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5/30/2010 - 6/4/2010
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Bremen, Maine


Maine Seabird Biology and Conservation

Prices for this date starting at: $855 per person

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5/30/2010


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Number: 18493RJ

Duration: 5 nights

Theme: Service Learning; Outdoor Adventures: Birding

Meals: 14 total, 5 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches, 5 Dinners

Activity Level: 5
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Itinerary: Bremen, Maine 5 nights
Audubon's Hog Island Camp in Muscongus Bay - Laura Sebastianelli
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Take an active part in helping to restore Maine seabirds by joining pioneering researcher, Dr. Stephen Kress, and other Project Puffin biologists with National Audubon Society's internationally renowned Seabird Restoration Program. Work alongside Audubon biologists in a variety of seasonally relevant conservation projects while enjoying the rare opportunity to land on seabird islands that are otherwise off-limits to all but researchers. Participate in discussions on seabird identification, bird banding, adaptations, migration, ecology and conservation led by Audubon staff. This program is based at Audubon's Hog Island Camp in Muscongus Bay, best known for their enthusiastic world-class ornithology instructors.



Walking up to two miles daily on uneven, rugged terrain. Agility to get in and out of small boat onto rocky and often slippery shore.



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5-30-2010

In this spring session, you will conduct censuses of Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls and Common Eiders.






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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Exploritas Instructor
 

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. He has developed innovative techniques f...
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Please note that this expert is one of the instructors available to speak on at least one date of this program. Several instructors may be teaching this program over the course of the year, and your specific instructor depends on the date you select. Circumstances may require us to change instructors.



Back to Back Adventures
Choose a nearby learning adventure to add before or after this program:

Maine:
Birding Acadia National Park
5/23/2010 - 5/28/2010
apx. 62 miles from program

Massachusetts:
Boston's Walk Into the Revolution
5/23/2010 - 5/28/2010
apx. 139 miles from program

Maine:
Explore the Coast of Maine Under Sail: Maritime and Natural History
6/6/2010 - 6/12/2010
apx. 22 miles from program

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