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Augusta
Area
Bird
Club
2012
TRIP
SCHEDULE
Note:
All
trips
leave on time! Please contact the coordinator ahead of time to
let her/him know you are coming. All trips will carpool from
the named meeting
place unless other arrangements are made.
Note too: This schedule is subject to
change. Trips may be added or deleted. Trip destinations may change
depending upon what species are being reported. Finally, pick up
(last-minute trips are always possible. Watch for email announcements
about unscheduled outings.
January 14 (Saturday).
Year-bird Roundup.
Carpool to winter birding hotspots in Southern Maine to jump start your
year list. Coordinator: TBA.
Meeting
place:
Hannaford's
parking lot, Gardiner. Departure time:
5AM.
February 26 (Sunday). Bangor/Orono/UMO Campus OR Route 16
and
Rangeley. Depending on what is being seen, this trip will look
either for winter finches, grosbeaks, waxwings up north, and then
raptors and other birds along the Kennebec on the way back or for
boreal specialties, crossbills, etc. along Route 16 and side roads. Coordinator, to be determined. Meeting
place
in
either
case:
Back
parking
lot,
City
Hall,
Augusta.
Departure
time:
6AM
March 10 (Saturday). Plum
Island. Target
birds
include
wintering waterfowl, hawks and owls. Includes Salisbury
Beach and the New Hampshire coast as time allows. Coordinator:
To
be
determined.
Meeting place: Hannaford parking lot, Gardiner.
Departure time: 5:30AM.
April 14 (Saturday).
Abagadassett River mouth or
other locations. Target birds include migrating waterfowl and
early-arriving passerines. Final
destinations
will
be
determined by what is being seen at the time. Coordinator: To be determined.
Meeting
place:
Hannaford's
parking
lot,
Gardiner.
Estimated
departure
time:
7AM.
Departure
time
may
change
depending
on
destination(s)
chosen
and
the
tides.
May 1 -25 (Monday -
Friday each week). Morning
walks at Kennebec area spring
migration sites. Target birds: Warblers and other
returning songbirds, wading birds, marsh birds, etc. Early
migration
and
the
start
of
spring
warblers. Most walks will take place at Viles Arboretum but other
locations will also be included in the final schedule. Watch for updates here. No
need
for pre-contact, just show up by 7 each morning. Coordinators to be
determined.
May 12 (Saturday). International
Migratory Bird Day. Celebrate
Birds all day long as the Viles Arboretum and the Augusta Bird
Club observe the 20th anniversary of this stellar event. Enjoy bird
walks, kid's activities,
food, bird banding demonstrations and more. Hosted by the Augusta Bird
Club and the Viles Arboretum. See the Arboretum web site
for
complete details.
May 26 (Saturday). Monhegan
Island. Target birds: Common migrating species
and
strays.
Details await boat
schedules. Stay tuned for more.
June 2 (Saturday). Rangeley/Oquossoc/Route 16.
Target birds: Boreal breeders such as Spruce Grouse, Boreal
Chickadee, Gray Jay, Blackburnian Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler,
Bay-breasted Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Black-backed Woodpecker,
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, and Swainson's Thrush. Coordinator:
Lionel Quirion. Meeting
Place:
Augusta City Hall. Departure time: 5:30AM.
June
16
(Saturday). New
Event! Informal Breeding Bird Survey of locations in the Greater
Augusta area. Form your
own team and record breed birds in a territory of your choosing.
Details to follow.
July
28
(Saturday). Ferry Beach, Pine
Point,
Eastern Road, all in Scarborough.
Target birds: Shorebirds galore! Godwits, whimbrels, peeps, and
more, plus
gulls and night herons! Coordinator: To be determined.
Meeting Place: Hannaford parking lot,
Gardiner. Departure
time: 6:30 a.m. sharp.
August 18
(Saturday). Scarborough
Marsh.
Target birds: Shorebirds.
Depart
the
Hannaford
lot,
Gardiner, at 7AM. Coordinator: To be determined.
September
8-22
(Saturdays). Cousins
Island. Target birds: Fall migrants. Coordinator:
To
be
determined.
Meeting
Place: Gardiner Hannaford. Departure time: 6AM. Note:
The success of any Cousin's Island trip in the fall depends to some
degree on wind direction overnight. Please watch here for updates.
September 29 (Saturday). Monhegan
Island. Target birds: Fall migrants. One day tour from Port
Clyde at 7AM returning to Port Clyde
around
5PM. Coordinator:
to
be
detgermined. Note:
This trip will require advance registration as space on the Port Clyde
ferry will have to be confirmed. Watch for updates.
October 20
(Saturday). Green Point Farm
WMA, Dresden. Target birds: Fall sparrows, Rusty Blackbirds,
late-migrating Warblers. Coordinator:
To
be
determined. Meeting Place: Green Point Farm, Route 128, Dresden,
7:30AM
November
3
(Saturday).
Sabattus
Pond.
Target
birds,
migrating
ducks and other waterfowl. Coordinator: To
be
determined.
Meeting
place.
Hannaford's parking lot in Gardiner. Departure time: 7AM.
December 15 (Saturday). Augusta
Christmas
Bird
Count.
Our
annual
count.
Contact
Jay
Adams
to
participate.
December
16
(Sunday).
Waterville
Christmas
Bird
Count.
Annual
count just to
the north a bit. Contact Bets
Brown to participate.
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