Wildlife of Fundy National Park, New Brunswick

🦌 Mammals (38+ species)

• Ungulates: **White-tailed deer** (common), **Moose** (reintroduced 1990s, thriving).
• Carnivores: **Red fox, Coyote, Bobcat, Fisher, Marten, Mink, River Otter** (coastal & freshwater).
• Small Mammals: **Eastern chipmunk, Red squirrel, Snowshoe hare, Porcupine, Beaver, Muskrat, Southern flying squirrel, various mice/voles/shrews, bats (Little brown, Northern long-eared).**
• Marine: **Harbor seal, Gray seal** (coastal), **Harbor porpoise, Minke whale** (bay).

🐦 Birds (260+ species recorded)

• Raptors: **Bald Eagle, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Broad-winged Hawk, Barred Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl**.
• Seabirds/Waterbirds: **Great Blue Heron, Canada Goose, Mallard, Common Loon, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Double-crested Cormorant, Northern Gannet, Atlantic Puffin (offshore), Razorbill, Black Guillemot, Thick-billed Murre, Dovekie**.
• Songbirds: **Warblers (20+ spp.), Thrushes (Hermit, Swainson's, Wood), Flycatchers, Vireos, Tanagers, Grosbeaks, Sparrows, Snow Bunting, Lapland Longspur (winter).**

🐢 Reptiles (7 species)

• Turtles: **Snapping Turtle, Painted Turtle, Wood Turtle (Threatened), Blanding's Turtle (Endangered).**
• Snakes: **Eastern Garter, Red-bellied, Smooth Green, Ring-necked, Northern Water Snake, Milk Snake.** **NO venomous snakes in NB.**

🐸 Amphibians (12+ species)

• Frogs/Toads: **Wood Frog, Spring Peeper, Gray Treefrog, American Toad, Fowler's Toad, Green Frog, Pickerel Frog, Mink Frog.**
• Salamanders: **Northern Red-backed, Eastern Newt (red eft stage), Blue-spotted, Yellow-spotted, Four-toed.**

🐟 Fish (Freshwater & Diadromous)

• Salmonids: **Atlantic Salmon (Endangered — restoration), Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Landlocked Salmon**.
• Marine/Diadromous: **Atlantic Cod, Haddock, Pollock, Flounder, Winter Flounder, Yellowtail Flounder, American Plaice, Alewife, Blueback Herring, American Eel, Sea Lamprey, Striped Bass.**

🌊 Tidal Zone Specialists

**Mudflats exposed at low tide** → **Corophium (mud shrimp) → Semipalmated Sandpipers (millions on migration) → Peregrines**. **Salt marshes** → **Nelson's Sparrow, Saltmarsh Sparrow**. **Rocky intertidal** → **Periwinkles, Dogwhelks, Sea Stars, Urchins, Anemones, Kelp**.

**Fundy = Tidal Engine → Productivity → Biodiversity.**