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Augusta
Area Bird Club
2008
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.
April 19 (Saturday). TBA. xxx. Leader: yyy.
Meeting Place: zzz.
Departure time: 8:30 a.m.
May 4 (Sunday). Damariscotta River Association,
Belvedere Road, Damariscotta. Leader:
Jay Adams. Meeting Place: Hannaford parking lot, Gardiner.
Departure time: 7:00 a.m.
May 5 -9 (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 6 - Pine Tree State Arboretum, Augusta - meet in DEP
visitor lot (across from
AMHI), 7 AM. Leader: Mike Smith
May 7 - Vaughan Woods, end of Second Street, Hallowell. Meet at
the small parking lot for Vaughan Woods on Second Street. 7:00 a.m.
Note: Louisiana Waterthrush(es) present.
Leader: Jay Adams
May 8 - Augusta
airport
- meet at the back of the cemetary adjacent to
the airport, 7 AM. Leader:
Jay Adams
May 10 (Saturday). Migratory Bird Day. Bird
Walks led by Augusta Bird Club, 6AM, 8AM, and 10AM. Meet at the
Pine Tree State Arboretum Visitors Center. Leaders: Mike Smith, Jay Adams,
Lionel Quirion, others.
May 12 - 16 (Monday -
Friday). Augusta and
Waterville 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 12 - Pine Tree State Arboretum, Augusta -
meet in DEP visitor lot (across from
AMHI), 7 AM. Leader: Jay Adams
May 13 - 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 14 -
Augusta
airport - meet at the back of the cemetery adjacent to
the airport, 7 AM. Leader:
Lionel Quirion
May 15 - Sidney Bog,
Waterville, 7 AM. Leader: Herb
Wilson
May 16 - City of Augusta Bond Brook
Property - more details TBA
May 17 (Saturday). Waterville birding sites.
Leader: Al Haury.
Al will show us all the great spots in the Waterville area for spring
migration. More details TBA
May 19-23. Augusta and Waterville 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 19 - Augusta airport - meet at the back of
the cemetery adjacent to
the airport, 7 AM. Leader:
Jay Adams
May 20 - Pine Tree State
Arboretum, Augusta -
meet in DEP visitor lot (across from
AMHI), 7 AM. Leader: Jay Adams
May 21 - Good Will-Hinckley campus,
7 AM. Leader: Don Smith
May 22 - Pine
Tree State Arboretum, Augusta -
meet in DEP visitor lot (across from
AMHI), 7 AM. Leader: Jay Adams
May 23 - 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 24 (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 Mike if you want to sign
up.
June 1 (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:
Al Haury. Meeting Place:
City Hall parking lot, Augusta. Departure time: 5:30 a.m.
June 14 (Saturday). Kennebunk Plains. Upland
Sandpiper, Grasshopper and Vesper Sparrow, Black Racer, what a great
place! Leader: Lionel
Quirion. Meeting Place: City
Hall
parking lot, Augusta. Departure time: 5:30 a.m.
July 26 (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).
August 23 (Sunday). 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: 11:30PM.
September 13 (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 20 (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. Fall is typically when the oddities occur such as
Clay-colored Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Western Kingbird, and who knows
what else. The 2006 fall trip got us the Virginia's Warbler! 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.
November 1
(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:
Lionel Quirion. Meeting Place:
City Hall parking lot, Augusta. Departure time: 7:30 a.m.
2007
trip schedule and lists
2006
trip schedule and lists
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