The Owls of Acadia

While wandering along a boardwalk in the Wild Gardens of Acadia in Acadia National Park during his recent visit to Maine, Dick Jordan and his wife spotted three Barred Owls "hanging out" just a short distance away.

Here's a short film Dick made (and which should air on MarinTV sometime in July) of the owls and their habitat.


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Acadia National Park is located on the coast of Maine, a little less than five hours driving time north from Boston's Logan International Airport, which has non-stop flights from and to San Francisco.

(Maine Coast Near Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse)

From Boston, you can fly to Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport in a little over an hour. Either way, you'll probably have to overnight in or near Boston after flying in from the Bay Area.

Connecting flights from San Francisco to Bangor, Maine will put you about an hour-plus drive west of Acadia, although flight schedules aren't very convenient and you'll probably have to bunk in Bangor for the night before driving to the park the next day.

(Dick's trip involved flying into Boston at late afternoon, then driving a rental car to Providence, Rhode Island, one hour or so to the south. After a few days there, he and his wife drove about three hours north to Portland, Maine for a three-night stay, then north to Rockland, Maine to overnight before heading to Acadia.)

(Bar Harbor Inn)

There are no accommodations within the boundaries of Acadia National park, so you'll likely be staying in one of three communities on Mount Desert Island: Bar Harbor (think of a smaller Sausalito), Northeast Harbor (where the "swells" have homes), or sleepy little Southwest Harbor (more like Point Reyes Station).