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Living on the Wind: Fall Migration and Monhegan Island
 NEW for 2012: A special session devoted to fall migration. This program includes a trip to Monhegan Island, world-known migratory hotspot and beautiful island village.
Mid-September is the peak of autumn bird migration in coastal Maine, and this intensive week of birding will take participants from tidal marshes and beaches to hawkwatches, spruce forests and the outer islands and waters of Muscongus Bay. The highlight will be a trip to the fabled Monhegan Island, one of the best migrant traps in the Northeast. Monhegan is a place renowned for its birding, preserved rocky coastline, lobstering, and a famous destination for artists for over 100 years.
Throughout this special session focused on the fall migration, participants will take part in bird-banding, learn how to interpret and record nocturnal flight calls, and pick up tips from such experts as Scott Weidensaul, Peter Vickery and Jeff Wells.
The name of this session is taken from instructor Scott Weidensaul's Pulitzer Prize nominated book, Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds.
Prices include meals, housing, instruction and all boat trips. Participants must arrange transportation to and from the Audubon dock in Bremen at the start and end of the session (see directions page). Scholarships are availalble. Also check with your local Audubon chapter or bird club.
$1295 twin bed in a shared double or triple room, shared bathroom
$1395 Puffin room in the Crow's Nest
(2 twin beds, private 1/2 bath)
$1595 single room in Porthole Lodge, shared bathroom
$1595 Osprey room, price per person (2) for room with double bed, private bath, ocean view
$1795 Helm Cabin, price per person (2) for private cabin with bathroom, double bed, porch, ocean view
Note: Prices above include all tranportation, meals and lodging, including 2 days and 1 overnight stay on Monhegan Island.
Wait list
If the program or your preferred housing option is sold out, please add your name to the wait list. There are usually a few cancellations, and the first people on the wait list are almost always able to enroll. You can also email hogisland@audubon.org or call (607) 257-7308x14 for updates on the wait list status.
ABC News program on visiting Monhegan Island.
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