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Birding Maine Guide Book

by Tom Seymour (Falcon Publishing)
Birding Maine

144pp/photos/maps
ISBN: 0762742240

From the seacoast to the mountains, from urban settings to woodlands, Maine's diverse habitats are home to equally diverse bird species. Birding Maine recommends how and when to bird each site and provides information on nearby places of interest, as well as area stores, restaurants, accommodations, and campsites - everything you need to extend a day of birding into a full-fledged adventure. Discover rockbound Pemaquid and Schoodic Points where sea- and shorebirds abound, including King Eider and Purple Sandpiper. Just outside Brewer, wander the Fields Pond Audubon Center, where nearly 150 species have been seen - from Bald Eagle to Eastern Bluebird. Be still and listen for the haunting cry of Common Loon at Unity Pond, Lily Bay State Park, or Moose Point State Park. Birding Maine is a quintessential resource for anyone interested in spending time in the Maine outdoors.

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... Preview: Appleton Ridge is a geographic wonder—an 8-mile-long backbone of open land with far-reaching vistas on both sides, a scaled-down version of Skyline Drive. Migrating hawks, especially Broad-winged and ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Belfast, ME - Birding
... Preview: The refuge’s upland areas provide nesting habitat for warblers such as Blackthroated Green, Canada, Bay-breasted, Cape May, and Blackburnian Warbler. Boreal Chickadee and Gray Jay are also fairly comm ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Caribou, ME - Birding
... Preview: The nearly 300-acre Beech Hill Preserve, a bastion of rural Maine set amid a rapidly changing landscape, was purchased in 2003 by Coastal Mountains Land Trust (CLT). While Beech Hill is a popular spot ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Rockland, ME - Birding
... Preview: Belgrade Bog on Messalonskee Lake may possibly have the greatest marshbird diversity in Maine. Of special note, the Black Tern colony here is considered one of Maine’s largest. Black Tern are the big ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Augusta, ME - Birding
... Preview: Bog Brook WMA, like so many other prime birding sites in Maine, is owned and managed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIF&W). Great Blue Heron, Osprey, and Bald Eagle nest he ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Ellsworth, ME - Birding
... Preview: Bradbury Mountain is an off-the-beaten-path state park that offers hiking, camping, and of course birding. The mountain summit, the highest point for many miles around, offers superb views of Casco Ba ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Portland, ME - Birding
... Preview: Rockland Harbor hosts a large number of gulls, ducks, and other waterbirds. The harbor is visible from a number of locations in Rockland, including the Maine State Ferry Terminal and the Rockland Town ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Rockland, ME - Birding
... Preview: This 5,700-acre WMA stands out as a significant wild area. While the nearby Saco River teems with canoe and kayak traffic in summer, Brownfield Bog WMA sees relatively little pressure. DIF&W maintains ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Westbrook, ME - Birding
... Preview: Birders can enjoy Carlton Pond in two ways. First, park in the small lot off Bog Road and walk across the road to the dam. There you can stand or sit and scan the water and bog with binoculars or scop ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Waterville, ME - Birding
... Preview: Durham Bridge and attached causeway provide foot access to Sebasticook Lake, a productive waterfowl site. While birding can be done from either side of the causeway, it’s probably not a good idea to s ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Bangor, ME - Birding
... Preview: Fields Pond Audubon Center features include walking trails through fields and woodlands and a 300foot boardwalk through a floodplain swamp. The wheelchair-accessible Nature Center Building is open to ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Brewer, ME - Birding
... Preview: Owned and managed by the Mid-Coast Audubon Society, this 30-acre parcel is open to the public year-round. Except for the trails and a few birdhouses placed on trees here and there, the site has little ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Rockland, ME - Birding
... Preview: This 2,605-acre refuge has color-coded trails leading through forests, along field edges, and around the pond. A total of 125 Tree Swallow houses, placed along the field edges, are a scene of hectic a ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Old Town, ME - Birding
... Preview: Holbrook Island Sanctuary is managed as a nature and wildlife sanctuary, rather than as a park. Holbrook Island has well-maintained hiking trails, picnic tables, and considerable shore frontage, but t ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Ellsworth, ME - Birding
... Preview: Sandy Stream is managed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The marsh is composed mostly of short grasses, and although it looks as though you couldn’t walk on it, the surface is ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Brewer, ME - Birding
... Preview: The 610-acre Ruffingham Meadow WMA was formed when Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife impounded Bartlett Stream. A small pond quickly formed, and the balance of the impoundment became ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Belfast, ME - Birding
... Preview: Once managed as commercial blueberry land, Kennebunk Plains WMA is jointly owned and managed by DIF&W and The Nature Conservancy. Of the 1,041 total acres of this WMA, about 600 are open grasslands. ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Biddeford, ME - Birding
... Preview: As with so many other excellent birding sites described in this book, Knight Pond is well known to a handful of local birders and virtually unknown to others. It is worth taking your time as you drive ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Belfast, ME - Birding
... Preview: Leonard’s Mills is a restored eighteenth-century logging community set along Blackman Stream. Saturdays in summer are busy with different events, but weekdays and Sundays often see the place deserted. ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Brewer, ME - Birding
... Preview: Lily Bay State Park, a 925-acre parcel on the east side of Moosehead Lake, presents in brief what the surrounding country has to offer. This is the gateway to the larger North Maine Woods. The park of ... From the guidebook "Birding Maine"
Waterville, ME - Birding

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