Acadia Birding Festival

About the Event

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 - 1:30pm: Van Trip (#1) - Ellsworth Hotspots - Van Trip (3/4 Day) - $75
6:00am - 1:30pm: Van Trip (#2) - Hancock Hotspots - Van Trip (3/4 Day) - $75
6:00am - 4:00pm: Van Trip (#3) - Schoodic Peninsula (ANP) - Van Trip (All Day) - $95
6:40am - 4:00pm: Van Trip (#4) - Swans Island (ferry ride) - Van Trip (All Day) - $95
6:00am - 10:00am Field Trip - Sieur de Monts (ANP) - $25
6:30am - 10:00am Field Trip - Wonderland (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds) - $25
6:30am - 10:00am Field Trip - Seal Cove (Billy Helprin) - $25
6:30am - 10:00am Field Trip - Otter Point (ANP) - $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
7:30am - 10:30am Boat Trip - Canoe and Bird - NE Creek (Dan Gardoqui) - $60
10:30am - 12:00pm: Field Trip - Kids "Birding Blitz" (at Pretty Marsh Picnic Area) - $0
12:00pm - 1:00pm: BYO Lunch - Festival Center Social - bring your own lunch - $0
11:00am - 12:00pm: Workshop - eBird Workshop (Nathaniel Sharp) - $10
12:00pm - 2:00pm: Boat Trip - Acadia Puffin Cruise to Petit Manan Island - $75
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Talk - Birds of ANP and MDI (Michael Good) - Live - $10
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Talk - Birds of ANP and MDI (Michael Good) - Virtual - $5
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Workshop - How to Draw Birds - $35
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Wonderland (ANP) - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Seal Cove (Dan Gardoqui) - $40
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 - Otter Point (ANP) - $25
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Blagden Preserve - $25
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Rockefeller Carriage Rd (ANP) - $25
6:30pm - 8:00pm: Lobster - Lobster Dinner at Archie's - $60

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