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March 2024

ISLE AU HAUT HARLEQUIN CRUISE

March 30 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Isle au Haut Ferry – Stonington
$60

Leaders: Bob and Sandi Duchesne Cost: $60 One of our all-time favorite boat trips is back. For many years, PVC hosted late March boat rides around Isle au Haut to enjoy the large flocks of seabirds that gather there.  The island hosts the largest population of wintering harlequin ducks in the east, plus an assortment of scoters, eiders, grebes, loons, and mergansers. Purple sandpipers and great cormorants are seen regularly. Black guillemots are abundant, razorbills are likely, and a surprising…

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April 2024

THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINE’S MUDFLATS

April 5 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Tidal mudflats are one of the most dynamic habitats along Maine’s coast, and their complex ecosystems demand additional study. Organisms living in the soft mud sediment sustain many species, including humans. Migrating shorebirds feed voraciously on marine macroinvertebrates in the intertidal mud, giving these small birds enough energy to make long nonstop flights across the ocean to their wintering grounds. MDIFW wildlife biologist Chris West will help us dig deep to explore mudflat biodiversity and how this critical habitat has…

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ISLE AU HAUT HARLEQUIN CRUISE

April 6 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Isle au Haut Ferry – Stonington
$60

Leaders: Bob and Sandi Duchesne Cost: $60 One of our all-time favorite boat trips is back. For many years, PVC hosted late March boat rides around Isle au Haut to enjoy the large flocks of seabirds that gather there.  The island hosts the largest population of wintering harlequin ducks in the east, plus an assortment of scoters, eiders, grebes, loons, and mergansers. Purple sandpipers and great cormorants are seen regularly. Black guillemots are abundant, razorbills are likely, and a surprising…

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SPRING MIGRATION ON INLAND WATERS

April 21 @ 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Free

Sunday, April 21, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Leaders:  Bob Milardo, Sharon Wilson Barker, and Shane Barker FREE Join us for a spring migration tour to productive birding hotspots in central Maine, with a focus on species that rest and refuel on Maine’s ponds, rivers, and lakes.  We will make multiple stops including Plymouth Pond, Sebasticook Lake-Durham Bridge, Sprague’s Mill, and Corinna Bog/Corundel Lake.  We expect to spot a wide variety of waterfowl and wading birds, shorebirds heading toward their…

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