The Maine Birding Trail has been completed. The finalized list contains 82 prime sites to be published in a brochure later this autumn. Next spring, Down East Books will publish a full guide to the state, including over 260 sites, 100 maps, plus bird-finding tips, and bonus chapters on the Canadian islands of Campobello and Grand Manan.

Travelogues:

7/2/08: More moose sightings than chickadees! Hard to believe, but true during two tours of Baxter State Park...more.

6/25/08: Very cute: A Spruce Grouse hen with four chicks proved to be the highlight of another successful stay at AMC's Medawisla Camps...more.

6/19/08: A Mourning Warbler was the top highlight as this year's Wilds of Moosehead Tour racked up 82 northern Maine species over two days...more.

5/20/08: When warbler season is peaking in southern Maine, it's a good time to head for Evergreen Cemetery in Portland. So a van load of northern Maine birders did...more

5/17/08: When you're surrounded by Atlantic Puffins, the rain dampens everything but spirits. Throw in some Common Murres and Razorbills and let the fun begin...more

5/14/08: What happens when the guests and the warblers arrive at the same time? For this trip into Maine's 100 Mile Wilderness, the timing was perfect...more

1/25/08: OK...sometimes the guide just gets lucky. Finding a Black-backed Woodpecker and a Thick-billed Murre within the first hour on Schoodic Point is a feat not soon to be duplicated...more

10/1/07: Everything they say about Monhegan Island is true. The island was overrun by hawks, warblers, unusual sparrows, and birders...more

9/9/07: Is there anything better than sitting on a seaside chair and watching the whales swim by? A Maine Audubon trip to Lubec-Campobello-Eastport provided plenty of birds and adventure...more

7/15/07: What a weekend at Penobscot Lake Lodge! We didn't have to find the Boreal Chickadees - they found us... more

7/9/07: They'll be talking about this pelagic trip for a long time. The Red-billed Tropicbird did not disappoint, but the sea of Wilson's Storm-petrels almost stole the show... more

7/8/07: Mt. Katahdin, 20 warblers, 14 moose, plus White-winged Crossbills, Evening Grosbeaks and Gray Jays, all packed into a Baxter State Park weekend... more

6/10/07: Moosehead Lake lived up to its reputation for great birding. The lifers piled up as the weekend went along, since the birds seldom stopped singing... more

5/28/07: The 4th Downeast Spring Birding Festival served up enough species to place Washington County FIRST in this year's birdiest Atlantic Coastal Counties competition... more

5/19/07: Atlantic Puffins were more numerous than most birders expected as Captain Bill Baker's Nigh Duck pulled up to Seal Island amidst Razorbills and Arctic Terns... more

Trail news:

The Boreal Birding page has been significantly updated. Get tips on finding Spruce Grouse, Boreal Chickadee, Gray Jay, Black-backed Woodpecker, crossbills, and difficult warblers.

We are sorry to hear that Captain John Norton of Puffin Tours in Jonesport has passed away. The Puffin Tours were started by his father, Barna Norton, in 1939! The family intends to carry on the tradition.

In September 2007, a new working group formed to finalize the Maine Birding Trail. Maine Audubon, the Maine Office of Tourism, The Maine Department of Conservation, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and trail founder Bob Duchesne have finished prioritizing sites and are finalized a new brochure to be published in late autumn of 2008, funded by a grant from the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund.

Copyright @ Robert S. Duchesne, July 2004. All rights reserved.


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