This winter, join us virtually to improve your birding from the comfort of home, with Virtual Birding, a free online program taking place every other Monday evening, December through February. Through the magic of live-streamed bird feeder cameras, I will guide viewings of birds in Maine and …
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Accessible Beginner Bird Outing
This outing is inclusive and accessible for all, especially those new to birding. We will bird the flat walkways around our buildings at Gilsland Farm. We’ll have extra binoculars and pointers on how to use them. …
Top Ten Rare Birds found at Scarborough Marsh
At over 3,000 acres, Scarborough Marsh is the largest contiguous salt marsh in Maine, and also one of the most famous and productive birding destinations. Thousands of birders visit Scarborough Marsh each year—from Dunstan's Landing to the Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center to Pine Point and …
NEW Birding Hotspot Map for Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
When President Obama established the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in 2016 he added permanent protection for some of the most important bird breeding habitat in the state. Contained in its more than 87,000 acres are boreal and deciduous forests, mountain peaks, spruce bogs, rivers and …
Backyard Bird of the Month for September: American Goldfinch
One of the most familiar of songbirds, the American Goldfinch, is a late and specialized nester. In late summer, while many of Maine’s breeding birds are fledging this year’s chicks, goldfinches are just getting started. By September, the goldfinch chicks should be out of the nest, still following …
Snapshots from Christmas Bird Count Weekend 2020
Not even a pandemic and a fresh 19 inches of snow stopped Maine birders from taking part in the Christmas Bird Count this weekend. The official season for the 121st annual Count, or CBC, runs between December 14, 2020 and January 4, 2021, though many of the regions held their event this Saturday, …
Great Black Hawk Statue unveiled in Portland
The Great Black Hawk which found its way during the winter of 2018-19 from Central America to Portland, and then into the hearts of thousands of admirers, is now a permanent resident. A bronze statue of the wayward raptor was unveiled in its favorite haunt, Deering Oaks Park, on Friday, July …
Family Fun Connections: A Bird Checklist for Young Birders
Just in time for summer vacation, we've added a new resource to our Birding in Maine page: The Maine Birds Checklist for Young Birders (pdf). This photographic checklist features forty common species and includes extra information about each bird's behavior and diet, making it a useful tool both as …
Virtual Rangeley Birding Festival! Free – June 4 and 5
The organizers of the second annual Rangeley Birding Festival were disappointed to have to cancel the in-person event this year, but haven't given up in our quest to celebrate the birds of western Maine. So, we're going virtual! On the mornings of Thursday and Friday, June 4 and 5, Maine Audubon …