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Maine Seabird Biology and Conservation |
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Program Number: |
18493RJ |
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| Duration: |
5 nights |
| Location: |
Bremen, Maine
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| Price starting at: |
$948.00 - Price may vary based on date, departure city |
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Service Learning; Birding
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Activity Level: |
t (see description) |
| Meals: |
14;
5 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches, 5 Dinners |
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| Meal
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Low Fat; Vegetarian |
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Aid in the hands-on restoration of Maine seabird populations with pioneering researcher Dr. Stephen Kress and the National Audubon Society's internationally renowned Seabird Restoration Program. You'll live on an island sanctuary during this week-long adventure and participate in a side of bird science and conservation that most can only view on television.
Highlights
• Immerse yourself in knowledge about bird identification, banding, adaptations, migration, ecology and conservation led by distinguished ornithologists.
• Journey by boat to Wreck Island and put your seabird ID skills to use with the heron and seabird colonies. On the return, watch for seals, porpoise and small whales.
• Feel the history at Audubon’s Hog Island Camp, the longest running environmental camp in the United States.
Activity Particulars
Participants should be capable of walks up to two miles over slippery, rugged terrain; must be able to board and disembark small boats.
Coordinated by Hog Island Audubon Camp and Project Puffin.
Bremen
Before William Hilton settled the area as part of Bristol, Maine, Abenaki tribes spent summers in the area of modern Bremen hunting shellfish on Keene Neck, leaving behind shell middens as evidence. At the end of Keene Neck in Muscongus Bay is Hog Island, site of a camp operated by the National Audubon Society’s Maine chapter.
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Accommodations
Nineteenth-century buildings with modern amenities; rooms with twin beds or dormitory setting.
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| Road Scholar Instructors | | These instructors are participating on at least one date of this program. Please note that changes may occur. | Steven Kress
| | Dr. Stephen W. Kress, who holds a Ph.D. in environmental education from Cornell University, directs the Audubon Seabird Restoration Program, where he develops techniques for managing colonial nesting seabirds. Through Project Puffin, he has developed innovative strategies for restoring puffins and other seabirds to islands on the Maine coast and locations worldwide. His interests include habitat management for land birds, including methods for attracting songbirds to properties large and small. | | | | Pete Salmansohn
| | Pete Salmansohn is an education coordinator and lecturer for the Seabird Restoration Program, and narrates Audubon seabird explorations aboard commercial boats. He is co-author of three books: “Project Puffin,” “Giving Back To The Earth,” and most recently “Saving Birds: Heroes Around the World.” In 1998, the Maine Environmental Education Association named Pete as the Environmental Educator of the Year. | | | |
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