Grab your passport for two nights at the Roosevelt estate on beautiful Campobello Island. We’ll sit on the cliffs by the lighthouse and watch for passing whales, Black-legged Kittiwakes, Bonaparte’s Gulls and Northern Gannets. We’ll scan for migrating hawks from atop observation platforms in Roosevelt International Park. We’ll scour the beaches in Lubec for unusual shorebirds and try our luck for Razorbills at Quoddy Head State Park. This tour is offered by the Penobscot Valley Chapter of Maine Audubon, guided by Bob & Sandi Duchesne.

Van departs Friday, Sept. 11, from Fields Pond Audubon Center in Holden and returns Sunday, Sept. 13, 6 p.m (or drive separately to Campobello). Weekend price: $350 per person/double occupancy; $95 single supplement.  Includes all meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch, two night’s accommodations (double occupancy), Roosevelt Cottage tour, transportation by 15-passenger van, and professionally guided birding. To reserve call 207-989-2591.

For a travelogue of the 2007 tour, click here.