6-day Audubon birding programs on Hog Island in Maine, USAWood warblers! Vireos! Puffins! Come across the pond and immerse yourself in the birds of the New England forests and North Atlantic with National Audubon’s Project Puffin, the non-profit organization that has pioneered seabird conservation projects around the world. Enjoy 6-days of action-packed field trips and workshops with expert instructors while living on Hog Island in coastal Maine, USA. It is summer camp for grown-ups!
2012 Programs:Maine Seabird Biology & Conservation - June 3-8 & Sept 9-14
Joy of Birding - June 10-15 & June 24-29
Field Ornithology - June 17—22
Coastal Maine Bird Studies for Teens – June 17—22 & June 24—29
Sharing Nature: An Educator's Week- July 19—24
Family Camp - August 19—24
Living on the Wind: Fall Migration and Monhegan Island - September 16—21
These programs usually sell out months in advance, but we have added capacity this year and a few spots remain in our June birding sessions.
Website: [url]http//hogisland.audubon.org[/url]
Join enthusiastic leaders on field trips to diverse habitats, including blueberry barrens, grasslands, coastal marshes, freshwater wetlands and sphagnum bog forests. All summer programs boat trips to Eastern Egg Rock, where Dr. Steve Kress and his team of biologists have successfully restored an island colony of Atlantic Puffins, and Roseate, Arctic and Common Terns. Participants live in restored wooden buildings and are treated to fabulous meals served family style by camp chef extraordinaire Janii Laberge.
”Your program, staff, environs and heritage are an absolute TREASURE. Memories of the "Joy of Birding" week will live contentedly in my heart for a very long time. Thank you for caring about our wonderful world and its future.” - Rick, computer programmer, Pennsylvania
For over 75 years we have been running residential ornithology and environmental programs for adults, teens, educators, and environmental leaders. Roger Tory Peterson was the camp’s first birding instructor in 1936 and many famous naturalists, including Rachel Carson, have lived and written about the 330-acre wildlife sanctuary.
Renouned birding authors and ornithologists Pete Dunne, Scott Weidensaul, Steve Kress, Lang Elliott, Don Kroodsma, Bill Thompson III and many more will be in residence during the 2012 sessions. Usually you can just see these people for a keynote address at a birding festival; on Hog Island they will be your guides for the whole session!
”I really felt that I was in the presence of some of the best birding people in the country, if not the world. How wonderful!” – Peggy, retired teacher, Pennsylvania
For more information or to enroll, visit
http://hogisland.audubon.org or call (607) 257-7308 x 14 (USA). Or email me at
hogisland@audubon.org. Scholarships are available (do not need to be US resident).
Posting submitted by:
Erica Marx
Program Coordinator
Audubon Camp in Maine on Hog Island
National Audubon Society
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 257-7308 x14
evanetten@audubon.org
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