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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
152
Species
75
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.
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Places to Start
Best places for birding in Maine
These place guides connect well with the birds covered in this region.
Park49 sightings50 species
Maine, US
Pennellville Historic District
You might spot Pink Lady's Slipper, Wood Lily, and Great Blue Heron.
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Park43 sightings50 species
Maine, US
Kennebunkport Historic District
You might spot Rugosa Rose and European Green Crab.
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Park50 sightings50 species
Maine, US
Harraseeket Historic District
You might spot Ghost Pipe, Pink Lady's Slipper, and Bluebead Lily.
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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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Full Guide
Full Maine birds list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Osprey
Bobolink
Common Eider
Gray Catbird
Common Loon
Common Merganser
Dark-eyed Junco
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Savannah Sparrow
Snowy Egret
Song Sparrow
Blue Jay
Canada Goose
Common Yellowthroat
Double-crested Cormorant
House Sparrow
Killdeer
Narragansett Turkey
Northern Cardinal
American Herring Gull
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
Duck
Eastern Bluebird
Great Egret
House Finch
Magnolia Warbler
Mourning Dove
Ovenbird
Red-tailed Hawk
Tree Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
American Black Duck
American Kestrel
American Redstart
American Robin
Bald Eagle
Barn Swallow
Barred Owl
Bohemian Waxwing
Bonaparte's Gull
Broad-winged Hawk
Carolina Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cooper's Hawk
European Starling
Field Sparrow
Glossy Ibis
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Hermit Thrush
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-winged Blackbird
Sanderling
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Solitary Sandpiper
Veery
Vulture
Willet
Yellow-headed Blackbird
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