The state’s abundant precipitation—more than 40 inches a year—and glaciated landscape have created thousands of lakes, ponds, wetlands, and rivers that are ideal habitat for a variety of water birds. And with its deeply indented coastline and uncountable islands, Maine offers attractive habitat for breeding seabirds, migrating shorebirds, and wintering waterfowl.
Click here for upcoming Maine Audubon birding walks, workshops, programs, talks, courses and more (both online and in-person)!
• Maine Birds Checklist for Young Birders
• Field Checklist of Maine Birds (pdf)
• Feathers Over Freeport, Freeport (May 17, 2025)
• Wings, Waves, and Woods, Deer Island & Stonington (May 14-18, 2025)
• Down East Spring Birding Festival (May 23-26, 2025)
• Acadia Birding Festival (May 29 – June 1, 2025)
• Rangeley Birding Festival (June 5-8, 2025)
• Maine Birding Trail A great place to start on where to bird in Maine
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology Best site for bird IDs and more
• Maine eBird.org A real-time, online bird checklist program to report and access information about birds
• Maine Young Birder’s Club Connecting Maine youth interested in the natural world
• GroupMe Rare Bird Alert Group text messaging app for realtime information about rare birds in Maine
