Acadia Birding Festival

Acadia's birding community invites you and your family to celebrate the ecological wonders of the birds of the Gulf of Maine at the Acadia Birding Festival.

Schedule of Events:

6:00am - 9:30am: Van Trip (#1) - MDI Wetlands - Van Trip - $45
6:00am - 1:30pm: Van Trip (#2) - Ellsworth Hotspots - Van Trip (3/4 Day) - $75
6:00am - 1:30pm: Van Trip (#3) - Blue Hill and Beyond - Van Trip (3/4 Day) - $75
6:00am - 1:30pm: Van Trip (#4) - Hancock Hotspots - Van Trip (3/4 Day) - $75
6:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Seal Cove - $25
6:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Pretty Marsh/ Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP) - $25
6:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) - $25
6:30am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Clark Point Rd (Dan Gardoqui) - $40
7:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Ship Harbor Nature Trail (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds) - $25
7:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Petit Manan Preserve (1+ hour drive from MDI) - $25
7:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Sears Island (1+ hour drive from MDI) - $25
7:00am - 11:30am: Field Trip - Essex Woods & Fields Pond (1+ hour drive from MDI) - $25
7:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Beech Mountain (ANP) - $25
7:30am - 10:30am: Boat Trip - Canoe and Bird - Northeast Creek - $60
7:45am - 3:00pm: Island Trip - Frenchboro/Long Island (ferry ride)  - All Day - $100
8:00am - 9:30am: Field Trip - Photo (macro) Workshop - Fun with water drops - $30
10:30am - 11:30am: Field Trip - Peregrine Falcon Viewing (ANP) - $10
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Book Sale - Book Sales (signed by authors) - $0
12:00pm - 1:00pm: BYO Lunch - Festival Center Social - bring your own lunch - $0
11:00am - 12:00pm: Talk - All about Screech Owls (Jim Wright) - Live - $10
11:00am - 12:00pm: Talk - All about Screech Owls (Jim Wright) - Virtual - $5
12:00pm - 2:00pm: Boat Trip - Acadia Puffin Cruise to Petit Manan Island - $75
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Talk - Seabird ID workshop (Doug Hitchcox) - Live - $10
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Talk - Seabird ID workshop (Doug Hitchcox) - Virtual - $5
2:30pm - 5:00pm: Field Trip - Nature Journaling and Field Sketching - $35
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Ship Harbor (ANP) (Dan Gardoqui) - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Blagden Preserve - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Van Trip (#3) - MDI Hotspots - Van Trip - $45
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Wonderland (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds) - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Seal Cove (focus on common birds) - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Otter Point (ANP) - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Valley Cove and Flying Mountain (ANP) - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Clark Point Rd (Holly Merker) - $30
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Van Trip (#4) - Birding BLITZ Leaders Choice - Van Trip - $45
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Pretty Marsh/Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP) - $25
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Rockefeller Carriage Rd (ANP) - $25
7:00pm - 8:00pm: Keynote - How to Speak Bird (Dan Gardoqui) - Live - $20
7:00pm - 8:00pm: Keynote - How to Speak Bird (Dan Gardoqui) - Virtual - $5

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