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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