All in-person programs are postponed until further notice. Get outside, stay active, and be safe. 

We’re so pleased to announce the Rangeley Birding Festival is moving online!

For 2020 only, we’ve lined up a series of great speakers to share their love of the birds of Rangeley with viewers at home.

2020 Virtual Rangeley Birding Festival

FREE Zoom Webinars - Register HERE

Thursday, June 4 from 9 am to Noon | Friday, June 5 from 9 am to Noon

Tune in and tune out any time you like! Schedule of events:

• • Thursday, June 4:
    • The Birds of Rangeley — 9 am
      • Doug Hitchcox, Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist. Join Doug as he explores the birds and birding hotspots of the Rangeley area.
    • Mt Abraham from Valley Hardwood to Alpine Tundra — 10 am
      • Pete McKinley, The Wilderness Society.  Explore the diversity of habitat in the Rangeley area, via a virtual walk-though major forest, subalpine, and alpine ecological communities and species encountered on a walk of Mt. Abraham in western Maine’s High Peaks near Saddleback Mountain.
    • Virtual Loon Cruise — 11 am
      • Kevin Sinnett, Rangeley Region Lakes Cruises. Join Kevin and his crew for an amazing video journey to find Common Loons on Rangeley Lake.

• • Friday, June 5:
    • The State of the Loons — 9 am
      • Nick Lund, Maine Audubon. Nick will give an informative presentation on how different populations of Maine birds have fluctuated over the years. Learn which species have risen in number, and which have fallen, and why?
    • Wildlife Photography 101 — 10 am
      • Nick Leadley, Touch the Wild Photography. Master wildlife photographer Nick Leadley gives a crash course on how to take amazing images of birds and other wildlife.
    • Keynote — 11 am
      • Brian Olsen, University of Maine. We are grateful to have Associate Professor Olsen of UMaine’s School of Biology & Ecology finish out the 2020 Festival with a keynote discussion.

Thank you to our sponsors