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2010

The 2010 materials will be posted soon. The Down East Spring Birding Festival is being administered by the Cobscook Community Learning Center in partnership with local organizations.

|| Registration Address ||
|| Registration Packet ||
|| Registration Booklet || Registration Form || Schedule ||
|| Closed Events || Lodgings List || America's Birdiest City/County Rules ||
|| Map & Driving Distances/Times || Biographies ||
|| Cancellations ||
|| Single Day/Event Registrations ||

Thank you for your interest in the Sixth Annual Down East Spring Birding Festival.

To register…

…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.

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  1. Registration Booklet
    1. Print version.Adobe Reader file
      This is in booklet form. Please print back-to-back, if possible, and assemble your booklet.  
    2. Web viewing version.Adobe Reader file
  2. Registration Form.Adobe Reader file
    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 $60 base price. Meals and boat trips have added fees associated with them, ranging from $5 (for a lunch-time meal) to $80 (for a 5-hour boat trip to Machias Seal Island).
     
  3. Schedule.Adobe Reader file
    As events fill we will post notice of that here.
     
    2010 CLOSED EVENTS:
    Date
    Time
    Activity
         
  4. List of Lodgings.Adobe Reader file
    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.
     
  5. America’s Birdiest City/County Rules.Adobe Reader file
    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. This is the information sheet for the 2008. 2009 rules will be posted once we receive them. Registrants will receive a copy of these rules in their Welcome Packets when they check in.
     
  6. Map & Driving Distances/Times. A map of the area, with driving distances and times, is provided in the registration guidebook. For your convenience, download a larger version of the map (20 MB) and list of driving distances and times (PDF; 16 KB).
     
  7. Biographies.Adobe Reader file Information about our hiking guides, boat/canoe/kayak trip leaders, and presenters.
     
  8. 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.
     
  9. Sponsors. You may wish to print a list of our current sponsors. They are also listed on our Sponsors page.

Cancellations
If we receive notice by May 7, 2010 of your desire to cancel your registration, a full refund will be made to you of festival fees you paid. If we receive notice between May 8 and May 21, 2010, a 50% refund will be made. If your payment was made by credit card, your refund will be a credit to that card. There will be no refund for cancellations received on or after May 22, 2010.

Registration for Single Days or Single Events
Residents of Washington and Charlotte (NB) Counties may participate in festival activities by paying a day rate of $15 per person (or $25 per family). The day rate fee does not include special events such as meals or boat trips that have added fees associated with them. Most activities can accommodate a limited number of participants, so potential Day Trippers are encouraged to register in advance (telephone 207-733-2233 or ). People may also register at the festival headquarters on the day they wish to participate.

Programs provided by Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) are free and are open to the public. 
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