MAINE BIRDING TRAIL founder BOB DUCHESNE is available for private and group birding trips in Maine and Atlantic Canada. Bob has been a frequent trip leader for Maine Audubon for 20 years, and is particularly knowledgeable about Maine's most remote areas, with emphasis on Spruce Grouse, Black-backed Woodpecker, Boreal Chickadee and Bicknell's Thrush.  Discounts available to any organized Audubon, ABA, or other environmental groups. Trip planning a specialty.

Maine Audubon and its chapters offer many field trips, including some extended excursions worldwide. For chapter field trips, click on:

York County Audubon Society
Merrymeeting Audubon Society
Midcoast Audubon Society

Penobscot Valley Chapter
Downeast Audubon
Fundy Chapter

Derek Lovitch of the Wild Bird Center in Yarmouth leads custom birding tours for all experiences in groups of 1 to 100. Overnight trips available. Specialties include Bicknell's Thrush, Nelson's & Sharp-tailed Sparrows, boreal species, and migration hot spots such as Monhegan Island.


Downeast Nature
Tours

Downeast Nature Tours is owned by Michael J. Good, who has over 25 years experience studying the birds of North America and brings a wealth of knowledge about neotropical migrants and the avifauna of the Eastern United States. As a Registered Maine Guide, Michael has been guiding professionally for many years through his company Down East Nature Tours focusing on avian ecology in the Gulf of Maine bioregion.


Frank
Marenghi

Frank Marenghi leads specialized, personal tours for individuals or groups that are looking for that elusive lifer or just a great day in the field. He has been surveying and banding breeding birds professionally in Downeast Maine for the past five years.  Please call 207-263-8100 or e-mail frank_marenghi@hotmail.com to customize your own, all-season birding experience.

 

Scott Cronenweth

Scott Cronenweth specializes in finding Bicknell’s Thrush, Nelson’s and Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows, and other New England specialty birds. Scott regularly leads trips for Maine Audubon and other organizations, and guides private clients throughout Maine, northeastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Please contact Scott at (207) 752-0387 or visit www.naturalpathwalks.com for more information.


Rich MacDonald

Rich MacDonald is a licensed guide in Maine and New York. He leads birding trips around Mount Desert Island, Maine, and throughout the Adirondack Mountains. Trips are custom tailored for each client. Options include birding by foot, canoe, or kayak. Contact Rich at (207) 288-4205 or adkrich@prexar.com.
RAVEN Interpretive Wildlife Programs offers a varied selection of activities tailored to the special requirements of each individual or organization, providing historical and ecological insights into the unique environs of northern New England, centered in scenic Mount Washington Valley. Chris Lewey is a registered Maine Guide and annually leads birding trips for Maine Audubon


Ardea EcoExpeditions offers sea kayaking, birding and wildlife adventures in the "Secret Acadia" of the Schoodic Peninsula. Join Master Maine Guide, Darrin Kelly on a half/full day sea kayaking Acadia Ecotour including “Sunrise Kayak for Birders” focusing on seasonal migratory hotspots. Contact Darrin Kelly at 207-460 9731 info@ardea-ecoexpeditions.com  

Mark
Suomala
Mark Suomala operates a variety of scheduled and customized birding and natural history tours throughout the United States and to select international destinations. Based in New Hampshire, he is also available for private guiding throughout New England, including Maine. He regularly runs tours to Appledore Island in Maine.


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