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Downeast Big Day Downeast Big Day - May 29, 2013 (full):: Trip leader: Maine Birding Trail founder Bob Duchesne.
This one-day tour is an extension of the Acadia Birding Festival. It is a 14 hour birding blitz along the northern coast of Maine, designed to be flexible for those who are making festival plans. We'll meet at the Machias Motor Inn at 6am, pass by again at 4pm (for those who need to leave early), and end the day there at 8pm. Participants may spend Tuesday and/or Wednesday night in Machias, or travel up the coast from Acadia to meet the group early Wednesday morning. We'll travel by 15-passenger van to all the secret hot spots in this vicinity, searching for Spruce Grouse, Boreal Chickadees, Gray Jays, and up to 100 other species in just one day!  Read more.
Bicknell's Thrush Tour Puffins and Bicknell's Thrush - June 11 - 13, 2013 (full): Trip leader: Maine Birding Trail founder Bob Duchesne. This intensive tour packs a lot into three days. We begin at Scarborough Marsh near Portland, ferreting out Nelson's and Saltmarsh Sparrows. Next stop: Pine Point for a chance at Piping Plovers and Roseate Terns. After a lobster and seafood lunch, we'll run up the coast for Atlantic Puffins and more terns. The following day takes us to the western mountains where the chief target is the rare and very hard-to-get Bicknell's Thrush. (I can't tell you where. It's a secret spot.) Blackpoll, Mourning, and Bay-breasted Warblers are in the same spot. So are Yellow-bellied Flycatchers and Boreal Chickadees. We expect to have them all before breakfast. Then it's off for more northern forest birding. Read more.
Katahdin's Splendor Tour Katahdin's Splendor - June 16-18, 2013: Trip leader: Maine Birding Trail founder Bob Duchesne.
Baxter State Park surrounds Mt. Katahdin, Maine’s highest peak. At 200,000 acres, it is more than four times the size of Acadia National Park. The scenery on this adventure is equal to the variety and rarity of birds to be found here. While cruising the park’s perimeter road, we’ll pursue Spruce and Ruffed Grouse, Philadelphia Vireos, Gray Jays, and Boreal Chickadees. Evening Grosbeaks and both species of crossbill are on the target list. Bay-breasted and Blackpoll Warblers forage next to the road, and we'll try for Cape May, Mourning, and Tennessee Warblers. We'll search especially for American Three-toed and Black-backed Woodpeckers. Moose are common. Read more.
Pittston Farm Group Historic Pittston Farm - June 21-23, 2013 (two slots left)Trip leader: Maine Birding Trail founder Bob Duchesne.
The inn is located above Moosehead Lake, in the heart of Maine's working forest. We won't see pavement for days. We'll be sharing the dirt highways with loggers and moose. Difficult target species include American Three-toed Woodpecker, Black-backed Woodpecker, Gray Jay, Boreal Chickadee, and Northern Goshawk. Evening Grosbeaks make daily visits to the feeder behind the inn. Twenty species of warbler are likely, including Mourning, Bay-breasted, Cape May, Blackpoll, and Tennessee Warblers. Target sparrows include singing Fox and Lincoln's. At least six species of flycatcher are probable, including Alder, Olive-sided and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers. Ruffed Grouse are almost inevitable; Spruce Grouse are more difficult. Last year broke the record with over 110 species seen during the tour. Read more.
Downeast Tour Puffins and Grouse - June 26-28, 2013 (full)Trip leader: Maine Birding Trail founder Bob Duchesne.
It's a 2-Nation Vacation. This 3-day/2-night tour heads downeast to visit the Atlantic Puffins on Machias Seal Island. Bring your passport, as we'll also spend time on Canada's Campobello Island and in the spruce forests along the Maine coast searching for Spruce Grouse, Ruffed Grouse, and Boreal Chickadees. Songbirds will be in full voice, so expect at least 18 species of warblers, plus a multitude of thrushes, flycatchers, and kinglets. Pelagic species such as shearwaters, storm-petrels, and gannets are likely. Our accommodations are located just ten minutes from Campobello and Quoddy Head State Park, and a mere fifteen minutes from Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge and a Maine Coast Heritage Trust site that is one of the most notorious Spruce Grouse spots in the state. Read more.
Grand Manan Tour Grand Manan! - August 8-11, 2013 (one room left) and September 8-11, 2013 Trip leader: Maine Birding Trail founder Bob Duchesne. For a century or more, it has been a favorite destination for birding tours. It's also where many of the world's last remaining North Atlantic Right Whales come to feed in the Bay of Fundy. Seabirds share this abundance, and so a boat tour in these waters is sometimes astonishing. We'll take TWO boat tours. In fact, even the ferry ride to Grand Manan is usually full of Great and Sooty Shearwaters, and if the seas are relatively calm on the crossing, it's often possible to spot Atlantic Puffins, Razorbills and Common Murres among them. Northern Gannets and Black-legged Kittiwakes are also likely to fly alongside the ferry. Hump-backed Whales and White-sided Dolphins are regularly sighted. This four day tour visits one of the birdiest, most scenic places on earth. Read more.