Maine Outdoors - Maine Birding
The state bird of Maine is the Chickadee. For a wealth of additional info about birds and birding in Maine check the following guide books available from Amazon:
Maine Audubon Society
20 Gilsland Farm Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
Phone: (207) 781-2330
Description: The Maine Audubon Society is where birding is Maine starts. Find info about birding field trips, bird sighting alerts, birding events and much more.
Maine Audubon - Downeast Chapter
PO Box 5267
Ellsworth, ME 04605
Phone: (207) 664-4400
Description: The 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.
Maine Audubon - Merrymeeting Chapter
PO Box 544
Bath, ME 04530
Description: 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.
Maine Audubon - Midcoast Chapter
PO Box 862
Rockland, ME 04841
Description: The Midcoast 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).
Maine Audubon - Penobscot Valley Chapter
216 Fields Pond Road
Holden, ME 04429
Phone: (207) -989-2591
Description: This chapter of Maine Audubon serves the greater Bangor region. Offers info about local birding hot spots, a photo gallery, upcoming events and more.
Maine Audubon - Fundy Chapter
PO Box 478
East Machias, ME 04630
Phone: (207) 255-8970
Description: The Fundy Audubon Chapter (formerly Schoodic Audubon) holds monthly natural history programs and scheduled field trips, including birding and plant walks.
Maine Audubon -York County Chapter
PO Box 201
Kennebunkport, ME 04046
Description: Based in Wells, Maine, the York County Audubon chapter of Maine Audubon offers field trips and an on-line newsletter called The Harlequin.
Stanton Bird Club
PO Box 3172
Lewiston, ME 04243
Description: Stanton Bird Club is located in Lewiston. Its website lists quite a few bird sighting videos, plus other bird sightings, field trips and meetings. The club is deeply involved in the Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary, a 310 acre wildlife preserve in Lewiston.
Maine National Wildlife Refuges
Description: There are many National Wildlife Refuges in Maine, from the lighthouse-dotted Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge to the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. Different species of nesting and migratory birds can found within each one. Descriptions of and access to these National Wildlife Refuges are collected in the Maine.Info parks section.
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
541 Route 1
Freeport, ME 04032
Phone: (207) 865-6000
Description: Freeport Wild Bird Supply is a retail store catering to those who feed, watch, and enjoy birds and nature. Offers free bird walks every Saturday morning, an archive of South coastal Maine rare bird alerts, local bird news, rare bird photos, yard bird photos and more. Visit the store for more information, for birding goods (such as books and checklists), and to see what birds are visiting their extensive feeding station.
Maine Birding
Bar Hills, ME 04004
Description: Information about birding in the State of Maine, with upcoming events, birding news and bird alerts.