Registration
2011
The Down East Spring Birding Festival is being administered by the Cobscook Community Learning Center in partnership with local organizations.
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Thank you for your interest in the Eighth Annual Down East Spring Birding Festival.
To register… Click here to register online, or...
…please mail a Completed Registration Form, along with your
- Credit Card Information; or
- Check
…payable to:
Down East Spring Birding Festival
c/o Cobscook Community Learning Center
10 Commissary Point Road
Trescott Twp., ME 04652
You may wish to make a copy of your completed registration form before mailing. You will receive a registration confirmation about two weeks after we receive your registration form. The confirmation will include each event for which you have been scheduled.
You can request — by mail (to the address above), by telephone (207-733-2233), or by
— that we mail a registration packet to you. Alternatively, you can download the key components of the registration packet by using the links below.
Whichever method you use to receive registration packet information, you still must mail in a completed registration form, as explained above.
Registration Packet
The following items comprise our registration packet. You may download them here, or request that we mail you a copy. Click on the document to download the e-file.
The linked documents below are in .pdf (Adobe Reader) format. You will need Adobe Reader to view the documents. If you do not already have it
- Registration Booklet
- Registration Form
Please fill out this form and mail to the address above. You can find out all price information regarding the bird festival on this page. Many events are included in the festival's $65 base price. Meals and boat trips have added fees associated with them, ranging from $7 (for a lunch-time meal) to $95 (for a 5-hour boat trip to Machias Seal Island).
- Schedule
As events fill we will post notice of that here.
The events listed below are full. You may still register, but you will be placed on the waiting list.
- All
day van trip (Sunday)
- Nature Sketching & Journaling (Sunday)
- Intertidal Walk at the Friedman Field Station (Monday)
- Campobello, NB. RCIP Friar’s Head and Eagle Hill Bog Hike
- Medicinal & Edible Plant Walk - MNWR
- RCIP Duck Ponds & Liberty Point Hike
- Baring/MNWR. Evening Hike: Rails, Wrens and Night Hawks
The following events have been cancelled:
- Cobscook Bay Kayak Trip
- Birding Optics, Gear and More
- List of Lodgings
This list sets forth those area accommodations who have chosen to sponsor the festival. We ask that you patronize our sponsors to the greatest extent possible.
- America’s Birdiest City/County Rules - 2011
Birdathons are conducted in the United States and other countries during April – May to see how many different birds can be identified in a city or county during one 72-hour period. The ABC/C Birdathon for Washington County, Maine, will be conducted during the Down East Spring Birding Festival. Registrants will receive a copy of these rules in their Welcome Packets when they check in.
- Map to the CCLC
View Larger Map
Map to Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
View Larger Map
- Biographies
Information about our hiking guides, boat/canoe/kayak trip leaders, and presenters.
- Rack card
This is the Festival’s standard-sized (3 3/4" x 8 1/2") card that provides general information and contact information. It might be found in brochure racks. We will mail one or more to you upon request.
- Sponsors
You may wish to print a list of our current sponsors. They are also listed on our Sponsors page.
- Cancellations
If you need to cancel, a full refund of your festival fees paid will be made if we receive the cancellation by May 6, 2011. If we receive notice between May 7 and 16, a 50% refund will be made. No refund will be given for cancellations received on or after May 16.
- Registration for Single Days or Single Events
Programs provided by Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) are free and are open to the public.
