Sports and Recreation
May 10, 2023
From: Down East Spring Birding FestivalThe annual Down East Spring Birding Festival provides a unique birding experience during spring migration and the breeding season with guided hikes and boat tours, all led by local guides with local knowledge.
Schedule of Events:
Friday, May 26th
Early Breakfast
Fri May 26, 6:00 am - 8:00 am
FESTIVAL HQ
Join us for an early morning cuppa & complimentary light meal.
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Festival Headquarters Open
Fri May 26, 6:00 am - 8:00 pm
COBSCOOK INSTITUTE
Stop by to use the restroom, have a cup of coffee, fill your water bottle, take a rest, or get information.
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Lily Lake Bird Walk with Louise Barteau, Bill Kolodnicki
Fri May 26, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
EASTERN REGION
The Lily Lake preserve, managed by Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, has a short gentle walk on a forest road through spruce-fir and second-growth forest habitat, next to shrub-swamp wetland and leading to an open lakeside area. There is also old farm meadowland nearby. Bring your binoculars and your listening skills as we look and listen for woodpeckers, flycatchers, vireos, warblers and other species.
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Edmunds in the Morning with Maurry Mills
Fri May 26, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
EASTERN REGION
We will caravan in our own vehicles to drive along the gravel roads inside the 8,800-acre Edmunds Division of the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, with stops to watch and listen for birds. This part of the refuge has more of the coastal spruce-fir habitat than the northern Baring Division. Starting in 1993 a series of 3-to-5-acre clear cuts were done to increase habitat for early successional species such as American Woodcock and Chestnut-sided Warbler.
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Morong Cove Walk with Chris West
Fri May 26, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
EASTERN REGION
The Morong Cove West Unit of Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area offers an easy 3.3-mile walk through former historical homesteads, orchards, and old fields. The trail winds through a diverse forest with access to the shoreline and offers opportunities for viewing waterfowl, eagles, tidal wading birds, and other upland bird species.
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Quoddy Head & Lubec Sand Bar Moving Event with Colin Brown
Fri May 26, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
EASTERN REGION
This is an early morning coastal excursion involving driving in our own cars, getting out for hiking or just looking around. After some time exploring habitats at Quoddy Head State Park we will drive the road along the tidal flats, making stops where the shorebirding looks good.
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Machias Seal Island Boat Trip with Chris Bartlett
Fri May 26, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
EASTERN REGION
Machias Seal Island has the largest Atlantic Puffin colony on the Maine coast. The trip to the island takes about an hour. Weather and sea conditions permitting, you should have over two hours on the island, with 45-60 minutes in a blind with puffins all around. The rest of the time, you’ll be on a ground-level, open-observation platform. If the boat is unable to land, we will motor around the island with excellent opportunities to view the island’s birds. $200 additional fee
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Birding By Ear Workshop with Bob Duchesne
Fri May 26, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
FESTIVAL HQ
Join this presentation by Bob Duchesne—avid bird guide, Bangor Daily News columnist, YouTube contributor, and author of the official guide to the Maine Birding Trail—as he helps you demystify birding by ear. In this popular presentation, Bob will offer simple tips for mentally organizing what you’re hearing and help you take advantage of what you already know.
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eBird Tutorial with Doug Hitchcox
Fri May 26, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
FESTIVAL HQ
eBird is a computer application developed by the Cornell Ornithological Laboratory in 2002 to record sightings of birds worldwide. It has established an enormous global database that is used by hundreds of thousands of birders and scientists. This workshop will show you how to set up a free account, record bird sightings for your outings, use features of the program to explore the complete database to plan your own birding trips both locally and around the world, and access your personal bird species list.
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Warbler Walk for Beginners with Colin Brown
Fri May 26, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
FESTIVAL HQ
Enjoy a non-strenuous walk especially for beginning birders on the Cobscook Institute campus and nearby trails. Birders of all levels are welcome to join us and “pass forward” the wealth of your experience. No driving is involved. We will get to exercise our birding-by-ear skills as well as our birding-by-eye skills, and observe the associations between birds and habitats.
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Edmunds in the Afternoon with Maurry Mills
Fri May 26, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
EASTERN REGION
This excursion for birders of all levels involves driving in our own cars and non-strenuous walking along the roads and trails of the Edmunds Division of Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge. We will exercise our birding-by-ear skills as well as our birding-by-eye skills, and observe the associations between birds and habitats.
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All-Levels Warbler Walk with Woody Gillies
Fri May 26, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
FESTIVAL HQ
Enjoy a non-strenuous walk, for birders of all levels, on the Cobscook Institute campus and nearby trails. No driving is involved. We will get to exercise our birding-by-ear skills as well as our birding-by-eye skills, and observe the associations between birds and habitats.
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Welcome Dinner
Fri May 26, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
FESTIVAL HQ
Join your fellow Birding Festival participants for a delicious dinner catered by Angie Garrison. This will be a great time to catch up with organizers and old friends and to make new friends. $25 additional fee
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Decline & Loss of North American Grouse Species with John Magera
Fri May 26, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
FESTIVAL HQ
This talk by the new manager of Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge will focus on the Attwater Prairie Chicken. John Magera has an impressive biography including being an Olympic athlete and worked in National Wildlife Refuge in Texas to preserve habitat.
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Saturday, May 27, 2023
Early Breakfast
Sat May 27, 6:00 am - 8:00 am
FESTIVAL HQ
Join us for an early morning cuppa & complimentary light meal.
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Campobello Moving Event with Susan Cline, Pete Colman
Sat May 27, 6:00 am - 10:00 am
EASTERN REGION- CANADA
This is a driving and walking tour within Roosevelt Campobello International Park. Campobello Island is a stopover for thousands of migrating birds. The habitat includes marine shoreland, salt and freshwater marshes, sphagnum bogs, coniferous, deciduous and mixed forest, forest edges, thickets, brushy and open fields, cliffs, banks, and ponds. Over 150 avian species breed here or on nearby islands or migrate through the area, including Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, American Black Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Common Eider, Spruce Grouse, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, and many varieties of gulls.
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Festival Headquarters Open
Sat May 27, 6:00 am - 5:00 pm
COBSCOOK INSTITUTE
Stop by to use the restroom, have a cup of coffee, fill your water bottle, take a rest, or get information
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Bold Coast Hike with Louise Barteau, Doug Hitchcox
Sat May 27, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
EASTERN REGION
Head Preserve of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust features some of the most dramatic views of the Maine coastline. Enjoy them, along with an excellent variety of bird sightings, during this circular hike a little more than 2 miles long.
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Edmunds in the Morning with Kirstin Underwood, Chris West
Sat May 27, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
EASTERN REGION
This is a moving event that involves driving in a caravan along the gravel roads inside the 8,800-acre Edmunds Division of the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, with stops along the way to watch and listen for birds. This part of the refuge has more of the coastal spruce-fir habitat than the northern Baring Division. Starting in 1993 a series of 3-to-5-acre clear cuts were done to increase habitat for early successional species such as the American Woodcock and Chestnut-sided Warbler.
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Barn Meadow Trail and Magurrewock Marshes with Maurry Mills
Sat May 27, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
NORTHERN REGION
We begin with an easy 3-mile hike along the Barn Meadow Trail through a variety of habitats: various ages of hardwood and softwood forest, a managed oak stand, wetlands, and fields. Many neotropical migrant birds may be seen. Birds here can include Double-crested Cormorant, American Bittern, Wood Duck, American Black Duck, Ring?necked Duck, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Virginia Rail, Sora, Wilson’s Snipe, Pileated Woodpecker; Alder, Great rested, and Least Flycatchers; Eastern Wood-pewee, vireos, thrushes, Marsh Wren, Belted Kingfisher, Bobolink, Savannah and Swamp Sparrows, and nearly two dozen species of warblers.
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'Round The Bay Moving Event with Colin Brown
Sat May 27, 7:00 am - 11:30 am
MOVING EVENT: FESTIVAL HQ to CENTRAL REGION
This event is a half-day excursion around the Cobscook Bay region, providing the opportunity to experience a rich diversity of downeast habitats. People will caravan in their own vehicles around the inner parts of beautiful Cobscook Bay, starting in Lubec and ending at Gleason’s Cove in Perry. Stops will include Tide Mill Organic Farm, South Edmunds Road, Hobart Stream and Meadows, Pennamaquan River, and Sipp Bay Preserve. The many birds likely to be seen include warblers, Bobolinks, ducks, raptors, and more; and there will be an up-close visit to a Bald Eagle nesting site.
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Reynolds Brook Walk with Bob Duchesne, Sandi McRae Duchesne
Sat May 27, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
EASTERN REGION
This easy walk along a sparsely inhabited flat gravel road passes through both boreal and early successional forests, with a mixture of shade and sun. This varied habitat offers a wide variety of birds, including warblers, thrushes, and flycatchers, with the possibility of Spruce Grouse, Boreal Chickadee, and Canada Jay.
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Machias Seal Island Boat Trip with Woody Gillies
Sat May 27, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
EASTERN REGION
Machias Seal Island has the largest Atlantic Puffin colony on the Maine coast. The trip to the island takes about an hour. Weather and sea conditions permitting, you should have over two hours on the island, with 45-60 minutes in a blind with puffins all around. The rest of the time, you’ll be on a ground-level, open-observation platform. If the boat is unable to land, we will motor around the island with excellent opportunities to view the island’s birds. $200 additional fee
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Moosehorn Open House
Sat May 27, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
NORTHERN REGION
The Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters in Baring will be open for visitors this afternoon. There will be exhibits for viewing, including a showcase of wildlife items that have been seized at our borders from smugglers. Photos of wildlife captured by our trail cams will be running throughout the afternoon, and there will be displays showing refuge habitat, wildlife, and management activities.
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Nest Box Building with Sarah Cote
Sat May 27, 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
NORTHERN REGION
Build a home for a bluebird family! This workshop provides instruction, tools, and all materials you will need. We will construct these boxes together and talk about the where, when, and how of putting them up. $30 additional fee
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Sketching Open Studio with Chris Bartlett, Mike Bordman
Sat May 27, 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
FESTIVAL HQ
Wildlife artist and Maine Master naturalist Michael Boardman will teach a class paring nature journaling and art skills with looking at birds. We’ll work from mounted specimens in the classroom, going over basic drawing techniques and strategies for capturing the gesture of live birds the field. Nature journaling is a great way to learn and meditate about the world around us, and drawing what we see helps us better understand and explore the wonder of the natural world.
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Pennamaquan Alewives Moving Event with Fred & Linda Gralenski, Kirstin Underwood
Sat May 27, 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
CENTRAL REGION
This event consists of several short easy walks and a very small amount of driving for a close-up experience of fish ladders in the Pennamaquan River and Pennamaquan Lake. It focuses on the alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, an anadromous fish that migrates up rivers at this time of year to spawn in lakes.
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Barn Meadow Plant Walk with Louise Barteau, Andrew Tufts
Sat May 27, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
NORTHERN REGION
Join Andrew Tufts from Maine Audubon for a plant walk on the Barn Meadow Trail at the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge. Andrew is the manager of Maine Audubon's “Bringing Nature Home” program that seeks to rebuild Maine’s natural biodiversity by planting native wildflowers, shrubs, and trees that support the widest array of wildlife.
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Head Harbor Passage Boat Cruise with Bob Duchesne, Sandi McRae Duchesne, Doug Hitchcox
Sat May 27, 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
CENTRAL REGION
The Pier Pressure, a Coast-Guard-certified whale-watching boat, will transport you throughout Head Harbor Passage and its many Canadian islands for 2-½ hours. Amid spectacular scenery and plentiful wildlife, we'll visit one of the southernmost nesting colonies of Black-legged Kittiwakes. Other nesting birds can include Black Guillemots, Double-crested Cormorants, and Bald Eagles. Razorbills and Common Eiders are also routinely seen. Seals, porpoises, salmon pens, and lighthouses will be part of the tour. $80 additional fee
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Mowry Beach Birding with Colin Brown, Cathy Lookabaugh
Sat May 27, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
EASTERN REGION
Explore the shoreline habitats of Mowry Beach Preserve, an uncommon and beautiful example of sandy beach in the region. Proceeding along an all-accessible beach and marshland boardwalk, we’ll search for shorebirds, warblers, gulls, and more.
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Forestry For Birds with Sarah Cote
Sat May 27, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
NORTHERN REGION
Visit areas of the Downeast Lakes Community Forest representing various types of forest management that support different bird species. We will caravan in our own cars. At each location we will stop to talk about the forestry type and how to promote it on your own land, and there will be time to bird each area in search of the species that thrive there.
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Beach Birding & Beer Trivia Dinner with Colin Brown, Cathy Lookabaugh
Sat May 27, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
EASTERN REGION
Join Downeast Coastal Conservancy Staff for food and games at the Lubec Brewing Company! Enjoy playing Birding Trivia while chowing down on Jersey-style, thin crust pizza from Morano’s Pizza and tasting the many delicious brews of Lubec Brewing. $20 additional fee
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Rails, Wrens, & Nighthawks; Whippoorwills, Woodcocks, & Owls with Woody Gillies, Maurry Mills
Sat May 27, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
NORTHERN REGION
This event begins in the YCC Building with a brief orientation including photographs and calls of some of the species we hope to encounter. We will then caravan north in our own vehicles to the abandoned railroad grade off US Route 1, parking along the highway. We will walk along the old rail bed which goes through two impounded wetlands. Guides will broadcast vocalizations of several waterbirds and hope that a Sora or a Virginia Rail will respond.
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Sunday, May 28, 2023
Festival Headquarters Open
Sun May 28, 6:00 am - 8:00 pm
COBSCOOK INSTITUTE
Stop by to use the restroom, have a cup of coffee, fill your water bottle, take a rest, or get information
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Early Breakfast
Sun May 28, 6:00 am - 8:00 am
FESTIVAL HQ
Join us for an early morning cuppa & complimentary light meal.
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Klondike Mountain Hike with Colin Brown
Sun May 28, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
EASTERN REGION
Enjoy an early-morning visit to a Downeast Coastal Conservancy property offering a mixture of meadowland, varied woodland habitat, bay shoreline, and 150-foot Klondike Mountain, whose panoramic views make it a popular local attraction. The 46-acre preserve was originally owned by a local family who raised dairy cows and apples in the pasture surrounding the base of the mountain. A short hike up the mountain arrives at a bald nubble summit with a nearly 360-degree view of the surrounding bay and landscape. Birds that can be found here include Ruffed Grouse, corvids, and a variety of warblers and other songbirds. At the top we will search for soaring raptors.
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Boot Head Hike with Woody Gillies
Sun May 28, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
EASTERN REGION
Head Preserve of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust features some of the most dramatic views of the Maine coastline. Enjoy them, along with an excellent variety of bird sightings, during this circular hike a little more than 2 miles long.
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Pottle Tree Farm Walk with Fred & Linda Gralenski
Sun May 28, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
CENTRAL REGION
Pottle Tree Farm has diverse habitats, including hayfields, grown-up farmland, a working forest of mixed hardwood and softwood through which Boyden Stream runs, and surrounding lowlands. Apple trees and overgrown cellar holes are scattered throughout, mixed with alders, cherries, roses, and other shrubs.
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Eagle Hill Bog & Forest with Bob Duchesne, Sandi McRae Duchesne
Sun May 28, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
EASTERN REGION- CANADA
This moving event offers a rare opportunity to bird a bog via boardwalk. Unusual resident species are often close to the path. Magnolia, Nashville, and Palm Warblers should be easy. More difficult targets include Lincoln’s Sparrow and Northern Goshawk. The boardwalk has many interpretive signs about the bog’s interesting botanical community, and it is likely that North America’s native azalea, the delicate purple Rhodora extolled by Ralph Waldo Emerson, will be among the plants that are in bloom.
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Dennison Point Hike with Amy McLaughlin
Sun May 28, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
FESTIVAL HQ
Dennison Point, in the Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area, offers both field and forest habitat, moderate trails, and a some scenic viewpoints of Cobscook Bay and the Orange River. This area and the nearby Commissary Point Unit of the same management area attract a variety of bird species including warblers, vireos, flycatchers, woodpeckers, and raptors.
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Secretive Marsh Birds Paddle with Sarah Cote
Sun May 28, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
NORTHERN REGION
Come on an early morning paddle on Big Musquash stream and through the heath and marsh. We will look and listen for secretive marsh birds including herons, rails, Sedge Wrens, Bobolinks, and bitterns. This trip is also a great opportunity to see rare bog plants and mammals such as moose, beavers, and river otters.
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Machias Seal Island Boat Trip with Doug Hitchcox
Sun May 28, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
EASTERN REGION
Machias Seal Island has the largest Atlantic Puffin colony on the Maine coast. The trip to the island takes about an hour. Weather and sea conditions permitting, you should have over two hours on the island, with 45-60 minutes in a blind with puffins all around. The rest of the time, you’ll be on a ground-level, open-observation platform. If the boat is unable to land, we will motor around the island with excellent opportunities to view the island’s birds. $200 additional fee
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Bird Tally
Sun May 28, 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm
FESTIVAL HQ
Stop by Festival Headquarters and make sure we have a list of all of the species you identified while birding on your own. We would love to know what you found. We keep track year to year of all of our sightings by location. This is valuable information for future birders, as well as biologists who track sightings in this area.
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Lily Lake Plant Walk with Louise Barteau
Sun May 28, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
EASTERN REGION
Lily Lake offers some of the most common natural plant communities of the area: spruce fir, alder thicket, meadowsweet-sweetgale wetlands, old fields, and lake aquatics. This walk will focus on plants, but we will keep our eyes and ears open for birds as well. We will also talk about what birds we might find in each plant habitat.
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Orange River Paddle with Colin Brown, Cathy Lookabaugh
Sun May 28, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
MOVING EVENT: FESTIVAL HQ to EASTERN REGION
Enjoy an easy flatwater paddle through the exemplary wetland and forested habitats of the Downeast Coastal Conservancy’s Orange River Conservation Area. As one of the least developed coastal river systems remaining on the east coast, the Orange River is an important habitat for inland wading birds and waterfowl in Downeast Maine, providing undisturbed nesting and uncontaminated feeding areas.
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Head Harbor Passage Boat Cruise with Chris Bartlett, Fred & Linda Gralenski
Sun May 28, 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
CENTRAL REGION
The Pier Pressure, a Coast-Guard-certified whale-watching boat, will transport you throughout Head Harbor Passage and its many Canadian islands for 2-½ hours. Amid spectacular scenery and plentiful wildlife, we'll visit one of the southernmost nesting colonies of Black-legged Kittiwakes. Other nesting birds can include Black Guillemots, Double-crested Cormorants, and Bald Eagles. Razorbills and Common Eiders are also routinely seen. Seals, porpoises, salmon pens, and lighthouses will be part of the tour. $80 additional fee
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"Bringing Nature Home" in Maine Talk with Andrew Tufts
Sun May 28, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
FESTIVAL HQ
Andrew will give us a behind-the-scenes look at the habitat restoration work of Maine Audubon and its community partners in Portland, South Portland, and Lewiston, Maine. Through its program, Bringing Nature Home to Maine, Maine Audubon has engaged hundreds of students and helped to develop an ecological curriculum adopted by area schools.
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The 30-Year Bird Project: Bird Conservation in Maine’s Commercial Forest with Kelsi Andersen
Sun May 28, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
FESTIVAL HQ
The 30-Year Bird project began in the early 1990s when researchers conducted extensive bird surveys of the region. Upon seeing a 2019 Cornell Lab of Ornithology article that reported the loss of over three billion of North America’s breeding birds since the 1970s, the original research team wanted to know how this large tract of intact forest may continue to support threatened bird populations.
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Bird Tally Dinner with The Bass Lady & Friends
Sun May 28, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
FESTIVAL HQ
With music from Eastport's "Bass Lady" providing dinner music for a complete dinner. This event gives festival attendees time to socialize and share their lists from the weekend. $30 additional fee
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Woodcock Walk with Woody Gillies, Maurry Mills
Sun May 28, 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
EASTERN REGION
This evening event in the Edmunds Division of the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge is timed especially for observing the fascinating courtship flight of the American Woodcock. We will be visiting areas managed specifically by the US Fish & Wildlife Service to provide habitat for this bird and a variety of other species that require young forests.
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Monday, May 29, 2023
Dawn Chorus on Timberdoodle Trail with Louise Barteau, Bill Kolodnicki
Mon May 29, 5:00 am - 7:00 am
EASTERN REGION
Come hear the birds wake up, perhaps even see a mammal or two, by sitting quietly at the wheelchair-accessible Timberdoodle Trail in the Edmunds Division. The short trail is smoothly paved, wide, and level-graded, leading to a ramp-accessible viewing platform with handrails. The platform overlooks a regenerating clearing that is maintained at an early successional stage to provide habitat favored by American Woodcock.
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Campobello Island with Susan Cline, Pete Colman
Mon May 29, 6:00 am - 10:00 am
EASTERN REGION- CANADA
This is a driving and walking tour within Roosevelt Campobello International Park. Campobello Island is a stopover for thousands of migrating birds. The habitat includes marine shoreland, salt and freshwater marshes, sphagnum bogs, coniferous, deciduous and mixed forest, forest edges, thickets, brushy and open fields, cliffs, banks, and ponds. Over 150 avian species breed here or on nearby islands or migrate through the area, including Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, American Black Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Common Eider, Spruce Grouse, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, and many varieties of gulls.
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Festival Headquarters Open
Mon May 29, 6:00 am - 10:00 am
COBSCOOK INSTITUTE
Stop by to use the restroom, have a cup of coffee, fill your water bottle, take a rest, or get information
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Blueberry Barrens with Woody Gillies, Maurry Mills
Mon May 29, 7:00 am - 10:00 am
WESTERN REGION
This is a driving caravan (in our own cars) on paved and gravel roads in the blueberry barrens of Washington County. Retreating glaciers formed large sandy plains that are now used to cultivate native low-bush blueberries, a major agricultural crop in the area. We will drive through roads that cut through large blueberry fields in search of nesting Upland Sandpipers and Vesper and Savannah Sparrows. The barrens are one of just a few areas in Maine to find breeding Upland Sandpipers. American Kestrels are often seen perched on the power lines and sometimes Northern Harriers hunt low over the blueberry fields.
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Petit Manan Walk & Boat Trip with Chris Bartlett, Doug Hitchcox
Mon May 29, 7:30 am - 12:00 pm
WESTERN REGION
This event explores Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge by land and by water. We will meet at the Acadia Puffin Cruise wharf in Steuben at 7:30AM to scan the shore for shorebirds and seabirds. We will then drive/carpool to one of the mainland trails to look for birds within the coastal spruce forest such as Cape May Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, and Swainson’s Thrush. $100 additional fee
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Date: May 26th - 29th, 2023
Location: Various Various Towns in Maine
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