Hi all, I just want to say that I can *highly* recommend this camp to everyone, especially to teens. I was fortunate enough to attend last year and really, really enjoyed it. What makes Hog Island great, besides the awesome experiences with birds (my teen group had the incredible opportunity to spend a day on Eastern Egg Rock with nesting Roseate and Arctic Terns, Black Guillemots and, of course, Atlantic Puffins), is the opportunity to bird with, talk with, and learn from really knowledgeable instructors and powerful speakers. It's not simply an "eat, sleep and bird" kind of camp, but one that also focuses on really learning about and appreciating the birds, their ecosystems, and the conservation concerns they face. Nothing matches spending time on a small island with warblers, Winter Wrens, and dozens of others who feel the same way about birds and nature that you do. It's a really inspirational week.
Plus, the food is incredible. Just my two cents--definitely sign up and go if you can! My session last summer was filled to capacity, and I know those who were wait-listed, so sign up soon to make sure you get a spot. If you want a taste of what it was like, feel free to read about my experiences and see some photos: http://wp.me/pxRb4-kZ. Benjamin Van Doren White Plains, NY On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Erica Van Etten <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > -- Benjamin Van Doren ------------------------------- [email protected] http://warblings.wordpress.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
