Acadia National Park, Maine Bird Watching

Acadia National Park located on the northeastern coast of the United States provides some of the most spectacular bird watching opportunities to be found in that area. Millions of visitors travel to Acadia each year to enjoy the variety of birds found in the Park.

Individuals, who enjoy bird watching known as birders, can find many varieties of birds in the ocean washed rocky cliffs, rugged hills, peaceful pastures and placid ponds of Acadia National Park. There is a good variety of both seabirds and nesting land birds in the Park.

Some of the birds, which can be seen on Mount Desert Island, include Osprey and Bald Eagles, Ravens and Ruffed Grouse. Black-capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Black-throated Blue and Black-and-white Warblers, Ovenbird, and Dark-eyed Junco can also be seen. During the spring months, the visitor can enjoy the call of the Common Loon and spot the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; Eastern Wood-Pewee; Alder and Least Flycatchers; Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Green, and Canada Warblers; and American Redstart.

If you take a short excursion on a boat out of Bar Harbor, you will be able to view a Greater, Sooty, and Manx Shearwaters; Wilson's Storm-Petrel; Northern Gannet; Double-crested and Great Cormorants; Common Eider; Osprey; Bald Eagle; Red-necked and Red Phalaropes; Razorbill; and Atlantic Puffin.

In and around Acadia National Park the avid birder can view many birds, which are not easily seen anywhere else in the United States.