Fall Migration and Monhegan Island

arctic ternTwo special sessions devoted to fall migration. This program includes a trip to Monhegan Island, world-known migratory hotspot and beautiful island village.

September 15 - 20, 2013
September 22 - 27, 2013

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.

During this program 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 and Steve Kress.

The name of the September 15-20 session is taken from the director Scott Weidensaul's Pulitzer Prize nominated book, Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds.

Registration

September 15-22

$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 with shared bathroom
$1545 Osprey room, price per person (2) for room with two twin beds, private bath, bay view
$1795 Helm Cabin, price per person (2) for private cabin with bathroom, double bed, porch, ocean view

Prices include meals, housing, instruction and all boat trips, including 2 days and 1 night on Monhegan Island. 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 available. Also check with your local Audubon chapter or bird club.

September 22-27

Registration through Road Scholar
- registration date and prices to be announced

Prices include meals, housing, instruction and all boat trips, including 3 days and 2 night on Monhegan Island. Participants must arrange transportation to and from the Audubon dock in Bremen at the start and end of the session (see directions page).

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.

September 15 - 20, 2013
Director

Scott Weidensaul, Author and ornithologist

Instructors

Stephen Kress, Director, Seabird Restoration Program
Pete Salmansohn
, Education Coordinator, Seabird Restoration Program
Susan Schubel, Outreach Educator, Seabird Restoration Program


September 22 - 27, 2013
Director

Seth Benz, Director, Schoodic Bird Ecology Lab


Instructors

Stephen Kress, Director, Seabird Restoration Program
Pete Salmansohn
, Education Coordinator, Seabird Restoration Program
Susan Schubel, Outreach Educator, Seabird Restoration Program
Peter Vickery, Avian ecologist, Center for Bio. Conservation, MA Audubon

Additional instructors to be announced