue Heron
  • American Bittern
DUCKS
  • American Black Duck
  • Ring-necked Duck
HAWKS & EAGLES
  • Bald Eagle
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • Red-tailed Hawk
FALCONS
  • American Kestrel
GROUSE
  • Ruffed Grouse
PHEASANTS
  • Ring-necked Pheasant
SANDPIPERS
  • American Woodcock
  • Wilson’s Snipe
  • Spotted Sandpiper
PIGEONS &  DOVES
  • Rock Pigeon
  • Mourning Dove
CUCKOOS
  • Black-billed Cuckoo
OWLS
  • Great Horned Owl
  • Barred Owl
  • Northern Saw-whet Owl
NIGHTJARS
  • Common Nighthawk
SWIFTS
  • Chimney Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
  • Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Black-backed Woodpecker
  • Northern Flicker
  • Pileated Woodpecker
FLYCATCHERS
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  • Alder Flycatcher
  • Least Flycatcher
  • Eastern Phoebe
SWALLOWS
  • Tree Swallow
  • Barn Swallow
KINGLETS
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
 
 
WAXWINGS
  •  Cedar Waxwing
WRENS
  • Winter Wren
THRUSHES
  • Swainson’s Thrush
  • Hermit Thrush
  • American Robin
CHICKADEES
  • Black-capped Chickadee
  • Boreal Chickadee
NUTHATCHES
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
CREEPERS
  • Brown Creeper
CROWS AND JAYS
  • Gray Jay
  • Blue Jay
  • American Crow
  • Common Raven
VIREOS
  • Blue-headed Vireo
  • Philadelphia Vireo
  • Red-eyed Vireo
WARBLERS
  • Tennessee Warbler
  • Nashville Warbler
  • Northern Parula
  • Yellow Warbler
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler
  • Magnolia Warbler
  • Cape May Warbler
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Black-throated Green Warbler
  • Blackburnian Warbler
  • Palm Warbler
  • Bay-breasted Warbler
  • Black-and-white Warbler
  • American Redstart
  • Ovenbird
  • Northern Waterthrush
  • Mourning Warbler
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Wilson’s Warbler
  • Canada Warbler
TANAGERS
  • Scarlet Tanager
SPARROWS
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Fox Sparrow
  • Song Sparrow
  • Lincoln’s Sparrow
  • Swamp Sparrow
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
 
BLACKBIRDS &  GRACKLES
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Rusty Blackbird
  • Common Grackle
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS
  • Pine Grosbeak
  • Purple Finch
  • Red Crossbil
  • White-winged Crossbill
  • Pine Siskin
  • American Goldfinch