Birding at Claybrook Mountain Lodge is unique because it’s located at the northern edge of the eastern deciduous forest and the southern edge of the boreal forest. Add to this the habitat mix, the extensive grasslands and marshlands a few miles to the south, and it’s easy to understand why birders consider this area one of Maine’s best inland birding hotspots. This trip will concentrate on Maine’s boreal specialties including Spruce Grouse, Black-backed Woodpecker, Olive-sided and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, Gray Jay,…

This trip will concentrate on Maine’s boreal specialties including Spruce Grouse, Black-backed Woodpecker, Olive-sided and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, Philadelphia Vireo, Gray Jay, Boreal Chickadee, Lincoln’s Sparrow and Bicknell’s Thrush. We will focus on biodiversity, taking time to enjoy the flora and fauna as well as seeking birds. Participants can expect to do some moderate hiking and optional canoeing. Limited participation. This trip can be combined with the Claybrook Mountain Lodge trip that precedes it for a full week of birding in…

We’ll explore a few spots for nesting warblers, other more northern specialties, and probably butterflies & dragonflies. Sites likely will include the northern slope of Mt. Watatic and Willard Brook State Forest.  Contact the leader for meeting place.

Join us as we charter a boat to Machias Seal Island to look for nesting Atlantic Puffins, Razorbills, Common Murres, and Arctic Tern, and explore numerous locations in scenic Washington County for boreal species such as Spruce Grouse, Boreal Chickadee, Gray Jay, Black-backed Woodpecker, crossbills, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and nesting warblers. We will also bird marshes for nesting Black Terns and Nelson’s and Saltmarsh Sparrows and search for Upland Sandpipers and other birds in the area’s extensive blueberry barrens.Four day trip…

Join Glenn on a 4-to-5-mile walk through a very birdy area with species ranging from Broad-winged Hawk to Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Blue-headed Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, and lots of stuff in between. (Maybe a moose or a bobcat!) Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird Club.

All the nesting birds will still be around, with good views of young out of the nest being fed by parents: Veery, Indigo Bunting, Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Bobolink, Wood Thrush, Baltimore Oriole, and Warblers. Expect to walk about 2 miles on trails through meadow and woods with some steep sections.

Beginners encouraged. A two-hour walk over easy to moderate trails in search of seasonal specialties. Boots advisable. These walks are co-sponsored by Halibut Point State Park.

We will walk the beach for shorebirds and nesting terns. Shorebird migration should be in full motion. Terns should be feeding almost-fledged young. Co-sponsored with the SSBC and Friends of Myles Standish State Forest.

We will search for resident migrant birds and as well as shorebirds.

We’ll start at Winthrop looking for peeps and White-rumped Sandpipers and move to Belle Isle Marsh to look for Stilt Sandpipers, dowitchers and possibly grassland birds like American Kestrel.