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 - 10:00am: Van Trip (#1) - Birding BLITZ Leaders Choice - Van Trip - $45
6:00am - 1:30pm: Van Trip (#2) - Hancock 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 - 4:00pm: Van Trip (#4) - Schoodic Peninsula (ANP) - Van Trip (All Day) - $95
6:30am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Blagden Preserve (Dan Gardoqui) - $40
6:30am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Seal Cove (Billy Helprin and Holly Merker) - $35
6:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds) - $25
7:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Valley Cove/Flying Mt (ANP) - $25
7:00am - 11:30am: Field Trip - Essex Woods & Fields Pond (1+ hour drive from MDI) - $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 - 10:00am: Field Trip - Rockefeller Carriage Rd (ANP) - $25
7:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Beech Mountain (ANP) - $25
8:00am - 9:30am: Field Trip - Photo (macro) Workshop - Fun with water drops - $30
7:30am - 10:30am: Boat Trip - Canoe and Bird - NE Creek - $60
7:45am - 3:00pm: Island Trip - Frenchboro/Long Island (ferry ride) - All Day - $0
10:30am - 11:30am: Field Trip - Peregrine Falcon Viewing (ANP) - $10
11:00am - 12:00pm: Talk - Museum of American Bird Art Exhibition (Jennifer Tafe) - $0
12:00pm - 1:00pm: BYO Lunch - Festival Center Social - bring your own lunch - $0
12:00pm - 2:00pm: Boat Trip - Acadia Puffin Cruise to Petit Manan Island - $75
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Talk - From Birder to Birder Murder (Steve Burrows) - Live - $10
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Talk - From Birder to Birder Murder (Steve Burrows) - Virtual - $5
2:30pm - 5:00pm: Field Trip - Nature Journaling and Field Sketching - $35
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Seal Cove (Dan Gardoqui) - $40
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Otter Point (ANP) - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Ship Harbor (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds) - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Blagden Preserve (Holly Merker) - $30
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Van Trip (#1) - Birding BLITZ Leaders Choice - Van Trip - $45
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Van Trip (#2) - MDI Wetlands - Van Trip - $45
3:00pm - Midnight: Van Trip (#3) - Hancock County Hotspots & Night Prowl - Van Trip - $90
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Valley Cove and Flying Mountain (ANP) - $25
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Long Pond loop at Pump Station (ANP) - $25

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