Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch: Week 9
The 2024 Bradbury Mountain Spring Hawkcount has come to an end. The last week started out well with 66 hawks counted on 5/10. But,...
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Birdwalk Highlights for the 2024 Feathers Over Freeport!
Saturday, 4/27 at Bradbury Mountain State Park: Practice makes perfect, and so we spent a good amount of time practicing our recognition...
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Birdwalk Highlights for 4/20: Florida Lake Park -FALLOUT!
I usually refrain from going to the same place two weeks in a row, but Florida Lake Park in early spring is one of the more regular...
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Woodcocks Gone Wild Tour Report, 4/13/2024
After a long and successful run, we changed venues for 2024, hosting our Woodcocks Gone Wild evening on our new property in Durham....
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"Birdwatching in Maine: The Complete Site Guide" now available!
Updated Second Edition Birdwatching in Maine: The Complete Site Guide Edited by Derek J. Lovitch In 2017, Derek Lovitch, co-owner of...
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Our Very Own Bird-friendly Chocolate Bars!
We are excited to announce that we now have our very own chocolate bar! Made by our friends at BOHO Chocolate of Florence, MA, our...
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- Dec 7, 2023
Why There Are (or are not) Birds at Your Feeders Dec 2023 edition
Some of us are now reporting the return of at least some birds to the feeders as of the past couple of weeks. This is good news! But, not...
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- Nov 8, 2023
Our Statement in Opposition to a New Port on Sears Island, Searsport.
Background: https://friendsofsearsisland.org/wind-port-fact-sheet/ November 5, 2023 To whom it may concern, We are writing today to urge...
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- Oct 22, 2023
Birds of Casco Bay Tour report, 10/20/23
After postponing the tour due to dense fog, we found ourselves heading out on a perfect fall day we boarded the boat for our last ride of...
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- Sep 30, 2023
Why There are No Birds at Your Feeders Right Now (September 2023).
If you think it’s slow at your feeders right now, you are not alone. We are being swamped with reports and concerns here at Freeport Wild...
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- Aug 20, 2023
Birdwalk Highlights for 9/19: Bird Safe Open House Tour, Durham.
Our Saturday Morning Birdwalk this week took place on our property in Durham as part of our Bird Safe Open House event. It was a...
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- Aug 6, 2023
Birds of Casco Bay Tour with Seacoast Tours: Shorebird Special, 8/6/23
We confirmed American Oystercatchers breeding on Upper Green Island when we saw a downy chick (which ducked out of view in the vegetation...
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- Oct 9, 2022
Birds of Casco Bay Trips Report, 10/9/2022.
A cold and crisp morning was warming up nicely as we boarded the boat for our last ride of the season with our partner Seacoast Tours of...
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- May 20, 2022
Photos from Feathers Over Freeport
We had another very successful Feathers Over Freeport weekend on April 30th and May 1st at Bradbury Mountain and Wolfe's Neck Woods State...
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- May 15, 2022
Down East Adventures Spring Songbird Workshop 2022 Trip Report.
Our third annual Spring Songbird Workshop with our partners, Down East Adventures, took place in Portland’s Evergreen Cemetery on the...
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- Jul 22, 2021
Birdwatching in the news!
Derek was interviewed by Mallory Brooke for her Outside Edge series on WCSH6. You can see the piece here.
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- Jul 17, 2021
Puffin/Whale/Pelagic Cruise with Cap'n Fish's, Boothbay Harbor, 7/16 Tour Report
Our partnership with Cap'n Fish's Cruises out of Boothbay Harbor continued on Friday, 7/16 with a special edition of their regular...
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- Jun 11, 2021
Trip Report: "Mini-pelagic" with Cap'n Fish's Cruises
We had a fantastic tour out of Boothbay Harbor on the season's first "mini-pelagic". A visit to Eastern Egg Rock was supplemented with...
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- Jun 6, 2021
"Birds of Casco Bay" with Seacoast Tours Trip Report
Our first ever “Birds of Casco Bay” in partnership with Freeport’s own Seacoast Tours featured a rewarding escape from the heat on a...
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Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- Aug 17, 2020
Down East Adventures Shorebird Workshop Tour Report.
The new partnership between Freeport Wild Bird Supply and Down East Adventures finally got underway on August 12th, with our Shorebird...
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