Hi -- this may be of interest to folks, especially if there are any Hog
Island alumni out there?...The National Audubon Society has opened
registration for their famous week-long birding and environmental education
programs at the historic Audubon Camp in Maine on Hog Island. Instructors
include Pete Dunne, Kenn Kaufman, Scott Weidensaul, Steve Kress, Lang
Elliott and many more. Seven programs are being offered -- 4 birding
programs for adults, a teen birding program, an educator's week, and an
Audubon Chapter Leadership Program focusing on the Atlantic Flyway
Initiative. 2011 is the 75th anniversary of programs on Hog Island,
legendary among birders and environmental educators since the time of Roger
Tory Peterson, the camp’s first ornithology instructor in 1936.The 2011
programs are being organized by National Audubon's Seabird Restoration
Program (Project Puffin), which assumed management of the programs from
Maine Audubon in 2010 after the programs were cancelled in 2009. In two
‘service-learning’ sessions participants will work directly with National
Audubon biologists from the Seabird Restoration Program to census seabirds
and restore nesting habitat on offshore seabird islands. All programs
feature a boat trip to visit restored colonies of Atlantic Puffin and Tern
(Roseate, Arctic, Common) at Eastern Egg Rock island, as well as workshops,
evening presentations, expert birding tours, camaraderie, and fabulous
home-cooked meals (lobster!). Housing is in cabins on the island.For more
information, photos or to enroll, visit http://hogisland.audubon.org. Some
scholarships are available - check with your local Audubon chapter or
birding club to see if they are sponsoring an adult or teen camper this
year.
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