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Featuring Ramsar Sites Mary's Point & Shepody Bay A Sandy Salt Marsh . Canada's 3rd Ramsar site designated— Mary's Point , New Brunswick, Canada. Ramsar site no. 236 . Shepody Bay International Shorebird Reserve . Canada's first Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve — Shepody Bay National Wildlife Area , Mary's Point , New Brunswick, Canada. Ramsar site no. 236. Shepody Bay is a tidal embayment of saltmarsh, eroding coastline with sand & gravel beaches & extensive intertidal mudflats. The mudflats support internationally important numbers of the crustacean Corophium volutator, the principle food source for millions of fall migrating shorebirds. 400,000 Calidris pusilla may be present at one time in late summer. More than two million pass through in August, as do large numbers of other shorebirds. A shorebird research station is available. Flower Pot Rocks . The Rocks Provincial Park, Shepody Bay National Wildlife Area , New Brunswick, Canada. Ramsar s...