Birdwatching in Maine

Preface xv Introduction: Why Go Birding in Maine? 1 Basics of Birding in Maine 3 How to Use This Book 5 American Birding Association Code of Birding Ethics 9 1 Y ork County 13 Derek Lovitch Y1 Fort Foster and Seapoint Beach 14 Y2 Mount Agamenticus 17 Y3 The Nubble (Cape Neddick) 18 Y4 Winter Alcid and Harlequin Duck Tour 20 Y5 Moody-Ogunquit Beach and Beach Plum Farm 22 Y6 Wells Marshes and Beaches 24 Y7 Wells Reserve at Laudholm 26 Y8 First Chance Whale Watch 27 Y9 Kennebunk Plains 28 Y10 Sanford Lagoons 31 Y11 Timber Point and Fortunes Rocks Beach 33 Y12 Biddeford Pool 35 Y13 Saco “Yacht Club” and Riverwalk 41 Y14 Pleasant Point Park 43 Y15 Waterboro Barrens Preserve 44 Y16 Killock Pond Road, and Maynard Marsh and Little Ossippee River Wildlife Management Areas 45 Y17 Sawyer Mountain Loop 48 2 C umberland County 51 Derek Lovitch C1 Scarborough Marsh 53 C2 Crescent Beach and Kettle Cove State Parks 60 C3 Dyer Point and Two Lights State Park 62 C4 Village Crossings and the Cape Elizabeth Greenbelt Trail 64 C5 Portland Harbor Winter Gull Loop 65 C6 The Eastern Promenade 68 C7 Back Cove 71 C8 Evergreen Cemetery and Other Urban Sites 73 C9 Capisic Pond Park 77 C10 Odyssey Whalewatch 78 C11 Casco Bay Islands (especially Peaks Island) and the Mailboat 80 C12 Riverbank Park and Westbrook Riverwalk 82 C13 Sebago Lake State Park and the Sebago Lake Loop 83 C14 Sandy Point Beach, Cousin’s Island 87 C15 “Greater Yarmouth Goose Fields” 89 C16 Old Town House Park 91 C17 Morgan Meadow Wildlife Management Area 92 C18 Bradbury Mountain State Park and Spring Hawk Watch 93 C19 Winslow Park and South Freeport 95 C20 Florida Lake Park 98 C21 Wharton Point to Simpson Point 100 C22 Harpswell Neck 102 C23 Bailey Island 105 3 O xford County 107 Kirk Betts O1 Brownfield Bog 109 O2 Pleasant Mountain 111 O3 Fryeburg Harbor Loop 112 O4 Heald and Bradley Ponds 114 O5 Streaked Mountain 115 O6 Virgil Parris Forest (Packard Trail) 116 O7 Norway Loop 116 O8 White Mountain National Forest 118 O9 Mount Will 119 O10 Rumford Whitecap Mountain 120 O11 Grafton Notch State Park 121 O12 Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge 122 4 A ndroscoggin County 125 Dan Nickerson AN1 Androscoggin River Tour, Durham to Lewiston 126 AN2 Beaver Park, Lisbon 129 AN3 Miller Park—Papermill Trail, Ricker Farm, and Androscoggin River Trails 131 AN4 The “Louie” Loop 133 AN5 Range Pond State Park 136 AN6 Lewiston-Auburn Parks and Trails 137 AN7 Auburn North Circuit 141 AN8 Sabattus Pond 144 5 S agadahoc County 149 John Berry SA1 Morse Mountain and Seawall Beach 151 SA2 Popham Beach State Park 152 SA 3 Reid State Park 155 SA4 New Meadows River 158 SA 5 Bath Landfill and Waterfront 158 SA6 Whiskeag Creek Trail (Sewall Woods and Thorne Head) 161 SA 7 Bradley Pond 162 SA8 Bisson’s Farm 163 SA 9 Cathance Preserve 164 SA10 Merrymeeting Bay (including the Mouth of the Abagadasset River) 165 SA11 Green Point Wildlife Management Area 168 6 L incoln County 171 Allison Childs Wells and Jeffrey V. Wells L1 Monhegan Island 172 L2 Boothbay Harbor Loop 177 L3 Cap’n Fish’s Whale Watch 178 L4 Boothbay Center Loop 179 L5 Ocean Point—Linekin Preserve Loop 181 L6 Pemaquid Point Loop 183 L7 Eastern Egg Rock via the Hardy Boat 186 L8 Schmid Preserve–Zak Preserve Loop 187 L9 Old Cedar Grove Road and Pownalborough Court House Trails 189 L10 Great Salt Bay Loop 191 L11 Dresden Bog Loop 194 L12 North Lincoln County Loop 196 7 K ennebec County 199 Herb Wilson KE1 Cobbosseecontee Lake 201 KE2 Vaughan Woods 202 KE3 Mill Park and Augusta State Airport (West Augusta) 203 KE4 Viles Arboretum 204 KE5 Hatch Hill Landfill 206 KE6 Messalonskee Lake 208 KE7 Sidney Bog 210 KE8 China Lake 211 KE9 Waterville Loop 213 KE10 Kennebec River 216 KE11 Kennebec Highlands Trails 217 KE12 River Road Farmlands 218 8 K nox County 221 Kristen Lindquist KX1 St. George River in Warren 222 KX2 Weskeag Marsh 223 KX3 Thomaston Waterfront 226 KX4 Owls Head Area Loop 228 KX5 Rockland Breakwater 230 KX6 Vinalhaven Island (and Ferry) 232 KX7 Chickawaukie Lake and Maces Pond 238 KX8 Clarry Hill 239 KX 9 Appleton Ridge to the Gibson Preserve 241 KX10 Beech Hill Preserve 243 KX11 Merryspring Nature Center 246 KX12 Camden Harbor 248 KX13 Camden Hills State Park 249 9 Waldo County 253 Seth Benz WO1 Fernald’s Neck Preserve 254 WO2 Ducktrap Harbor 256 WO3 Islesboro (Island) 257 WO4 Lake St. George State Park 260 WO5 James Dorso (Ruffingham Meadow) Wildlife Management Area 261 WO6 Belfast Tour 262 WO7 Head of Tide and Stover Preserves 266 WO8 Bog Brook Sanctuary / Sheepscot-Wellspring Land Alliance Properties 269 WO9 Frye Mountain State Wildlife Management Area 270 WO10 Sears Island 272 WO11 Cape Jellison Loop 276 WO12 Sandy Point Beach and Sandy Point Wildlife Management Area 278 WO13 Unity Area 279 WO14 Howard L. Mendall (Marsh Stream) Wildlife Management Area 283 10 Hancock County 285 Rich MacDonald H1 Deer Isle Tour 287 H2 Blue Hill Peninsula Tour 290 H3 Holbrook Island Sanctuary 292 H4 Acadia National Park Tour (including Park Loop Road) 295 H5 Mount Desert Island (West) Tour 301 H6 East Mount Desert Island Tour 304 H7 Bar Harbor Whale Watch 306 H8 Trenton 308 H9 Schoodic Peninsula Tour 309 H10 Great Pond Mountain Wildlands 311 H11 Ellsworth Tour 312 H12 Route 9, Airline Road (“the Airline”) and Stud Mill Road Tour 314 11 Franklin County 317 Kirk Betts F1 White Granite Park 319 F2 Foothills Land Conservancy 320 F3 Whistlestop Trail 321 F4 Mount Blue State Park 322 F5 Perham Stream Birding Trail 323 F6 Saddleback Mountain 324 F7 Rangeley Lakes 326 F8 Rangeley Loop Drive 328 F9 Bald Mountain 331 F10 Boy Scout Road and the Kennebago River 332 F11 Quill Hill 334 F12 Sugarloaf Area 335 F13 Burnt Mountain (aka Burnt Hill) 337 12 S omerset County 339 Ron Joseph SO 1 Mill Island Town Park 341 SO2 Shawmut Dam 342 SO3 Goodwill-Hinckley School Nature Trail, L. C. Bates Museum, and Kennebec Valley Community College Farm Fields 343 SO4 Madawaska Bog Wildlife Management Area 344 SO5 Gilman Pond Farm and Stream Inlet 345 SO6 Long Falls Dam Road 346 SO7 Moore Pond 350 13 P enobscot County 353 Luke Seitz PE1 Sebasticook Lake 354 PE2 Corinna Marsh 355 PE3 Plymouth Pond 357 PE4 Essex Woods 358 PE5 Bangor Waterfront Tour 359 PE6 Penjajawoc Marsh 361 PE7 Bangor City Forest and Orono Bog 362 PE8 University of Maine Campus 363 PE9 Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge 365 PE10 Stud Mill Road 366 14 W ashington County 369 Herb Wilson WN1 Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge 370 WN2 Southern Washington County Blueberry Barrens 371 WN3 Addison Marsh 372 WN4 Great Wass Island 372 WN5 Roque Bluffs State Park 374 WN6 Machias Loop 374 WN7 Machias Seal Island 376 WN8 Hamilton Cove and Boot Head Preserves 377 WN9 Lubec and the Lubec Bar and Flats 380 WN10 Quoddy Head State Park 383 WN11 Campobello Island 386 WN12 Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge: Edmunds Division 387 WN13 Pleasant Island–Eastport Loop 388 WN14 Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge: Baring Division 390 WN15 The Burn Road 391 15 P iscataquis County 393 Luke Seitz PS1 Shirley Bog Railroad Bed 395 PS2 Big Moose Mountain 397 PS3 Lily Bay State Park 398 PS4 Kokadjo Area 398 PS5 Golden Road 400 PS6 Harvester Road 401 PS7 Baxter State Park: Nesowadnehunk Campground 405 PS8 Baxter State Park: Roaring Brook Campground and Sandy Stream Pond 406 PS9 Baxter State Park: Mount Katahdin 407 16 A roostook County 411 Luke Seitz AR1 Mars Hill Pond 412 AR2 Masardis Area 413 AR3 Aroostook State Park 414 AR4 Lake Josephine 415 AR5 Christiana Reservoir 417 AR6 Collins Pond 418 AR 7 Limestone / Fort Fairfield Goose Tour 419 AR8 Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge 421 AR9 Stockholm–Van Buren Path 422 AR10 Muscovic Road 424 AR11 Sinclair Area 425 AR12 Square Lake Road 426 AR13 The North Maine Woods 429 17 S pecies Accounts 432 References 465 About the Editor and Contributors 467 Index of Bird Species 473