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 - 9:30am: Van Trip (#1) - MDI Wetlands - Van Trip - $45
6:00am - 1:30pm: Van Trip (#2) - Ellsworth 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 - 1:30pm: Van Trip (#4) - Hancock Hotspots - Van Trip (3/4 Day) - $75
6:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Seal Cove - $25
6:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Pretty Marsh/ Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP) - $25
6:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) - $25
6:30am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Clark Point Rd (Dan Gardoqui) - $40
7:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Ship Harbor Nature Trail (ANP) (focus on Botany and Birds) - $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
7:00am - 10:00am: Field Trip - Beech Mountain (ANP) - $25
7:30am - 10:30am: Boat Trip - Canoe and Bird - Northeast Creek - $60
7:45am - 3:00pm: Island Trip - Frenchboro/Long Island (ferry ride)  - All Day - $100
8:00am - 9:30am: Field Trip - Photo (macro) Workshop - Fun with water drops - $30
10:30am - 11:30am: Field Trip - Peregrine Falcon Viewing (ANP) - $10
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Book Sale - Book Sales (signed by authors) - $0
12:00pm - 1:00pm: BYO Lunch - Festival Center Social - bring your own lunch - $0
11:00am - 12:00pm: Talk - All about Screech Owls (Jim Wright) - Live - $10
11:00am - 12:00pm: Talk - All about Screech Owls (Jim Wright) - Virtual - $5
12:00pm - 2:00pm: Boat Trip - Acadia Puffin Cruise to Petit Manan Island - $75
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: Field Trip - Ship Harbor (ANP) (Dan Gardoqui) - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Blagden Preserve - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Sieur de Monts Spring (ANP) - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Van Trip (#3) - MDI Hotspots - Van Trip - $45
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 - Valley Cove and Flying Mountain (ANP) - $25
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Clark Point Rd (Holly Merker) - $30
3:00pm - 5:30pm: Van Trip (#4) - Birding BLITZ Leaders Choice - Van Trip - $45
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Pretty Marsh/Long Pond Fire Rd (ANP) - $25
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Field Trip - Rockefeller Carriage Rd (ANP) - $25
7:00pm - 8:00pm: Keynote - How to Speak Bird (Dan Gardoqui) - Live - $20
7:00pm - 8:00pm: Keynote - How to Speak Bird (Dan Gardoqui) - Virtual - $5

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