Birding spots · Maine

Best Birding Spots in Penobscot County, Maine

City of Bangor leads Penobscot County's birding spots with 174 species reported, best in spring. 53 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
City of Bangor	174	2,579	14	148	148	136
City of Bangor (Stillwater Avenue)	157	374	15	143	110	99
Fields Pond Audubon Center	140	987	33	126	96	91
Gould Landing	133	813	19	83	75	93
Chester G Bridges Tennis Complex	132	1,035	43	93	60	104
Concert Park	130	472	16	93	61	98
East Branch Sebasticook River Reservoir (Corinna)	129	427	4	101	97	59
City Forest (southwest)	126	673	15	108	86	47
East Orrington	119	534	17	103	60	34
Plymouth Pond	117	539	5	78	85	50
City Forest	106	750	0	87	93	53
South Orrington	101	390	28	80	63	52
Sebasticook Lake	101	75	18	15	12	97
East Branch Sebasticook River Reservoir	100	827	18	51	42	82
Northeast Penjajawoc	100	207	10	83	67	46
Penobscot River Reservoir (historical)	96	250	20	65	53	70
Concert Park (southwest)	95	320	23	73	19	58
Spencer Meadow	95	259	31	66	63	41
Hirundo Wildlife Refuge	94	188	16	71	64	49
Marsh Island Nat Area	89	147	7	76	54	36
Penobscot River Reservoir	85	287	32	60	46	29
Stillwater River Reservoir	82	183	9	67	45	51
Alder Stream	81	159	0	58	47	29
Deasey Ponds	77	83	0	1	57	37
Dwight B. Demeret Forest (Marsh Island)	75	189	9	60	57	29
Waterfront Park	74	662	36	52	39	26
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	74	104	0	38	59	27
Caribou Bog - Penjajawoc - Phase III	74	50	3	53	45	22
Alder Stream (Spragues Mill)	71	154	0	35	35	32
Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge	70	122	17	55	29	8
Dwight B. Demeret Forest	65	246	15	51	45	32
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument (Wassataquoik Mountain)	65	85	0	19	60	12
West Penjajawoc Pres	64	57	0	58	39	0
Webster Park	61	206	35	47	18	14
Children's Garden	52	287	19	33	34	16
Fields Pond	50	72	10	24	15	5
West Market Square	36	181	13	27	26	10
Birding spot near Orono	181	2,981	33	154	138	140
Birding spot near Newport	128	621	2	36	39	111
Birding spot near Corinna	117	346	0	56	26	98
Birding spot near Brewer	108	1,083	30	99	38	19
Birding spot near Milford	106	386	26	77	71	50
Birding spot near Newport (Loon Island)	100	294	10	26	17	89
Birding spot near Veazie	93	377	13	70	54	53
Birding spot near Orono (Webster)	82	124	22	61	51	36
Birding spot near Bangor	81	293	14	44	51	39
Birding spot near Orono (Stillwater)	78	285	23	64	23	34
Birding spot near Bradley	63	67	9	45	11	34
Birding spot near Corinna (east)	57	130	2	28	4	41
Birding spot near Bangor (south)	50	111	3	22	28	19