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Best Birding Spots in Washington County, Maine

Quoddy Head State Park leads Washington County's birding spots with 153 species reported, best in summer. 57 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
Quoddy Head State Park	153	1,024	30	82	125	91
Pigeon Hill Bay	138	462	20	86	112	77
Comstock Point	127	1,031	29	95	78	89
Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area	126	569	14	43	98	84
Boot Cove	113	423	11	70	90	47
Great Wass Island Preserve	109	200	15	55	83	56
Petit Manan Island	106	680	0	83	61	0
Roque Bluffs State Park	104	266	19	67	78	40
Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge	103	121	12	45	77	47
Hamilton Cove	98	148	11	59	59	55
Sipayik Trail	97	149	5	60	65	55
Grays Cove	96	130	0	27	87	45
Middle River Reservoir	92	187	12	17	74	39
Bog Brook Cove Preserve	85	106	15	47	51	38
Petit Manan Point	84	54	0	6	66	30
Broad Cove	83	192	0	39	69	41
Tyler Flowage (north)	83	78	0	64	56	4
West Branch Pleasant River Reservoir	82	126	2	42	57	29
Long Point Preserve	82	84	5	22	71	30
Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge	80	94	0	62	68	12
Carrying Place Cove	79	81	0	32	49	38
Cutler Coast	77	111	1	19	67	28
Chair Pond	77	66	1	19	51	45
Middle Magurrewock Marsh	70	183	1	47	42	31
Tyler Flowage	70	93	2	45	52	9
Middle Magurrewock Marsh (Saint Croix Junction)	68	60	0	51	42	5
Cobscook Bay	68	53	0	48	50	7
Upper Pond	67	63	0	24	56	14
Mowry Point	66	132	9	35	46	26
Little River	62	55	4	29	44	15
Shackford Head	61	60	0	18	49	21
Lubec	59	149	6	17	48	19
Hog Island (Clay Cove)	58	207	0	12	51	30
Eaton Cove	58	67	0	20	51	26
Johnson Bay	57	125	0	0	45	24
Upper Magurrewock Marsh	57	65	0	44	36	6
Overs Point	55	115	0	5	40	38
Tyler Flowage (Howard Mill Flowage)	53	78	0	30	40	14
Flat Bay	51	87	0	0	44	14
Flake Point Bar	50	56	5	0	39	22
Mahar Point	49	69	4	20	36	15
Schooner Cove	48	59	0	8	48	0
Gleason Point	46	94	18	22	15	24
Pennamaquan Wildlife Management Area	46	59	3	38	6	5
Middle River Reservoir (southwest)	45	100	5	7	31	22
Calais	45	72	12	24	27	9
Cutler Harbor	44	93	0	22	34	3
Steuben Harbor	43	123	0	10	33	23
Jasper Beach	43	64	4	13	25	8
Middle River Reservoir (Machias)	39	81	0	26	26	7