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February 2024

Acadia in Winter

February 25 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Free

Trip Leaders:  Bob and Sandi Duchesne Acadia National Park is truly a four-season delight, yet many Mainers have never experienced Acadia during the quieter winter months.  For anyone with an interest in birding, it can be a magical time of year. Most of our breeding songbirds will not return until April or May, but they have been replaced by a wide variety of Canada-breeding species that spend their winters here, both on land and on the water.  Trip leaders Bob…

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March 2024

CHAPTER PROGRAM: BIRD IDENTIFICATION MADE EASY

March 1 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Fields Pond Audubon Center, 216 Fields Pond Rd
Holden, ME 04429 United States
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Free

Friday, March 1, 7 p.m. Hybrid Zoom/in-person at FPAC; Pre-register for Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwud-urrD0oHdD69kC9Nasn3Yb2K1HUF1W3 Spring migration will soon begin. Whether you are new to birding or an experienced observer, now is the time to brush up on your field identification skills and practice new ones. Experts use visual clues such as size, shape, color, and field marks to identify birds quickly, before they can move out of sight. PVC board member Bob Duchesne will present his perennially popular slideshow tutorial, featuring…

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ISLE AU HAUT HARLEQUIN CRUISE

March 23 @ 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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