Birding spots · Maine

Best Birding Spots in Waldo County, Maine

Long Cove leads Waldo County's birding spots with 204 species reported, best in fall. 42 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
Long Cove	204	2,744	52	169	151	179
Carlton Pond	120	197	0	79	104	32
Sandy Point	119	313	34	82	71	82
Belfast Reservoir Number Two	118	382	14	102	75	64
Sandy Point Wildlife Management Area	114	349	3	97	78	41
Mill Cove	107	399	31	62	77	59
Knights Corner	105	779	29	87	65	62
Fort Point State Park and Fort Pownal	102	215	29	56	71	72
Norton Pond	98	98	19	91	66	47
Howard L. Mendall Wma	95	359	16	74	60	25
Coombs Cove	90	89	8	38	70	37
Belfast Reservoir Number One	88	190	12	51	43	56
Richardson Memorial Preserve	88	94	10	49	72	36
Goose River Reservoir	87	308	43	57	46	45
Mill Brook	85	419	39	55	40	58
Moose Point State Park	84	223	31	60	54	50
Belfast (Passy) Rail Trail	78	121	17	54	47	39
Passagassawakeag River	77	453	38	50	37	37
Lincolnville	77	352	42	42	43	32
Unity	76	121	15	58	32	30
Duck Trap	75	177	31	43	40	34
Upper Mason Pond	74	137	0	63	11	9
Belfast Moosehead Lake Rail Line	74	92	9	64	38	15
Megunticook Lake	68	82	12	49	45	41
Lake St George State Park	58	63	4	19	39	25
Belfast Town Landing and Heritage Park	51	146	14	23	23	31
Belfast City Park	44	72	6	14	36	10
Mill Cove (Stockton Springs)	43	192	43	8	0	0
Ruggle's Park	42	71	32	8	8	4
Fort Point Cove	38	77	15	8	11	30
Birding spot near Unity (Sandy Stream)	166	711	26	145	121	120
Birding spot near Belfast	94	335	13	91	37	24
Birding spot near Belfast (west)	76	57	4	44	61	20
Birding spot near Unity (west)	74	66	2	70	47	0
Birding spot near Unity (Knox Corner)	69	410	28	41	30	34
Birding spot near Belfast (Piper Stream)	67	92	25	52	16	22
Birding spot near Camden	64	304	8	43	49	36
Birding spot near Unity (Bacon Brook)	64	120	16	30	0	60
Birding spot near Camden (Black Brook)	64	81	10	44	26	30
Birding spot near Unity (Mussey Brook)	59	56	0	48	26	3
Birding spot near Camden (Pendleton Point)	57	52	14	6	45	10
Birding spot near Unity (southeast)	43	52	8	0	28	27