Acadia Birding Festival

Schedule:

Friday, June 2, 2023

6:00am-9:30am Van Trip (#1) MDI Wetlands (EAST)

6:00am-1:30pm Van Trip (#2) Ellsworth Hotspots

6:00am-12:30pm Van Trip (#3) Blue Hill and Beyond

6:00am-1:30pm Van Trip (#4) Hancock Hotspots

6:00am-10:00am Field Trip Seal Cove

6:00am-10:00am Field Trip Pretty Marsh/ Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP)

6:00am-10:00am Field Trip Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) (Dotty Doherty)

6:30am-10:00am Field Trip Clark Point Rd (Bridget Butler)

7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Petit Manan Preserve (1+ hour drive from MDI)

7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Sears Island (1+ hour drive from MDI)

7:00am-11:30am Field Trip Essex Woods & Fields Pond (1+ hour drive from MDI)  

7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Ship Harbor Nature Trail (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds)  

7:30am-10:30am Boat Trip Canoe and Bird - Northeast Creek

7:30am-10:00am Field Trip Photo walk (Sieur de Monts - ANP) (Kevin Loughlin)

7:45am-3:00pm Island Trip Frenchboro/Long Island (ferry ride) -ALL DAY

11:30am-12:30pm Book Sale Book Sales (signed by authors)

12:00pm-1:00pm BYO Lunch Festival Center Social - bring your own lunch

12:00pm-2:00pm Boat Trip Acadia Puffin Cruise to Petit Manan

1:00pm-2:00pm Talk Seabird ID workshop (Doug Hitchcox) - LIVE

1:00pm-2:00pm Talk Seabird ID workshop (Doug Hitchcox) - VIRTUAL

3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Ship Harbor (ANP)

3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Blagden Preserve

3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP)

3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Pretty Marsh/Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP)

3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Wonderland (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds)

3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Seal Cove (focus on common birds)

3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Otter Point (ANP)

3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Valley Cove and Flying Mountain (ANP)

3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Clark Point Rd (Dotty Doherty)

3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Rockefeller Carriage Rd (ANP)

3:00pm-5:30pm Van Trip (#3) MDI Hotspots (WEST)

3:00pm-5:30pm Van Trip (#4) Birding BLITZ Leaders Choice

7:00pm-8:00pm KEYNOTE Galápagos: Darwin’s 'Smoking Gun' (Loughlin, Kricher)

7:00pm-8:00pm KEYNOTE Galápagos: Darwin’s 'Smoking Gun' (Loughlin, Kricher)

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