Location: A moving event in the Lubec area
Guides:
Colin Brown
Fee: No fee
Description
This is an early morning coastal driving foray with a little hiking. People will caravan in their own cars.
Quoddy Head State Park is the easternmost point of land in the United States, and is a must-see for any visitor to the area. Carrying Place Cove Bog is considered one of the most significant peatlands in the eastern US, and in clear weather the trails along the rockbound shore offer dramatic cliff views. The Park’s variety of habitats include dense balsam fir and red spruce forest and the 7-acre boreal peat bog surrounded by black spruce. Many neotropical migrant birds may be seen along the coastal and inland trails and the bog boardwalk. Permanent residents include Spruce Grouse, Gray Jay, Common Raven, Boreal Chickadee, and White-winged and Red Crossbills. Other species include Common Eider, Merlin, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Golden- and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Swainsons, Bicknell’s and Hermit Thrushes, two dozen warbler species, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, and seabirds.
Along the Lubec Sand Bar look for gulls and other seabirds, sea ducks, and freshwater ducks, herons, and shorebirds. For the best shorebird viewing, the order in which locations will be visited will be determined by the tides.
Meeting Place
Trescott: Festival Headquarters, Cobscook Institute
GPS Coordinates: 44.799204, -67.146377
Meet at Festival HQ parking lot to organize carpooling. Restrooms are available there and at Quoddy Head State Park.
Meeting Place Map