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Birding the Port au Port Peninsula
For 2021, this tour is a self-drive guided tour (your guide will be in a separate car)
Tour Dates:
2021 tour dates are flexible and can be booked for any date between May 25 and September 19.
2022 scheduled tour dates are listed in the Tour Fact Sheet below, advance booking is required.
This is a two-day guided tour that takes you on a stunning panoramic journey around the Port au Port Peninsula. Admire breathtaking views while birding a remarkable diversity of habitat, in an area rich in culture and history. “The French Ancestors Route” is named for the area’s strong Francophone and Acadian Heritage and French-speaking birders can experience the tour through an interpreter (subject to availability).
Tour Starts / Ends | Stephenville, NL |
Day 1 – Depart Stephenville | 7:00 AM |
Day 2 -Return Stephenville | 5:00 PM |
2022 Tour Includes |
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What you might see on this tour |
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French Ancestors Route – Tour Fact Sheet | |
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Seasons Offered | Spring, Summer |
Tour Dates | 2021 Flexible: Book for any date between May 25 and September 19.
2022 Scheduled Tours: |
When to visit |
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Birds we may see | American Black Duck, Green-winged Teal, Ruddy Turnstone, White-rumped Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Greater Yellowlegs, Razorbill, Black Guillemot, Black-legged Kittiwake, Caspian Tern, Common Loon, Northern Gannet, Great Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Northern Goshawk, American Kestrel, Bank Swallow, Boreal Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Winter Wren, American Pipit, Pine Grosbeak, White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Blackpoll Warbler, woodpeckers, flycatchers |
Other possible sightings | Moose, Red Fox, Seal, Humpback Whale, Snowshoe Hare, Yellow Lady’s Slipper |
Bird-viewing habitats | Boreal forest, seaside cliffs with patches of tuckamore, cobble beaches, salt marsh, tidal mudflats (near) the Southern Limestone Barrens |
Climate / Weather (average temperatures) |
Visit our Getting Here page for more information about our climate. |
Maximum group size | 4 to 8 (plus your guide) |
Tour pace & walking | Comfortable pace, walking is easy to moderate but mostly easy. |
Accommodations | Inn at the Cape |
Ease of birding | Mostly easy |
Rare visitors to the area |
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Photographic opportunities | Excellent for birds, wildlife and scenery. |
Not included 2021 | Transportation during the tour. For 2021, this tour is a self-drive guided tour (your guide will be in a separate car). Contact us for assistance. |
What to bring | Visit our Getting Here page for a list of items to bring. |
Cellular reception | Currently, there is no cellular reception on the western side of the Peninsula at Mainland and Three Rock Cove. |
Additional remarks | Cape St. George is home to the only Acadian monument in the province. Nearby is an outdoor bread oven that is active from June 30 to August 30. Mi’kmaq communities along the Route contribute to the Peninsula’s unique heritage and sense of place. |