Head out in the early morning in Placentia and walk the beaches or hillsides with your binoculars and expect to find a great variety of wildlife.
Returning back for a hot breakfast at Rosedale Manor, watch the many birds at the feeders or pond. You won't need your binoculars to see the many Blue Jays, Juncos, Cedar Waxwings, Nuthatches, Goldfinch, and other birds that regularly feed here. The local nesting Osprey is easily spotted diving for fish in the water directly in front of Rosedale.
A kayak trip with Sea and Rock Adventures will put you in close contact with seabirds as well as local eagle and osprey nests.
Other favourite locations for bird watching include:
Here is an example of all the various types of birds you can find in Newfoundland .
American Vultures
- Turkey Vulture
Auks
- Dovekie
- Common Murre
- Thick-billed Murre
- Razorbill
- Black Guillemot
- Long-billed/Marbled Murrelet
- Atlantic Puffin
Blackbirds
- Bobolink
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Brewer's Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Orchard Oriole
- Baltimore Oriole
Cardinals
- Northern Cardinal
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Blue Grosbeak
- Indigo Bunting
- Dickcissel
Cebr
- Common Redpoll
- Hoary Redpoll
- Pine Siskin
- American Goldfinch
- Evening Grosbeak
- House Sparrow
Chickadees
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Boreal Chickadee
Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Great Cormorant
Cranes
- Sandhill Crane
Creepers
- Brown Creeper
Cuckoos
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Doves
- Rock Pigeon
- White-winged Dove
- Mourning Dove
Falcons
- American Kestrel
- Merlin
- Gyrfalcon
- Peregrine Falcon
Finches
- Common Chaffinch
- Pine Grosbeak
- Purple Finch
- Red Crossbill
- White-winged Crossbill
Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo
- Osprey
- Bald Eagle
- Northern Harrier
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Northern Goshawk
- Swainson's Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Golden Eagle
Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird
Fulmars & Shearwaters
- Northern FulmarFea's Petrel
- Cory's Shearwater
- Greater Shearwater
- Sooty Shearwater
- Manx Shearwater
Gannets
- Northern Gannet
Geese, Swans & Ducks
- Pink-footed Goose<
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Snow Goose
- Canada Goose
- Brant
- Barnacle Goose
- Tundra Swan
- Wood Duck
- Gadwall
- Eurasian Wigeon
- American Wigeon
- American Black Duck
- Mallard
- Blue-winged Teal
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Pintail
- Garganey
- Green-winged Teal
- Green-winged Teal (Eur.)
- Canvasback
- Redhead
- Ring-necked Duck
- Tufted Duck
- Greater Scaup
- Lesser Scaup
- King Eider
- Common Eider
- Harlequin Duck
- Surf Scoter
- White-winged Scoter
- Black Scoter
- Long-tailed Duck
- Bufflehead
- Common Goldeneye
- Barrow's Goldeneye
- Hooded Merganser
- Common Merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Ruddy Duck
Gnatcatchers
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Grebes
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Horned Grebe
- Red-necked Grebe
Grouse & Ptarmigan
- Ruffed Grouse
- Spruce Grouse
- Willow Ptarmigan
- Rock Ptarmigan
Herons
- American Bittern
- Least Bittern
- Great Blue Heron
- Gray Heron
- Great Egret
- Little Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Little Blue Heron
- Tricolored Heron
- Cattle Egret
- Green Heron
- Black-crowned Night-Heron
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Hummingbirds
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird<
- Rufous Hummingbird
Ibises
- White Ibis
- Glossy Ibis
Jays, Magpies & Crows
- Gray Jay
- Blue Jay
- Black-billed Magpie
- Eurasian Jackdaw
- American Crow
- Common Raven
Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher
Kinglets
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Larks
- Horned Lark
Loons
- Red-throated Loon
- Pacific Loon
- Common Loon
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
- Gray CatbirdNorthern Mockingbird
- Brown Thrasher
Nightjars
- Common Nighthawk
- Chuck-will's-widow
Nuthatches
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
Owls
- Barn Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Snowy Owl
- Northern Hawk Owl
- Long-eared Owl
- Short-eared Owl
- Boreal Owl
- Northern Saw-whet Owl
Oystercatchers
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
Pelicans
- American White Pelican
- Brown Pelican
Pipits
- White Wagtail
- American Pipit
Plovers
- Northern Lapwing
- Black-bellied Plover
- European Golden-Plover
- American Golden-Plover
- Common Ringed Plover
- Semipalmated Plover
- Piping Plover
- Killdeer
Rails, Gallinules & Coots
- Corn Crake
- Clapper Rail
- King Rail
- Virginia Rail
- Sora
- Purple Gallinule
- Common Moorhen
- Eurasian Coot
- American Coot
Sandpipers & Phalaropes
- Common Greensha
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Common Redshank
- Spotted Redshank
- Wood Sandpiper
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Willet
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Upland Sandpiper
- Eskimo Curlew
- Whimbrel
- Whimbrel (Eurasian)
- Eurasian Curlew
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Marbled Godwit
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Red Knot
- Sanderling
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Western Sandpiper
- Least Sandpiper
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Purple Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Ruff
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Wilson's Snipe
- Eurasian Woodcock
- American Woodcock
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red Phalarope
Shrikes
- Northern Shrike
Skuas, Gulls, Terns & Skimmers
- Great Sk
- South Polar Skua
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Laughing Gull
- Franklin's Gull
- Little Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Bonaparte's Gull
- Black-tailed Gull
- Mew Gull
- Ring-billed Gull
- Herring Gull
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Thayer's Gull
- Iceland Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Glaucous Gull
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Sabine's Gull
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Ross's Gull
- Ivory Gull
- Gull-billed Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Royal Tern
- Sandwich Tern
- Common Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Forster's Tern
- Least Tern
- Bridled Tern
- Black Tern
- Black Skimmer
Sparrows
- Fox Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Harris's Sparrow
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Lapland Longspur
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- Snow Bunting
Starlings
- European Starling
Stilts
- Black-necked Stilt
- American Avocet
Storm-Petrels
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel
- Leach's Storm-Petrel
Swallows
- Purple Martin
- Tree Swallow
- Northern Rough-winged
- Bank Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
- Barn Swallow
Swifts
- Chimney Swift
Tanagers
- Summer Tanager
- Scarlet Tanager
- Western Tanager
- Spotted Towhee
- Eastern Towhee
- American Tree Sparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- Clay-colored Sparrow
- Field Sparrow
- Vesper Sparrow
- Lark Sparrow
- Lark Bunting
- Savannah Sparrow
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed
Thrushes
- Northern Wheatear
- Eastern Bluebird
- Mountain Bluebird
- Townsend's Solitaire
- Veery
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Swainson's Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- Wood Thrush
- Eurasian Blackbird
- Fieldfare
- Redwing
- American Robin
- Varied Thrush
Tyrant Flycatchers
- Olive-sided Flycatch
- Eastern Wood-Pewee
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Alder Flycatcher
- Least Flycatcher
- Eastern Phoebe
- Say's Phoebe
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
- Western Kingbird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Vireos
- White-eyed Vireo
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Warbling Vireo
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo
Warblers
- Black-throated Gray Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Townsend's Warbler
- Hermit Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Yellow-throated Warbler
- Pine Warbler
- Prairie Warbler
- Palm Warbler
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Cerulean Warbler
- Black-and-white Warbler
- American Redstart
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Ovenbird
- Northern Waterthrush
- Kentucky Warbler
- Connecticut Warbler
- Mourning Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Hooded Warbler
- Wilson's Warbler
- Canada Warbler
- Yellow-breasted Chat
Waxwings
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Cedar Waxwing
Wood Warblers
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Golden-winged Warbler
- Tennessee Warbler
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Nashville Warbler
- Northern Parula
- Yellow Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Magnolia Warbler
- Cape May Warbler
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Yellow-rumped "Audubon's"
Woodpeckers
- Lewis's Woodpecker
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- American Three-toed
- Black-backed Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
Wrens
- House Wren
- Winter Wren
- Marsh Wren
For a complete list, see the Checklist of Birds of Insular Newfoundland and its Continental Shelf Waters at the Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, Inc. website.