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Molly Bawn Whale & Puffin Tours     Speciality

            Route 10, Southern Shore Highway, Mobile
            T: 709.334.2621                    Fishing for Success,
            www.mollybawn.com                  Island Rooms of Petty Harbour
                                               10D Main Road, Petty Harbour
            Whether it’s the estimated 4000 to 5000   T: 709.740.3474             IRISH LOOP & CAPE SHORE
            Humpback whales passing by or North America´s   www.islandrooms.org
            largest Atlantic Puffin colony, there is always

            a reason to journey with the Molly Bawn   Fishing for Success provides unique, seasonal
            in the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve!  heritage guided tours at historic Island Rooms
                                               of Petty Harbour. Summer tours include wooden
                                               boat fishing with cook-ups, walk-abouts in a

            O’Brien’s Whale & Bird Tours

            22 Lower Road, Bay Bulls           fishing community, and guided hikes along
            T: 709.753.4850  Toll Free: 877.639.4253  traditional pathways used for hunting and

            www.obriensboattours.com           gathering. Winter tours include ice fishing,
                                               snowshoeing along heritage trails and twine loft
            Voted best boat tour by Newfoundlanders year   knitting.
            after year! Set sail to view a million Atlantic
            puffins at the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve.

            Watch playful Humpback whales. Feel the
            chill from 10,000 year-old icebergs. Explore
            the rugged coastline and enjoy our famous
            hospitality. For a geological adventure check out
            our Coastal Adventure-Kingfisher Tour. Shuttle

            service from St. John’s hotels and B&Bs.
                                            W ith close t o 30 , 000 kms of c oas tline
                                            With close to 30,000 kms of coastline
                                             and dense boreal forests situated in-
                                              between, Newfoundland & Labrador is
                                              a paradise for birds and bird watchers
                                              alike. 350 species flock to our island

                                              destination, lovingly referred to as “the
                                              rock”, to find refuge, nest and feast off

                                             our rich sea and land.
                                            Experience the wonder of a migration
                                           of millions of seabirds who patter
                                           of millions of seabirds who patter
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                                         along the sea stacks or trek deeper into
                                         along the sea stacks or trek deeper into
                                       Newfoundland’s wilderness with perked ears
                                       Newfoundland’s wilderness with perked ears
                                    and eyes waiting for the hollow pecks and chirps of
 Letterpress-printed books and cards,   and eyes waiting for the hollow pecks and chirps of
 wood cuts, lino cuts, etchings,   the birds signing from above.
 Newfoundland literature,   MUST VISIT BIRDING SPOTS IN ST. JOHN’S & AREA
 children’s books, and more!  Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, 30 minutes from St. John’s Best to spot:

            Atlantic puffin, Leach’s storm-petrel, common murre
 VISIT OUR   Salmonier Nature Park, 45 minutes from St. John’s Best to spot:
 WORKING PRINTSHOP  Gray jay, boreal chickadee, pine grosbeak
 WITH VINTAGE PRINTING PRESSES   Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve, 2.5 hours from St. John’s. Best to spot:
 IN TORS COVE  Northern gannet, black-legged kittiwake, common and thick-billed murres
 mid May to mid October; daily (except Tuesday) from 10:30 - 5:30  TAKE FLIGHT & EXPERIENCE THE DIVERSITY OF OUR SKIES
 (otherwise by chance or appointment)  www.runningthegoat.com

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