Birding Festivals in the Adirondacks:
2013 Great Adirondack Birding Celebration
31 May - 2 June 2013
Schedule of Events
Bicknell's Thrush. Whiteface Mountain Toll Road. Photo by Larry Master. www.masterimages.org
Friday, 31 May
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM: Check In/Registration/Materials (VIC Front Desk)
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM: New Moon Art Show: Bird Art Invitational in the VIC Great Room
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM: Birding Across the Adirondacks Field Trip (max 15 participants). Participants leave the VIC for an all-day field trip “down the mountain” to the beautiful shoreline of Lake Champlain in search of migratory birds. This field trip will feature stops at many birding hot spots as we look at a cross-section of bird life from high elevation to low. Return to VIC at 4:00 PM. Preregistration required.
Friday dinner on your own
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Dessert/Coffee Reception in the VIC Great Room. Come meet other participants and talk birds!
8:00 PM: Keynote Speaker at the VIC: Sara R. Morris professor of Biology and the Program Coordinator of the Environmental Science Program at Canisius College in Buffalo, will speak on bird migration.
Saturday, 1 June
6:00 AM – 7:00 AM: Coffee, tea, bagels, juice, snacks in the VIC Great Room
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM: New Moon Art Show: Bird Art Invitational in the VIC Great Room
7:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Field trips (preregistration required):
- Beginner Birder Workshop
- Bloomingdale Bog
- Whiteface Mountain
- Madawaska Flow
- Intervale Lowlands
- Little Clear Pond for Loons (canoes supplied)
- Birding by Ear @ the VIC
- Spring Pond Bog
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Catered lunch at the VIC the Sunspace Gallery
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM: Angelina Ross & Glenn Johnson: "Spruce Grouse of the Adirondacks," lecture presentation in the VIC Theater
Saturday dinner on your own
7:30 PM: Keynote Speaker at the VIC: Michale Glennon, the Adirondack Landscape Science Coordinator for the Adirondack Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society,will speak on the Wildlife Conservation Society's Boreal Bird Project.
Sunday, 2 June
6:00 AM – 7:00 AM: Coffee, tea, bagels, juice, snacks in the VIC Great Room
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM: New Moon Art Show: Bird Art Invitational in the VIC Great Room
7:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Field trips (preregistration required):
- Beginner Birder Workshop
- Bloomingdale Bog
- Whiteface Mountain
- Madawaska Flow
- Intervale Lowlands
- Little Clear Pond for Loons (canoes supplied)
- Birding by Ear @ the VIC
- Spring Pond Bog
Great Adirondack Birding Celebration 2013
Registration Information
Registration Fees Per Person |
Fee Schedule |
Three-day Registration (Friday through Sunday, includes Friday reception/lecture; Saturday morning field trip, lunch, and afternoon workshop; Saturday reception/lecture; Sunday morning field trip) |
$125.00 |
Three-day Registration (Northern New York Audubon member – 10% discount) |
$112.50 |
Saturday Registration Only (includes morning field trip, lunch, afternoon workshop, evening lecture) |
$90.00 |
Sunday Registration Only (includes morning field trip) |
$50.00 |
Birding Across the Adirondacks Field Trip (not included in GABC registration) |
$70.00 |
Registration for the Great Adirondack Birding Celebration opened 1 May 2013, with registration forms available online to print and fill out for mailing. Call 518-327-6241 for information. For a Word version of the GABC Registration Form, click here. For a PDF version of the GABC Registration Form, click here.
Sponsored by:
Northern New York Audubon Society
Paul Smiths College
Adirondack Birding Center at the Paul Smith's College VIC
Wild Birds Unlimited
Mac's Canoe Livery
Great Adirondack Birding Celebration 2013. Field Trip Descriptions. Printable Word Version.
Great Adirondack Birding Celebration 2013. Field Trip Descriptions. Printable PDF Version.
Great Adirondack Birding Celebration 2013. Schedule of Events. Printable Word Version.
Great Adirondack Birding Celebration 2013. Schedule of Events. Printable PDF Version.