Bird the Rock

Bird the Rock is a Newfoundland-based guiding outfit run by Jared Clarke, offering customized birding and natural history tours across Canada's easternmost province. Day trips, multi-day itineraries, and self-guided routes are all on offer, with regular visits to the seabird colonies at Cape St. Mary's, the Avalon Peninsula, and St. Mary's Ecological Reserve. The operation pitches itself as flexible: hardcore listers chasing Newfoundland specialties can get full-on birding marathons, while mixed-interest groups get itineraries that fold in local culture, coastal scenery, and broader wildlife. Trips routinely deliver puffins, gannets, alcids, and ptarmigan, with vagrant-hunting popular in autumn migration.