Nature Backpack Program

We successfully launched a new backpack series on World Oceans Day 2024, our Marine Wildlife Backpacks! These backpacks have everything you need for a fun coastal adventure for either kids or adults: binoculars, Nature NL guides, a quick visual guide, sightings reporting, and a guidebook. The backpacks are available for borrowing at public libraries in:

• St. John’s
• Bonavista
• Conception Bay South
• Grand Bank, Old Perlican 
• Pouch Cove
• Torbay
• Trepassey

A big thank you to NL Hydro and The Outfitters for supporting this project, to the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries for housing our new backpack, and of course to our volunteers and staff who have developed and reviewed guides and provided photos!

Interested in exploring the birds of our province? Here’s your chance!

We are also pleased to offer birdwatching backpacks available at local libraries across Newfoundland and Labrador – all you need is a library card!

These backpacks have everything you need for a great birding experience – binoculars, birdwatching guide, instructions and tips for how to get started with birding, and an overview of local birdwatching hotspots. We offer both a family backpack and a children’s backpack (which includes fun bird related activities for kids). The backpacks are available in English and French. Our backpacks in Labrador are also available in Innu.

You can find the backpacks at local libraries across the province:

Labrador:

• Labrador City
• Wabush

Newfoundland:

• Carbonear
• Clarenville
• Conception-Bay-South
• Corner Brook
• Gander
• Grand Falls-Windsor
• Mount Pearl
• Pasadena
• St. John’s
• Stephenville

To search the library’s online catalogue, simply click on your branch and then type in “Birdwatching Backpacks”. Adult, family and kids backpacks will be listed. Appropriate health and safety precautions are being taken with all library materials and disinfectant wipes are included in the backpacks.

Thank you to the Outfitters and NL Hydro for supporting this project.