BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 9, 2023
A whole slate of group birding opportunities is coming up fast. The Wings, Waves & Woods Festival, May 19-21, is centered around Deer Isle and Stonington. It’s timed for the warbler wave of migrants. It’s also the earliest puffin trip of the year in Maine. The following weekend, the Down East Spring Birding Festival provides a two-nation vacation in the Cobscook Bay area from Lubec to Campobello to Eastport, and up to Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge. This is the 20th anniversary. I went on the first walk of the first festival, and I’ve been guiding walks for it ever since. The Acadia Birding Festival, June 1-4, is the oldest of Maine’s birding festivals, now in its 24th year. Although centered on Mount Desert Island, scheduled excursions go up and down the coast and out to sea. Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust organizes the Rangeley Birding Festival, taking place June 9-11. ~ Bob Duchesne