Maritimes
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Bay of Fundy
7/31/06
The Great Shearwater is a pelagic species, that is, birds that live at sea far from land all year except for a brief breeding periods. The Great Shearwater breeds on the remote Tristan da Cunha group of islands in the Southern Atlantic. It is among only a few species that breed in the Southern Hemisphere and then migrate to the Northern Hemisphere for June, July, and August.