|Central coordinates||54o 11.96' West 46o 49.26' North| |IBA
criteria||A4ii, A4iii| |Altitude||0 - 130m| |Year of IBA
assessment||2008| Ornithological information Cape St. Marys
supports a large colony of breeding seabirds. In all, over
30,000 breeding pairs are present. Common Murres and Black-
legged Kittiwakes are the most abundant with their populations
being conservatively estimated in the late 1980s at
approximately 10,000 pairs each. This represents approximately
2% of the eastern North America population of Common Murres and
4 to 5% of the western Atlantic breeding population of Black-
legged Kittiwakes. A large population of Northern Gannets is
also present with breeding populations being estimated in the
late 1980s at 5,485 pairs. This represents approximately 2% of
the global population and as much as 12% of the North American
population. Other seabirds nesting at Cape St. Marys include
Thick-billed Murres, Razorbills, Black Guillemots, Herring
Gulls, Great Black-backed Gulls, Great Cormorants, and D