Bird Watching

For birds and birders alike, Maine provides an abundance of excellent habitat. As the largest and most sparsely populated state in New England, Maine represents a significant portion of the breeding range for many eastern woodland bird species. The state’s abundant precipitation (more than 40” a year) and glaciated landscape have created thousands of lakes, ponds, wetlands, and rivers that are ideal habitat for a variety of

water birds. (Source: www.maineaudubon.org/birding/)

Be sure to bring your camera to these local bird watching hot spots!

BELGRADE

⊲ Messalonskee Lake – South End ⊲ Messalonskee Lake – Boat Ramp ⊲ Purple Martin Houses ⊲ Great Pond Boat Launch ⊲ Maine Lakes Resource Center

CLINTON

⊲ Flood Brothers Dairy (restricted access) ⊲ Shawmut Dam, Kennebec River

NORRIDGEWOCK

⊲ Oosoola Boat Landing, Kennebec

River

ROME

⊲ Blueberry Hill (Hawk Watch) ⊲ The Mountain Trail ⊲ Sanders Hill Trail, Kennebec

Highlands ⊲ French Mountain Trail, Kennebec

Highlands ⊲ Robbins Mill Stream

SIDNEY

⊲ Great Sidney Bog ⊲ Sidney Grasslands

UNITY

⊲ Unity Pond ⊲ Field of Dreams ⊲ Moulton’s Mill Preserve ⊲ Fowler Bog Preserve ⊲ Richardson Memorial Preserve ⊲ Kanonkolus Preserve

VASSALBORO

⊲ China Lake Boat Launch ⊲ Vassalboro Wildlife Habitat

WATERVILLE/WINSLOW

⊲ Quarry Road Recreation Area ⊲ Colby College Campus ⊲ Perkins Arboretum ⊲ Inland Woods/Pine Ridge Trails ⊲ Fort Halifax ⊲ North Street Recreational Trail