Birding spots · Maine

Best Birding Spots in Knox County, Maine

R. Waldo Tyler Wildlife Management Area leads Knox County's birding spots with 191 species reported, best in spring. 55 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
R. Waldo Tyler Wildlife Management Area	191	3,511	35	150	143	128
Clark Island Preserve	140	513	43	112	87	95
Owls Head Light	114	598	41	78	68	62
Matinicus Island	113	109	0	78	49	65
Beech Hill	110	448	19	94	77	42
Metinic Island	110	263	0	86	73	16
Erickson Fields	109	229	11	90	67	67
Breakwater and Marie Reed Park	107	890	57	53	52	60
St. George River Access	100	154	15	89	54	47
Merryspring Foundation	97	255	15	84	58	36
Camden Hills State Park	96	365	3	64	68	49
Marshall Point	95	496	37	56	46	65
Seal Island	90	206	0	32	60	33
Lanes Island Preserve	89	127	14	40	64	33
Woolen Mill Park	86	130	32	49	54	23
Port Clyde Harbor	83	301	17	60	39	43
Birch Point State Park	83	221	25	54	51	51
Fish House Cove	83	89	17	28	58	43
Pond Swamp	81	68	0	5	79	7
Harbor Island	80	116	0	34	72	19
Crockett Point	75	310	35	43	31	47
Eastern Egg Rock	74	1,346	0	36	63	31
Chickawaukie Pond	73	465	39	34	26	54
Weskeag River	71	179	16	46	44	29
Matinicus Rock	71	133	0	22	51	16
Broad Cove (Beaverdam Brook)	69	161	27	39	40	48
Owls Head Harbor	67	216	48	29	22	17
Knox Mill Pond	62	300	27	31	41	35
Knox Mill Pond (Seabright Pond)	62	167	24	50	8	14
Elwell Point	57	83	17	25	30	24
Mosquito Harbor (Martinsville)	57	68	7	24	35	24
Aldermere Farm	56	69	4	42	13	25
Weskeag River (South Thomaston)	55	163	0	21	46	25
Harbor Park	53	254	27	29	31	26
Lilly Pond	52	143	34	25	22	25
Riverview Hayfields Preserve	52	91	9	34	29	23
Clam Cove	52	67	5	7	45	8
Mill River	51	65	21	18	23	25
Snow Marine Park	49	178	25	13	19	17
Cramer Park	49	92	32	29	15	3
Seven Tree Pond	49	85	17	31	18	11
Crockett Point (Lermond Cove)	47	139	25	23	24	15
Lermond Cove	46	109	27	23	13	18
Rockland Harbor	40	112	25	8	18	16
Atlantic Point	39	96	21	24	21	15
Knox Mill Pond (Camden)	29	82	29	0	0	17
Birding spot near Waldoboro (Clarry Hill)	113	557	24	65	68	80
Birding spot near Rockland	113	439	19	101	80	16
Birding spot near Rockland (southwest)	106	428	7	98	67	28
Birding spot near Thomaston (Fort Point)	91	117	10	68	57	56