Welcome to Cape St. Mary's Newfoundland Sea Bird Ecological Reserve Newfoundland and Labrador Canada, Birds of Newfoundland Tourism Tourist travel, Newfoundland weather.

Just 40 minutes south of the Argentia Ferry, and 10 minutes from the Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve with over 65,000 seabirds you can closely approach and see nesting in the wild.

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Superb landscapes, towering cliffs, and charming villages are what make the Cape Shore area of the Avalon Peninsula Region on the Island of Newfoundland a popular destination for Newfoundland tourism.

The grassy cliffs of Cape St. Mary’s, along the south western tip of the Island of Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula, support impressive populations of birds, such as Murres, Kittiwakes, Gannets and other sea birds. The Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve is a very popular destination for Newfoundland tourism and a popular adventure tourism travel attraction, which draws thousands of visitors each year. An easy walk gives visitors a view of Bird Rock and thousands of birds.

Bird Rock is a sea stack standing just a few feet from the main body of the Cape St. Mary’s headland. The sea stack rises 100 metres from the sea. Millions of years of erosion have worn away the softer limestone that once connected the rock pinnacle to the cliff, thus creating a natural refuge from the land-based predators of birds eggs and chicks. Bird Rock is the second largest gannet rookery in North America.

Placentia Bay, ringed by coves and harbours, runs from Cape St. Mary’s at its entrance, 125 kilometres northward to its head at the Isthmus of Avalon. The rugged terrain and often lively sea meet where huge breakers crash against starkly rising cliffs and against the pebbled beaches. The eroded remains of the Appalachian Mountains created the sea cliffs and deep ravines while ancient glaciers scraped smooth the bedrock of the high barren plateaus.

Bird Island Resort is located in St. Bride’s Newfoundland, just 10 minutes by car from the Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve and is ideally situated for adventure travel and touring by automobile. Phone (709) 337-2450 for information regarding places to stay and Newfoundland tourism information.

Newfoundland Weather. Although there are milder climates in Canada, the Newfoundland weather is neither as foggy nor rainy as many who travel believe. Newfoundland weather is milder than Toronto or Montreal in the the winter, and Newfoundland weather is also milder in the summer months than in Toronto or Montreal. This means that summer weather conditions are ideal for hiking and that winter weather conditions are ideal for winter sports and Newfoundland tourism and travel of all kinds.

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