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Best Nests:
Birder-friendly Accommodations
Best Nests
are hotels, motels, inns, B&Bs, resorts, and sporting camps of all
styles and price ranges that merit recommendation because they:
- Are located close to sites on the Maine Birding
Trail.
- Offer excellent service and accommodations.
- Support nature-based tourism and the Maine Birding
Trail.
- Understand the unique needs of birders and provide
direction and assistance.
Tips for being birder-friendly:
Become a Maine
Environmental Leader through the
Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Post
the Green Lodging Certification prominently on the door and in the
lobby.
Birders in springtime are out early. Early breakfast options (or
at least coffee) score big points. Box lunch options are also very
popular.
Many of the birds that summer in Maine, winter in the tropics. Shade
grown coffee is something birders notice and appreciate.
Most birders will have their own binoculars and guidebooks, but
it doesn't hurt to have additional guides in the library or binoculars
in the lobby. Be aware of good local places to go birding, especially
parks, land trusts, wildlife sanctuaries, or even back roads and
trails.
Be aware of which birds are of particular interest to visiting birders.
Get involved with local land trusts or other conservation groups.
Hang bird feeders in prominent locations. Landscape with native
plants, especially those that attract birds.
Keep the cat indoors. |
The Maine Beaches
►Captain
Lord Mansion
►Atlantic
Birches Inn
Portland & Casco
Bay
►Courtyard
Marriott
►The
Pride Motel and Cottages
►Homewood
Suites by Hilton
►Inn
By The Sea
►The
James Place Inn
►White
Cedar Inn B&B
►Best
Western Freeport Inn
►Fairfield
Inn and Suites
Midcoast
►Bath
Hampton Inn
►Sebasco
Harbor Resort
►Rock
Gardens Inn
►Craignair
Inn
►Flagship
Inn
►Hampton
Inn & Suites
►Seaside
Inn
►Birchwood
Motel
►Mount
Battie Motel
Downeast & Acadia
►Old
Quarry Adventures
►Inn
On The Harbor
►Williams
Pond Lodge B & B
►Alamoosook
Lakeside Inn
►Twilite
Motel
►Primrose
Inn
►Ann's
Point Inn
►Bass
Harbor Cottages
►Oceanside
Meadows Inn
►Machias
Motor Inn
►Lubec
Bay Cottage
Maine Lakes & Mountains
►Ware
Street Inn
►Crocker
Pond House
Kennebec Valley
►Maple
Hill Farm
►Fairfield
Inn and Suites
►Attean
Lake Lodge
The Maine Highlands
►Courtyard
Marriott
►Milford
Motel - On The River
►Brewster
Inn
►Evergreen
Lodge
►Moosehead
Hills Cabins
►Spencer
Pond Camps
►The
Big Moose Inn
►New
England Outdoor Center
Aroostook County
►First
Settler's Lodge
►Northern
Door Inn
►Historic
Eagle Lake Sporting Camps
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