Tour Group Tours and Packages
Wings Tours Monhegan Island in Spring: May 23-29, 2010 (Completed) This tour is offered by WINGS, featuring Derek Lovitch of Freeport Wild Bird Supply as tour leader. For more information: Click here for WINGS.
Project Puffin Audubon Field Ornithology on Hog Island: Back again with an all-star cast of ornithologists, including Kenn Kaufman, Pete Dunne, Scott Weidensaul, Stephen Kress and many more. Hog Island is home for these weeklong workshops - carrying on a tradition from the days when Roger Tory Peterson and Alan D. Cruickshank were the first instructors.  >>Click here for complete details.
May 30—June 4 - Maine Seabird Biology and Conservation I (Completed)
June 13—18 - Joy of Birding (Completed)
June 20—25 - Field Ornithology; Concurrently  - Coastal Maine Bird Studies for Teens (Completed)
September 12—17 - Maine Seabird Biology and Conservation II
Moose and Lupines The Wilds of Moosehead Lake: June 4-6, 2010. Trip leader: Maine Birding Trail founder Bob Duchesne. Warblers, moose, and many unusual boreal birds share the spotlight on this weekend adventure into Maine’s working forest. Moosehead Lake is located in the transition zone between Maine’s southern hardwood and northern boreal forests, which explains the extraordinary variety of wildlife that can be found here. We’ll spend two days in the field dodging moose and looking for over 20 species of warblers. Difficult target birds include Spruce Grouse, Black-backed Woodpecker, Gray Jay, Boreal Chickadee, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. Possible warblers include Mourning, Bay-breasted, Cape May, and Blackpoll. Olive-sided and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers are probable. >>Click here for complete details. (Completed)
Mount Katahdin Katahdin's Splendor: June 9-11 and June 23-25, 2010. Trip leader: Maine Birding Trail founder Bob Duchesne. Forever Wild - Baxter State Park’s 200,000 acres surround Mt. Katahdin, Maine’s highest peak. Nearby, the West Branch of the Penobscot River tumbles out of the North Maine Woods. The scenery on this two-day adventure is equal to the variety and rarity of birds to be found here. While cruising the park’s perimeter road, we’ll pursue Spruce and Ruffed Grouse, Philadelphia Vireos, Gray Jays, Boreal Chickadees and Black-backed Woodpeckers. Bay-breasted and Blackpoll Warblers forage right next to the road. Expect Least, Olive-sided, Yellow-bellied, and Great-crested Flycatchers. Up to 20 warbler species are possible. Moose are common.  >>Click here for complete details. (Completed)
Pittston Farm Historic Pittston Farm & the Maine North Woods: June 16-18, 2010. Trip leader: Maine Birding Trail founder Bob Duchesne. We're going deep into Maine's northern forest, visiting places that few birders even know about. Those with an allergy to moose need not apply. Pittston Farm is over 100 years old and was once the major logging encampment and bread basket for Great Northern Paper. It was a bustling place during its heyday. Today, however, it is a secluded oasis of fields and pastures located at the confluence of the north and south branches of the Penobscot River, bordering Seboomook Lake, surrounded by a huge expanse of working forest. The diversity of habitat is amazing. Expect lifers before breakfast. >>Click here for complete details. (Completed - Click here for travelogue.)
Wings Tours Maine and New Hampshire: June 19-28, 2010. This tour is offered by WINGS, featuring Derek Lovitch of Freeport Wild Bird Supply as tour leader. For more information: Click here for WINGS. (Completed)
Schooner Lewis R. French Birding by Schooner: July 25-31, 2010. Join Derek and Jeannette Lovitch aboard the Schooner Lewis R. French, America's Oldest Windjammer (and National Historic Landmark) for a truly unique birding experience. Spend a week aboard the French enjoying great food, lots of rest and relaxation, and some great birding! Depending on wind and weather, visits to Matinicus Rock and Eastern Egg Rock will sail by thousands of breeding seabirds, including Atlantic Puffins, Common Murres, and Razorbills. Roseate, Common, and Arctic Terns, along with other local breeding species from Common Eiders to Bald Eagles. In the open waters, targets include Greater, Sooty, Manx, and perhaps even Cory's Shearwater, along with Leach's and Wilson's Storm-petrels. >>Click here for details.
Wings Tours Fall Week on Monhegan Island: September 25-October 2, 2010 This tour is offered by WINGS, featuring Derek Lovitch of Freeport Wild Bird Supply and Will Russell as tour leaders. For more information: Click here for WINGS.
Freeport Wild Bird Supply Poor Man's Pelagics: Join Derek Lovitch on The Odyssey whale watch boat out of Portland. On five occasions over the summer, Derek will be onboard to point out the pelagic species, such as Cory's Shearwaters, that feed in the same waters as the whales. Click here for Freeport Wild Bird Supply.