2022 Acadia Birding Festival Schedule
Trip Descriptions
Time
Type
Description
Fee
Available
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Registration Fee
$15
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Wednesday, June 1 (PRE-FEST)
7:00am-2:00pm
Field Trip
SADDLEBACK MT - Bicknell's Thrush
$90
6
6:30am-5:30pm
Island Trip
MONHEGAN ISLAND TRIP
$70
2
4:00pm-5:30pm
Social
Wendell Gilley Museum Social
$0
27
Thursday, June 2
5:30am-5:00pm
Van Trip (#1)
Boreal Trip Downeast - VAN TRIP (ALL DAY)
$90
FULL
6:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Sieur de Monts (ANP)
$25
FULL
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Seal Cove (Billy Helprin)
$25
FULL
6:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Pretty Marsh/ Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP)
$25
FULL
6:30am-10:00am
Field Trip
Otter Point (ANP)
$25
FULL
7:00am-4:00pm
Van Trip (#2)
Swans Island (ferry ride) - ALL DAY
$90
FULL
6:30am-10:00am
Field Trip
Clark Point Rd
$25
FULL
6:30am-10:00am
Field Trip
Wonderland (ANP)
$25
FULL
6:30am-10:00am
Field Trip
Blagden Preserve (Tiffany Kersten)
$30
FULL
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Petit Manan Preserve (1+ hour drive from MDI)
$25
4
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Sears Island (1+ hour drive from MDI)
$25
3
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Bangor - Essex Woods (1+ hour drive from MDI)
$25
9
7:30am-10:30am
Boat Trip
Canoe and Bird - Northeast Creek
$45
FULL
10:30am-12:00pm
Field Trip
Kids "Birding Blitz" (at Pretty Marsh Picnic Area)
$0
3
1:00pm-2:00pm
Talk
Lessons from a Bird Bum (Cameron Cox) - LIVE
$10
35
1:00pm-2:00pm
Talk
Lessons from a Bird Bum (Cameron Cox) - VIRTUAL
$5
42
1:00pm-4:00pm
Workshop
Drawing Birds (Michael Boardman)
$40
4
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Wonderland (ANP)
$25
1
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Seal Cove
$25
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Blagden Preserve
$25
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) (Tiffany Kersten)
$30
1
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Clark Point Rd (David Speiser)
$25
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Valley Cove/Flying Mt (ANP)
$25
8
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Otter Point (ANP)
$25
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Ship Harbor (ANP)
$25
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Rockefeller Carriage Rd (ANP)
$25
3
7:00pm-8:00pm
KEYNOTE
Birding Beyond Boundaries(Kyle Lima) - LIVE
$20
38
7:00pm-8:00pm
KEYNOTE
Birding Beyond Boundaries (Kyle Lima) - VIRTUAL
$5
22
Friday, June 3
5:30am-5:00pm
Van Trip (#1)
Boreal Trip Downeast - VAN TRIP (ALL DAY)
$90
2
6:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Seal Cove (Billy Helprin)
$25
FULL
6:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Pretty Marsh/ Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP)
$25
FULL
6:00am-4:00pm
Van Trip (#2)
Schoodic Peninsula (ANP) - ALL DAY
$90
FULL
6:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP)
$25
FULL
6:30am-10:00am
Field Trip
Clark Point Rd (Tiffany Kersten)
$30
FULL
6:30am-10:00am
Field Trip
Rockefeller Carriage Rd (ANP)
$25
1
6:30am-10:00am
Field Trip
Otter Point (ANP)
$25
FULL
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Petit Manan Preserve (1+ hour drive from MDI)
$25
FULL
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Sears Island (1+ hour drive from MDI)
$25
FULL
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Bangor - Essex Woods (1+ hour drive from MDI)
$25
4
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Beech Mountain (ANP)
$25
FULL
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Ship Harbor Nature Trail (ANP)
$25
FULL
7:30am-10:30am
Boat Trip
Canoe and Bird - Northeast Creek
$45
FULL
7:45am-3:00pm
Island Trip
Frenchboro/Long Island (ferry ride) -3/4 DAY
$90
FULL
10:30am-11:30am
Field Trip
Peregrine Falcon Viewing (ANP)
$10
FULL
1:00pm-2:00pm
Talk
Seabird ID workshop (Doug Hitchcox) - LIVE
$10
7
1:00pm-2:00pm
Talk
Seabird ID workshop (Doug Hitchcox) - VIRTUAL
$5
45
1:00pm-3:00pm
Workshop
Field Sketching in Nature (Michael Boardman)
$30
FULL
2:30pm-5:30pm
Workshop
How to take Better Bird Photos Workshop (David Speiser)
$45
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Ship Harbor (ANP)
$25
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Blagden Preserve
$25
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP)
$25
6
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Pretty Marsh/Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP)
$25
1
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Wonderland (ANP)
$25
6
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Seal Cove (focus on common birds - Tiffany Kersten)
$30
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Otter Point (ANP)
$25
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Valley Cove and Flying Mountain (ANP)
$25
4
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Clark Point Rd
$25
1
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Rockefeller Carriage Rd (ANP)
$25
FULL
7:00pm-8:00pm
KEYNOTE
Birdie Big Year (Tiffany Kersten) - LIVE
$20
33
7:00pm-8:00pm
KEYNOTE
Birdie Big Year (Tiffany Kersten) - VIRTUAL
$5
27
Saturday, June 4
6:00am-10:30am
Boat Trip
PELAGIC SEABIRD BOAT TRIP
$110
FULL
5:30am-5:00pm
Van Trip (#1)
Boreal Trip Downeast - VAN TRIP (ALL DAY)
$90
FULL
6:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Seal Cove
$25
1
7:00am-4:00pm
Van Trip (#2)
Swans Island (ferry ride) - ALL DAY
$90
FULL
6:30am-10:00am
Field Trip
Ship Harbor (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds)
$25
1
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Blagden Preserve
$25
FULL
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Sears Island (1+ hour drive from MDI)
$25
1
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP)
$25
FULL
7:30am-10:00am
Field Trip
Fish Ladders in Somesville (Billy Helprin)
$25
FULL
11:30am-12:30pm
Book Sale
Book Sales (signed by authors)
$0
28
1:00pm-2:00pm
Talk
Every Bird in Maine - Big Year (Ethan Whitaker)-LIVE
$10
33
1:00pm-2:00pm
Talk
Every Bird in Maine - Big Year (Ethan Whitaker)-VIRTUAL
$5
47
1:00pm-4:00pm
Workshop
Drawing Birds (Michael Boardman)
$40
7
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Ship Harbor (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds)
$25
1
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Pretty Marsh/Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP) (Tiffany Kersten)
$30
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Blagden Preserve
$25
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP)
$25
3
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Otter Point (ANP)
$25
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Seal Cove
$25
3
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Valley Cove/Flying Mt (ANP)
$25
7
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Beech Mountain (ANP)
$25
1
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Fish Ladders in Somesville (Billy Helprin)
$25
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Wonderland (ANP)
$25
10
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Rockefeller Carriage Rd (ANP)
$25
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Clark Point Rd
$25
3
7:00pm-8:00pm
KEYNOTE
Maine Birds through the Seasons (David Speiser) - LIVE
$20
25
7:00pm-8:00pm
KEYNOTE
Maine Birds through the Seasons (David Speiser)-VIRTUAL
$5
28
8:30pm-Midnight
Van Trip (#1)
Owl and Night Creature Prowl (Chuck Whitney)
$40
FULL
Sunday, June 5
5:30am-5:00pm
Van Trip (#1)
Boreal Trip Downeast - VAN TRIP (ALL DAY)
$90
FULL
6:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) (Tiffany Kersten)
$30
FULL
6:00am-10:00am
Van Trip (#2)
Birding BLITZ Leaders Choice
$40
FULL
6:30am-10:00am
Field Trip
Blagden Preserve (Kyle Lima)
$25
FULL
6:30am-10:00am
Field Trip
Seal Cove (Billy Helprin)
$25
FULL
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Valley Cove/Flying Mt (ANP)
$25
5
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Ship Harbor Nature Trail (ANP)
$25
FULL
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Bangor - Essex Woods (1+ hour drive from MDI)
$25
2
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Petit Manan Preserve (1+ hour drive from MDI)
$25
6
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Sears Island (1+ hour drive from MDI)
$25
FULL
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Rockefeller Carriage Rd (ANP)
$25
FULL
7:00am-10:00am
Field Trip
Beech Mountain (ANP)
$25
FULL
7:30am-10:30am
Boat Trip
Canoe and Bird - Northeast Creek
$45
FULL
7:45am-3:00pm
Island Trip
Frenchboro/Long Island (ferry ride) -3/4 DAY
$90
2
10:30am-11:30am
Field Trip
Peregrine Falcon Viewing (ANP)
$10
FULL
1:00pm-2:00pm
Talk
My Big Year- Birding For a Cause (Joe Blanda)-LIVE
$10
44
1:00pm-2:00pm
Talk
My Big Year- Birding For a Cause (Joe Blanda)-VIRTUAL
$5
45
1:00pm-3:00pm
Workshop
Field Sketching in Nature (Michael Boardman)
$30
6
2:30pm-midnight
Van Trip (#2)
Hancock County Hotspots & Night Prowl - VAN TRIP
$80
1
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Seal Cove
$25
2
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Clark Point Rd
$25
5
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Otter Point (ANP) (Tiffany Kersten)
$30
1
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Pretty Marsh/Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP) (Kyle Lima)
$25
FULL
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Ship Harbor Nature Trail (ANP)
$25
4
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Valley Cove and Flying Mountain (ANP)
$25
8
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Blagden Preserve
$25
7
3:00pm-5:30pm
Field Trip
Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP)
$25
10
Monday-Tuesday (POST-FEST)
Mon 6am-Tue 12p
Van Trip (#1)
Bold Coast Birds and Boats (2-DAY TRIP)
$170
FULL