The Arts of Birding

Sherrie York

A camper participates in a drawing activity on Hog Island.

Register Online               June 23 - 28, 2013 

A tentative schedule is now available for the upcoming 2013 session!

Sharpen your birding skills and learn new ways to enjoy birds with some of the country's best photographers, artists, and writers. This program includes fun birding adventures each morning, followed by more in-depth study in your choice specialty of bird photography or bird art/writing.

Field trips will include visits to seabird islands for photography and sketching of seabirds as well as opportunities to learn new skills through your choice of workshops on audio recording, journal writing, sketching and poetry.  This program is ideal for beginners as well as avid birders and photographers.

No experience or talent needed! Just a desire to experience and enjoy birds in fresh, new ways.

This session is a best bet for bringing a non-birding spouse - they will certainly find substance in this exciting new program that offers something for everyone!

Prices below are listed per person and include meals, housing, instruction and all boat trips. Participants must arrange transportation to and from the Audubon dock in Bremen at the start and end of the session (see directions page). 

$895 twin bed in the Queen Mary loft, 6 beds total (women only)
$995 twin bed in a shared double or triple room, shared bathroom
$1245 Osprey room - double bed, private bath, ocean view (dbl occupancy)
$1495 Helm Cabin - private cabin with bathroom, double bed, porch, ocean view (dbl occupancy)

Wait list
If the program or your preferred housing option is sold out, please add your name to the wait list. There are usually a few cancellations, and the first people on the wait list are almost always able to enroll. You can also email hogisland@audubon.org or call (607) 257-7308 x14 for updates on the wait list status.

Director
Scott Weidensaul, Author and ornithologist

2013 Instructors
Pete Salmansohn, Education Coordinator, Seabird Restoration Program
Susan Schubel, Outreach Educator, Seabird Restoration Program
Bill Thompson III, blogger and editor, Birdwatchers Digest
Peter Vickery, Avian ecologist, Center for Bio. Conservation, MA Audubon
Julie Zickefoose, artist, author & NPR commentator, Julie Zickefoose Blogspot

Guest Lecturer
Stephen Kress, Director, Seabird Restoration Program