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Birding Guide
Birding Guide for Maine
Rocky coasts, forests, lakes, and seabirds
Birding highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for birds in Maine. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
109
Species
63
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Birds across Maine
This guide focuses on birdlife within Maine's wider region guide, helping families explore common sightings, shoreline birds, forest species, and the places where birding is easier to begin.
Latest Sightings
Recent bird sightings in Maine
A recent look at bird sightings across Maine.
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Sightings Map
See where bird sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where bird sightings cluster across Maine.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 birds to see in Maine
These birds are snapped the most across this region.
Gray Catbird
5 snaps
Osprey
5 snaps
Common Loon
4 snaps
Dark-eyed Junco
4 snaps
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for birding in Maine
These place guides connect well with the birds covered in this region.
Park30 sightings12 species
Maine, US
Rockland Residential Historic District
You might spot American Herring Gull and Himalayan Balsam.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Maine, US
Blue Hill Historic District
You might spot Large-Leaved Lupine, Tree Lungwort, and Asian Bittersweet.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Maine, US
Federal Street Historic District
You might spot Wood Lily, Pink Lady's Slipper, and Eastern Bluebird.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Maine, US
Cumberland Mills Historic District
You might spot Duck, Snapping Turtle, and Yellow Trout Lily.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Maine, US
Pennellville Historic District
You might spot Pink Lady's Slipper, Wood Lily, and Great Blue Heron.
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Park30 sightings12 species
US
Cape Arundel Summer Colony Historic District
You might spot Rugosa Rose and European Green Crab.
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Full Guide
Full Maine birds list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Gray Catbird
Osprey
Common Loon
Dark-eyed Junco
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Blue Jay
Bobolink
Common Eider
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Canada Goose
Common Grackle
Common Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Eastern Bluebird
Great Egret
House Finch
House Sparrow
Magnolia Warbler
Mourning Dove
Narragansett Turkey
Northern Cardinal
Ovenbird
Snowy Egret
White-breasted Nuthatch
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Herring Gull
American Kestrel
American Redstart
American Robin
Bald Eagle
Bohemian Waxwing
Bonaparte's Gull
Carolina Wren
Cooper's Hawk
Duck
European Starling
Hermit Thrush
Killdeer
Merlin
Northern Bobwhite
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Parula
Orchard Oriole
Peregrine Falcon
Pileated Woodpecker
Pine Warbler
Purple Martin
Purple Sandpiper
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Sanderling
Solitary Sandpiper
Tree Swallow
Veery
Vulture
Willet
Yellow-headed Blackbird
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