2027 Acadia Birding Festival Schedule (Preliminary)


Trip Descriptions
  

Wednesday, June 2 (PRE-FEST)
11:30am-2:00pm Boat Trip ACADIA PUFFIN CRUISE (from Steuben 1.2 hr drive from MDI) $90
5:30am-1:00pm Field Trip SADDLEBACK MT - Boreal Birds $100
6:30am-5:30pm Island Trip MONHEGAN ISLAND TRIP $125
4:00pm-5:30pm Social Festival Center Social - registration pickup $0
Thursday, June 3
6:00am-4:00pm Van Trip (#2) Waldo County Hotspots - VAN TRIP (ALL DAY) $95
6:00am-4:00pm Van Trip (#3) Schoodic Peninsula - VAN TRIP (ALL DAY) with Seth Benz $115
6:40am-2:30pm Van Trip (#1) Swans Island (ferry ride) - VAN TRIP (3/4 DAY) $100
6:00am-12:00pm Van Trip (#4) Hancock County Hotspots - VAN TRIP (1/2 DAY) $85
6:00am-10:00am Field Trip Sieur de Monts (ANP) $30
6:30am-10:00am Field Trip Echo Lake (NEW) $30
6:30am-10:00am Field Trip Wonderland (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds) $30
6:30am-10:00am Field Trip Seal Cove (Billy Helprin) $30
6:30am-10:00am Field Trip Otter Point (ANP) $30
7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Petit Manan Preserve (1+ hour drive from MDI) $30
7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Stone Barn Farm $30
7:00am-11:00am Field Trip Sears Island (1+ hour drive from MDI) $30
7:00am-10:00am Boat Trip Canoe and Bird - Northeast Creek $60
10:45am-12:00pm Field Trip Kids "Birding Blitz" $0
11:00pm-12:00pm Talk Birding in Maine By Ear - LIVE $10
11:00pm-12:00pm Talk Birding in Maine By Ear - VIRTUAL $5
11:30am-2:00pm Boat Trip ACADIA PUFFIN CRUISE (from Steuben 1.2 hr drive from MDI) $90
12:00pm-1:00pm Pizza Festival Center Social - PIZZA (first come, first serve) $0
1:00pm-2:00pm Talk The State of Maine's Birds: Maine Bird Atlas - LIVE $10
1:00pm-2:00pm Talk The State of Maine's Birds: Maine Bird Atlas - VIRTUAL $5
2:30pm-5:00pm Workshop Nature Journaling and Field Sketching $35
3:00pm-5:30pm Van Trip (#4) MDI Wetlands - VAN TRIP $45
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Wonderland (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Seal Cove $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Ship Harbor (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Clark Point Rd $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Valley Cove/Flying Mt (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Schooner Head & Great Head (ANP) $25
3:30pm-5:30pm Field Trip Witch Hole (ANP) $25
3:30pm-5:30pm Field Trip Blagden Preserve $25
6:30pm-8:00pm Lobster Lobster Dinner at Archie's $50
Friday, June 4
6:00am-2:30pm Van Trip (#3) Bangor Hotspots - VAN TRIP (3/4 DAY) $95
6:00am-4:00pm Van Trip (#1) Waldo County Hotspots - VAN TRIP (ALL DAY) $95
6:00am-4:00pm Van Trip (#2) Schoodic Peninsula - VAN TRIP (ALL DAY) with Seth Benz $115
6:00am-4:00pm Van Trip (#4) Blue Hill and Beyond - VAN TRIP (ALL DAY) $115
6:00am-1:00pm Island Trip Frenchboro/Long Island (ISLAND TRIP) -3/4 DAY $85
6:00am-10:00am Field Trip Seal Cove $30
6:00am-10:00am Field Trip Pretty Marsh/ Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP) $30
6:00am-10:00am Field Trip Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) $30
6:30am-10:00am Field Trip Stone Barn Farm $30
6:30am-10:00am Field Trip Clark Point Rd $30
7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Ship Harbor Nature Trail (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds) $30
7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Petit Manan Preserve (1+ hour drive from MDI) $30
7:00am-11:00am Field Trip Sears Island (1+ hour drive from MDI) $30
7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Beech Mountain (ANP) $30
7:00am-10:00am Boat Trip Canoe and Bird - Northeast Creek $60
10:30am-11:30am Field Trip Peregrine Falcon Viewing (ANP) $10
10:45am-12:00pm Field Trip Kids "Birding Blitz" $0
11:00am-12:00pm Talk TBD $10
11:00am-12:00pm Talk TBD $5
11:30am-2:00pm Boat Trip ACADIA PUFFIN CRUISE (from Steuben 1.2 hr drive from MDI) $90
12:00pm-1:00pm Pizza Festival Center Social - PIZZA (first come, first serve) $0
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 Van Trip (#3) MDI Hotspots - VAN TRIP $45
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Fish Ladders in Somesville (Billy Helprin) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Ship Harbor (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Pretty Marsh/Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) $25
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 Schooner Head & Great Head (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Clark Point Rd $25
3:30pm-5:30pm Field Trip Blagden Preserve $25
3:30pm-5:30pm Field Trip Stone Barn Farm (NEW) $25
7:00pm-8:00pm KEYNOTE Birding & Nature Study in the Digital Era - Ted Floyd - LIVE $30
7:00pm-8:00pm KEYNOTE Birding & Nature Study in the Digital Era - Ted Floyd - VIRTUAL $5
Saturday, June 5
6:00am-10:30am Boat Trip PELAGIC SEABIRD BOAT TRIP $125
6:00am-9:00am Van Trip (#2) MDI Hotspots - VAN TRIP (Seth Benz) $0
6:00am-9:30am Van Trip (#4) MDI Hotspots - VAN TRIP (Craig Kesselheim) $45
6:00am-9:00am Van Trip (#3) MDI Hotspots - VAN TRIP (Don Lima) $0
6:40am-2:30pm Van Trip (#1) Swans Island (ferry ride) - VAN TRIP (3/4 DAY) $100
7:00am-9:00am Field Trip Stone Barn $0
6:00am-10:00am Field Trip Seal Cove $30
7:00am-9:00am Field Trip Valley Cove (ANP) $0
7:00am-9:00am Field Trip Clark Point Rd $0
7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Blagden Preserve $30
7:00am-11:00am Field Trip Sears Island (1+ hour drive from MDI) $30
7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) $30
7:00am-9:00am Field Trip Ship Harbor (ANP) $0
7:00am-9:00am Field Trip Wonderland (ANP) $0
7:00am-9:00am Field Trip Echo Lake (ANP) $0
7:00am-9:00am Field Trip Pretty Marsh (ANP) $0
7:30am-10:00am Field Trip Fish Ladders in Somesville (Billy Helprin) $30
8:00am-9:00am Talk Greg Miller and the Big Year Movie $0
9:00am-11:00am Workshop Nature Journaling $0
9:30am-10:30am Talk Birding in Maine by Ear (Michael Good) $0
11:00am-12:00pm Talk Deciphering Bird Behavior (Doug Hitchcox) $0
11:30am-12:30pm Field Trip Peregrine Falcon Viewing (ANP) $10
12:00pm-1:00pm Pizza Festival Center Social - PIZZA (first come, first serve) $0
12:00pm-1:00pm Book Sale Book Sales $0
1:30pm-2:30pm Talk TBD $10
1:30pm-2:30pm Talk TBD $5
1:30pm-4:00pm Boat Trip ACADIA PUFFIN CRUISE (from Steuben 1.2 hr drive from MDI) $0
3:00pm-5:00pm Field Trip How to Draw Birds (with Rebekah Lowell) $35
3:00pm-5:30pm Van Trip (#2) Birding BLITZ Leaders Choice - VAN TRIP $45
3:00pm-5:30pm Van Trip (#4) MDI Wetlands - VAN TRIP $45
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Pretty Marsh/Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Schooner Head & Great Head (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Seal Cove $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Valley Cove/Flying Mt (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Long Pond loop at Pump Station (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Fish Ladders in Somesville (Billy Helprin) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Echo Lake (NEW) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Witch Hole (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Clark Point Rd $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Beech Mountain (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Ship Harbor (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds) $25
7:00pm-8:00pm KEYNOTE TBD $30
7:00pm-8:00pm KEYNOTE TBD $5
8:30pm-midnight Van Trip (#1,#2) Owl and Night Creature Prowl $55
Sunday, June 6
6:00am-2:30pm Van Trip (#1) Bangor Hotspots - VAN TRIP (3/4 DAY) $95
6:00am-12:00pm Van Trip (#4) Hancock County Hotspots - VAN TRIP (1/2 DAY) $85
6:00am-4:00pm Van Trip (#2) Schoodic Peninsula - VAN TRIP (ALL DAY) with Seth Benz $115
6:00am-4:00pm Van Trip (#3) Blue Hill and Beyond - VAN TRIP (ALL DAY) $115
6:30am-10:00am Field Trip Blagden Preserve $30
6:30am-10:00am Field Trip Seal Cove (Billy Helprin) $30
6:00am-10:00am Field Trip Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds) $30
7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Valley Cove/Flying Mt (ANP) $30
7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Petit Manan Preserve (1+ hour drive from MDI) $30
7:00am-11:00am Field Trip Sears Island (1+ hour drive from MDI) $30
7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Witch Hole (ANP) $30
7:00am-10:00am Field Trip Beech Mountain (ANP) $30
7:00am-10:00am Boat Trip Canoe and Bird - Northeast Creek $60
7:30am-9:30am Field Trip Manchester Pt Feeder & Sea Watch (D Reis & P Dunne) $25
9:30am-12:00pm Boat Trip ACADIA PUFFIN CRUISE (from Steuben 1.2 hr drive from MDI) $90
10:00am-12:00pm Big Sit BIG SIT with Pete Dunne $0
10:30am-11:30am Field Trip Peregrine Falcon Viewing (ANP) $10
11:00am-12:00pm Talk TBD $10
11:00am-12:00pm Talk TBD $5
11:30am-2:00pm Boat Trip ACADIA PUFFIN CRUISE (from Steuben 1.2 hr drive from MDI) $90
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch Festival Center Social - PIZZA (first come, first serve) $0
1:00pm-2:00pm Talk TBD $10
1:00pm-2:00pm Talk Bird Tracking for Conservation (Gina Kent) - VIRTUAL $5
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Seal Cove $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Clark Point Rd $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Otter Point (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) $25
3:00pm-5:30pm Field Trip Ship Harbor (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds) $25
3:30pm-5:30pm Field Trip Blagden Preserve $25
3:30pm-5:30pm Field Trip Valley Cove and Flying Mountain (ANP) $25
3:30pm-midnight Van Trip (#1) Hancock Hotspots & Night Prowl - VAN TRIP $95
9:30am-12:30pm Boat Trip Bar Harbor Puffin and Lighthouse Cruise $0
Monday, June 7 (POST-FEST)
11:30am-2:00pm Boat Trip ACADIA PUFFIN CRUISE (from Steuben 1.2 hr drive from MDI) $90
Tuesday, June 8 (POST-FEST)