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Maine Birding Guide Books
We found the following guides for birding in Maine - A Birder's Guide to Maine - Birds of Maine Field Guide - Maine Birds. Note that the state bird of Maine is the Chicadee (the Chicadee photo is copyrighted by David A. Murray, a photographer of birds and other wildlife in Maine).
Maine Birding Groups
Maine Audubon
Society -
Events -
Field Trips
Where birding in Maine starts. Bird alerts, birding by region, upcoming events (above link), upcoming field trips (above link) and more.
Downeast
AudubonThe mission of the Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon is to educate and engage the people of Hancock County, focusing on birds and wildlife, and their habitats, for the benefit of local communities and their natural environment. The Chapter offers monthly natural history programs, usually on the third Thursday of each month, field trips (birding, plant walks) and more.
Merrymeeting
Audubon
The Merrymeeting Audubon's membership area runs up the Maine coast from Yarmouth to Wiscasset, inland to Augusta, west to Lewiston/Auburn and then to Sebago Lake, and south to Freeport. Chapter members receive its newsletter, "The Call."
Mid-Coast
Audubon Society -
Events
This chapter of Maine Audubon is based in Rockland, Maine. It owns 4 refuges open to the public: 40-acre Davis Bog Preserve (white cedar wetland in Morrill), 30-acre Guy VanDuyn Refuge (Waldoboro, with over 80 species of songbird), 95-acre Nelson Nature Preserve (mixed forest to red maple swamp near Friendship Village, with warblers, thrush, woodpeckers) and 3-acre Weskeag River Preserve (shore and dense conifer forest birds).
