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Maine 2024: Acadia Birding Festival+ Boreal Species Hotspots

May 28 – June 4, 2024

Roger Tory Peterson called Mount Desert Island, the location of Acadia National Park and the Acadia Birding Festival, “The Warbler Capital of the World.” While eastern warblers will be very high on our agenda, there is so much more to see “Downeast!” We start with a tour atop Mt Washington, New Hampshire in search of Bicknell’s Thrush and other boreal specialties before heading toward the coast and the Acadia Birding Festival. The festival’s special pelagic boat trip to see seabirds, including the charismatic Atlantic Puffin, will certainly be a memorable highlight. We’ll also visit woodlands for warblers, crossbills and woodpeckers; salt marshes for waders and sparrows; and rocky coastlines for scoters, eiders, guillemots, and others. Join Denver Audubon and Reefs to Rockies for a fantastic week of birding in the Northeast.

Migration Magic: Upper Texas Coast Birding Hotspots
April 23-28, 2024

By mid-April, pre-breeding migration is in full swing along the Texas coast. This itinerary places you in prime locations at prime time. Warblers, vireos, tanagers, orioles, grosbeaks, buntings, thrushes, cuckoos, and more are arriving daily from Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Shorebirds are present in large numbers. Some awaiting the thaw in their arctic breeding grounds, while others have started breeding on the Texas coast. Waders are abundant, too. Many of them already in breeding mode and our visit to Smith Oaks rookery at High Island will showcase this annual spectacle. Wetland-loving species at Cattail Marsh and Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge are sure to thrill. Piney Woods species at W.G. Jones will wrap up this spring bird bonanza. This six-day trip includes birding at legendary hotspots for an unrivaled avian migration spectacle.

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