For bird-watching enthusiasts like Susanne Bonnell, New Brunswick's Musquash Estuary is one of the best places to enjoy the hobby.

"In southern New Brunswick, it would be, probably, one of my top ones as far as variety," Bonnell said.

The Saint John native has been visiting the area, about 20 kilometres southeast of the city, regularly for two decades. Sometimes she leads bird-watching field trips into the forests surrounding the estuary.

"Every time I take someone new out, they're saying 'I'm com…