Links:

 

 

STORE RELATED:         

 

 

• Our Store Facebook Page - A public page with the latest information, photos, and much more

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• Birding Books by Derek J. Lovitch - The Facebook Page for Derek's Books. 

 

• Town of Freeport, Maine 

 

• Visit Freeport

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• Freeport Community Services

LOCAL AUDUBON SOCIETIES, BIRD CLUBS, AND LAND TRUSTS: 

• Merrymeeting Bay Audubon 

• Stanton Bird Club 

• York Country Audubon 

• Freeport Conservation Trust- Local land trust with info on miles of trails. ​

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• Royal River Conservation Trust 

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• Portland Trails- Some great places to bird in and around Portland 

BIRD CONSERVATION: 

• American Bird Conservancy 

• Backyard Wildlife Habitat 

• Biodiversity Research Institute 

• Birds and Cats 

• Birds and Collisions (Windows, towers, etc) 

• Birds and Global Warming 

• Boreal Songbird Initiative 

• Fatal Light Awareness Program - "FLAP" 

• Friends of Maine Seabird Islands 

• North American Bird Conservation Initiative 

• Partners In Flight 

• Project Puffin  

 

• Bring Birds Back - what you can do to help our declining bird populations

BIRDING: 

• Birding News - Sightings from Around the Country and beyond. 

• American Birding Association - homepage for the American Birding Association. 

• Conservation Birding - Lodges, reserves, and sites in the Tropics 

• Maine Birding Trail: Online Birding Guide 

• Maine State Parks and Public Lands 

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• Rangeley Birding Festival

ORNITHOLOGY: 

• Bird Banding Laboratory - About bird banding and how to report banded birds. 

• Hawk Migration Association of North America 

• Christmas Bird Count Info and Data 

• Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology - Great page including an online bird guide, nest box cams, and info about their research, citizen science, conservation, and education programs. 

• Ornithological Journals online - Search and read ornithological journals 

• Searchable Ornithological Research Archive 

 

•  Xeno-canto - Sharing bird sounds from throughout the world

INJURED BIRDS AND WILDLIFE: WHAT TO DO?

We keep a list of local rehab facilities at the store, call for more info. Also, check out these helpful sites:

 

• Avian Haven

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• The Center for Wildlife

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• The Chewonki Foundation

 

 
WEATHER, ETC: 

• Continental Wind Maps 

• Current Winds- in Maine 

• National Nexrad Radar Images - use for "birding by radar"

 

• ​Tides (Freeport) - Tide Chart

• Tides - Tide charts 

• Weather Observations at Portland- weather for every hour in the last 3 days. 

• Weather Underground - Good site for weather information 

• Wind Forecast- for Maine and Northeast 


OUR FRIENDS IN BUSINESS: ​

 

• Maine Brews Cruise​

 

• Mid-Coast Growers
   

• Bold Coast Charter Company-Trips to Machias Seal Island 

• Avocet Birding Courses - Workshops and Tours That Help Improve Your Birding.

• Tidewalk Designs - Landscape Designer Kathleen Fitzgerald. Specializes in natural and wildlife-friendly landscapes. 

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BLOGS: 

• ABA #Rare Blog - for the latest and greatest rarity reports. 

• David Sibley - bird identification and art website and blog. 

• The Gulls of Appledore Island 


OTHER COOL SITES: 

• Invasive Plants Atlas of New England 

 

• Native Plant Finder (with list of Host Species).

• Maine Damselfly and Dragonfly Survey - Includes survey info, Damselfly and Dragonfly Checklist and Distribution for Maine, and an online identification guide!​

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• Black Owned Maine - A directory for local, Maine-based Black-owned businesses.

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