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Augusta
Area Bird Club
2007
TRIP SCHEDULE
Note trip lists will be linked to trips as
they are made available. All trips
leave on time! Please contact the leader(s) ahead of time to let
them know you are coming. All trips will carpool from meeting
place.
March 10 (Saturday). Western Maine/Route16. Winter boreal
species - Boreal Chickadee, Gray Jay, Crossbills, Pine Grosbeaks, and
much more. Leader: Lionel Quirion.
Meeting
place: City Hall parking lot, Augusta. Departure time: 5:30 a.m. trip list
March
17 (Saturday). Wild Goose
Chase to Rhode Island. "Twitcher's" trip to Rhode Island to find
the Barnacle and Pink-footed Geese that have been wintering there this
year, probably also White-footed and Cackling Geese will be seen.
Portsmouth and Kingston RI. Leader:
Mike Smith. Meeting place: Gardiner Hannaford. Departure
time: 5 a.m. UPDATE MARCH
16: CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
April 21 (Saturday). Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch.
Broadwings galore! Even a Swainson's Hawk up here in 2005. Leader: Lionel Quirion.
Meeting Place: Citgo Station on Route 197 off the I-95 Richmond exit.
Departure time: 8:30 a.m. Contact:
Jay Adams (Lionel will be
on the mountain). Note: Lionel will be on Bradbury Mountain daily March
20 - May 20. Join him any time and particularly any
day with a southwest wind.
May 5 (Saturday).
Damariscotta River Association,
Belvedere Road, Damariscotta. Leader:
Jay Adams. Meeting Place: DRA Heritage Farm, Belvedere Rd,
Damariscotta.
Departure time: 7:00 a.m. trip list
May 7 -11 (Monday -
Friday). Augusta and
Waterville area spring
migration sites. Early
migration and the start of spring warblers. No
need for pre-contact, just show up.
May 8 - Pine Tree State Arboretum, Augusta - meet in DEP
visitor lot (across from
AMHI), 7 AM. Leader: Mike Smith
May 10 - Augusta airport
- meet at the back of the cemetary adjacent to
the airport, 7 AM. Leader:
Mike Smith
May 12 (Saturday). Evergreen Cemetery and Capisic Park,
Portland. Meet at Gardiner Hannaford at 5:30AM, we'll be
back by noon. Leader: Jay Adams.
May 14 - 18 (Monday -
Friday). Augusta, Waterville,
and Portland area spring migration sites. This week and next are the peak
passage of songbirds in migration - all kinds of stuff including
warblers, sparrows, flycatchers, and lots more! No need for pre-contact, just show
up.
May 14 - Pine Tree State Arboretum, Augusta -
meet in DEP visitor lot (across from
AMHI), 7 AM. Leader: Jay Adams
May 15 - Augusta
airport - meet at the back of
the cemetery adjacent to
the airport, 7 AM. Leader:
Mike Smith
May 15 - Colby Arboretum,
Waterville - meet in the first big
parking lot you come to on the right as you come up Mayflower Hill
Drive from Waterville (not from the North Street entrance). Meet at the
southeast corner of the lot, closest to the southern entrance of the
lot. 7 AM. Leader: Al Haury
May 16 -
CANCELLED due to schedule conflicts.
May 17 - Pine Tree
State Arboretum, Augusta - meet in DEP visitor lot (across from
AMHI), 7 AM. Leader: Mike Smith
May 17 - Sidney Bog, Waterville, 7 AM. Leader: Herb Wilson
May 18 - Augusta
airport - meet at the back of the cemetery adjacent to
the airport, 7 AM. Leader:
Jay Adams
May 19 (Saturday). RAINED OUT Matinicus
Island one-day
wonder. Leader: Mike Smith.
We will fly over to Matinicus in the morning and bird the island for
spring
migrants all day. There are very few resources on Matinicus so be
prepared to
bring a day's worth of food and walk a lot. Bird-wise,
this should be like birding Monhegan, but with a bit more of a sense of
adventure. Airfare is $80 round trip.
Interested individuals contact Mike BEFORE
MAY 12 to plan exact
details such as time and meeting place. Maximum of 8 participants. 2006 trip list
May 21-25. Augusta, Waterville, and Portland area
spring migration sites. Second week
of the peak passage of songbirds in
migration - all kinds of stuff including warblers, sparrows,
flycatchers, and lots more! No need for pre-contact, just show
up.
May 21 - Pine Tree State Arboretum, Augusta -
meet in DEP visitor lot (across from
AMHI), 7 AM. Leader: Lionel
Quirion
May 22 - Evergreen
Cemetery/Capisic Park, Portland. Meet at Gardiner Hannaford at
5:30AM, we'll be back by 10AM. Leader: Mike Smith
May 23 -
Augusta airport - meet at the back of
the cemetery adjacent to
the airport, 7 AM. Leader:
Jay Adams
May 24 - Good Will-Hinckley campus, 7 AM. Leader: Don Smith
May 24 - Evergreen
Cemetery/Capisic Park, Portland. Meet at Gardiner Hannaford at
5:30AM, we'll be back by 10AM. Leader: Lionel Quirion
May 25 - Augusta airport
- meet at the back of the cemetery adjacent to
the airport, 7 AM. Leader:
Lionel Quirion
May 25 - Colby Arboretum,
Waterville - meet in the first big
parking lot you come to on the right as you come up Mayflower Hill
Drive from Waterville (not from the North Street entrance). Meet at the
southeast corner of the lot, closest to the southern entrance of the
lot. 7 AM. Leader: Al Haury
May 26 (Saturday). Monhegan
Island. It's the legendary Mohnegan Island, where anything and
everything can show up! One day tour from Port Clyde returning to
Port
Clyde around 5PM. Spring can produce trees dripping with migrants
or sitting on the beach too weak from migrating to fly. Leader: Jay Adams.
Note:
This trip will require advance registration as space on the Port Clyde
ferry will have to be confirmed. Contact Jay if you want to sign
up. trip
list
May
28
(Monday - Memorial Day). Colby
College
Campus. Get the last of the migrants passing through are area
including Blackpoll Warbler and possibly Mourning Warbler. Leader: Al Haury.
Meeting Place: Colby Arboretum, Waterville -
meet in the first big
parking lot you come to on the right as you come up Mayflower Hill
Drive from Waterville (not from the North Street entrance). Meet at the
southeast corner of the lot, closest to the southern entrance of the
lot. 7 AM. Leader: Al Haury.
June 3 (Sunday).
Rangeley/Oquossoc/Route 16.
We'll look for boreal breeding species such as Spruce Grouse, Boreal
Chickadee, Gray Jay, Blackburnian Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler,
Bay-breasted Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Black-backed Woodpecker,
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Leader:
Lionel Quirion. Meeting Place:
City Hall parking lot, Augusta. Departure time: 5:30 a.m.
June 9
(Saturday). Swan Island.
Breeding birds of this lovely island. Leader: Gabriella Howard. Meeting
Place: Richmond boat ramp, Kennebec River. Departure time: 7:00
AM. Please sign up early with Gabriella.
June 16 (Saturday).
Kennebunk Plains. Upland
Sandpiper, Grasshopper and Vesper Sparrow, Black Racer, what a great
place! Leader: Jay
Adams. Meeting Place: City
Hall
parking lot, Augusta. Departure time: 5:30 a.m.
June 23 (Saturday).
The Burn Road near Topsfield.
Come way Down East with us to search for boreal species such as Spruce Grouse, Boreal Chickadee, Gray Jay, Blackburnian
Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Cape May Warbler,
Black-backed Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. This spot is
well known for Crossbills too. Leader: Lionel Quirion. Meeting Place: City Hall parking lot, Augusta.
Departure time: 5:30 a.m.
July 28 (Saturday).
Hill's Beach, Biddeford.
Shorebirds galore! Godwits, peeps, and more! Leader:
Jay Adams. Meeting Place:
Citgo Station on Route 197 off the I-95 Richmond exit. Departure time:
TBA (tide-dependent). High tide is 11AM.
August 19 (Sunday).
NOTE DATE CHANGE: Weskeag
Marsh, Thomaston Shorebirds
galore! Tringids, peeps, both Sharp-tailed Sparrows, and numerous
raptors. Leader: Mike Smith.
Meeting Place: Hannaford parking lot, Gardiner. Departure time: 1:30PM.
September 15 (Saturday). Cousin's Island. Fall passage of
warblers, vireos, flycatchers, and more! This can be a great spot
for southbound birds. Leader:
Al Haury. Meeting Place:
Citgo Station on Route 197 off the I-95 Richmond exit. Departure time:
6:00 a.m.
September 23 (Sunday).
Monhegan Island. It's the
legendary Mohnegan Island, where anything and everything can show
up! One day tour from Port Clyde returning to Port Clyde around
5PM. Fall is typically when the oddities occur such as
Clay-colored Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Western Kingbird, and who knows
what else. Last year's fall trip got us the Virginia's Warbler! Leader:
Mike Smith. Note:
This trip will require advance registration as space on the Port Clyde
ferry will have to be confirmed. Contact Mike if you want to
sign
up.2006 trip
list
October 13 (Saturday).
Augusta airport. Look for late fall migrants. Meet at the back of the
cemetary adjacent to
the airport, 7 AM. Leader:
Lionel Quirion
November 3 (Saturday).
Sabattus Pond. Major
duckage! Thousands of Scaup and Ring-necked Ducks, even Scoters
and Long-tailed Ducks on this lake, as we see the peak passage of
waterfowl through our area. Leader:
Jay Adams. Meeting Place:
City Hall parking lot, Augusta. Departure time: 7:30 a.m.
2006
trip schedule and lists
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