Bon Voyage! Board a New Boat for Audubon Center’s 71st Season

Hog Island Audubon Camp Offers Naturalist-led Wildlife Cruises Along the Midcoast

BREMEN, Maine, June 22, 2007—With champagne foam glistening from a bottle just broken across her bow, Puffin V recently made her maiden voyage across Muscongus Bay and is ready to carry residential and day-time guests of historic Hog Island Audubon Center.

“We’re excited that our newest boat to carry the name ‘Puffin’ will allow us to explore the bay with large groups from our residential programs,” said Seth Benz, director of Hog Island Audubon Center. “Plus, we’ll also be able to use our second boat, Osprey III, to operate trips for day visitors from our mainland visitor center.”

Naturalists from Hog Island Audubon Center will lead trips on both boats. Space is still available in some of the center’s residential programs as well as its day trips, which leave from the dock at Todd Audubon Sanctuary in Bremen (across the channel from Hog Island).

Audubon Puffin Tours, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., June 30 and July 21—Take a morning excursion to Eastern Egg Rock island aboard Maine Audubon's new Puffin V touring boat. See bald eagle and osprey nests, pass harbor seals hauled out on ledges, and circumnavigate an active seabird colony that features Atlantic puffins. $25/Maine Audubon member, $30/nonmember. Limited to 32 participants. Advance registration necessary. Please call (207) 781-2330, ext. 215.

Maine Audubon Members Puffin Cruise, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Saturday, July 7—Become a Maine Audubon member and take a thank-you cruise to see puffins and other seabirds and marine wildlife. Discounted to $15, for Maine Audubon members only. Advance registration necessary. Participants can sign up for Maine Audubon membership and register at the same time by calling (207) 781-2330, ext. 234.

Hog Island Open House, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, July 22—Pack a picnic lunch, come for all or part of the day, and see the Audubon center that has been changing lives for more than 70 years. Free. Advance registration necessary. Please call (207) 781-2330, ext. 234.

ABOUT HOG ISLAND AUDUBON CENTER—Located on a 330-acre island in midcoast Maine’s Muscongus Bay, Hog Island Audubon Center offers residential summer sessions for adults, families, teens, and youth—all led by the nation’s top naturalists, birders, and environmental educators. Every unique session offers the chance to explore Maine’s nature. With a history of environmental education since 1936, Hog Island’s rustic accommodations and delicious meals served family style help create memories that last a lifetime.

NEW for 2007: Board Hog Island’s newest vessel, the 44-foot Puffin V! With room for almost 50 passengers, Puffin V was built in 1991 at the D.M.R. boatyard in Portland, Maine, and made her maiden voyage for Hog Island on June 12, 2007.

MAINE AUDUBON works to conserve Maine’s wildlife and wildlife habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation and action. For more than 160 years, Maine Audubon has been connecting people with nature and leading science-based conservation in major projects across the state. An independent affiliate of Audubon’s national organization, Maine Audubon has seven local chapters, 11 nature centers and sanctuaries, and 11,000

members and supporters.

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