CBC Bonus Field Trips
Bonus Field Trips are open only to CBC members in good standing (i.e., your dues must be paid up). Would you like to go on a field trip but aren't a CBC member? It is perfectly OK to join the CBC at the same time you register for a field trip. Information on joining the CBC can be found on our membership page.
Reports on past trips
Upcoming Bonus Field Trips
Peru: Ventures is offering a special trip to Peru (Abancay, Cuzco & Machu-Picchu, Peru: November 30–December 9, 2008) for CBC members. Check out the trip description and the detailed itinerary.
Maine—Puffins, boreal birds and spectacular scenery! (This trip is full.) Join CBC member and globetrotting birding guide Simon Thompson from July 11–19, 2008 on this very special Ventures, Inc. trip designed especially for the CBC. Maine is wonderful to visit in the summer for its cool climate and fine scenery, and has long been a popular vacation destination. It also happens to be an outstanding birding destination, offering a variety of habitats, which offer quite different birding opportunities from one another. Our venture will begin in Portland, where we will explore the waders and water birds of Scarborough Marsh. From there we go to Maine's fabled coast, where we will visit Acadia National Park and then head "down east" to investigate some specialized habitats -- the boreal forest and blueberry barrens of easternmost Maine. We will visit Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, several state parks, Campobello Island (site of one of the Roosevelt family's summer homes), Great Wass Island (a Nature Conservancy preserve), and other "down east" sites. One of the highlights of our trip will undoubtedly be our boat ride to Machias Seal Island, site of breeding Atlantic Puffin and Arctic Tern colonies, where we will be able to spend time ashore getting close-up looks and photographs of these two species. We will also take a boat ride out of Bar Harbor to look for Atlantic Puffin and Roseate Tern on Petit Manan Island and then to look for pelagic birds and whales a bit further out in the Gulf of Maine. Target species include: Spruce Grouse, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Three-toed & Black-backed Woodpeckers, Boreal Chickadee, Gray Jay, Atlantic Puffin, Black Guillemot, Razorbill, Arctic & Roseate Terns, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Manx Shearwater, Black-legged Kittiwake, Common Loon, Common Eider, Magnolia, Bay-breasted & Blackpoll Warblers, Saltmarsh & Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows.
The cost of the Maine Venture is $1975 from Portland based on double occupancy (Single supplement $325). Price includes: Van transportation from Portland, accommodation, meals, boat trips, admission fees, information packet & bird checklist, and guide/leader service, plus a $50 donation to the CBC. Not included: Airfare to Portland, alcoholic beverages, and items of a personal nature. Reservations and prepayment are required on all Ventures. Your place on this Venture will be reserved when your deposit of $200 has been received. Please make your check payable to VENTURES, Inc. and send it to the address below. Limited to 10 participants. For more information, or to reserve your spot on this Ventures, Inc. trip, contact Simon Thompson at: Ventures, PO Box 1095, Skyland NC 28776. The phone is 828-253-IBIS (4247). email