Spencer Pond Camps is not only a State Certified Environmental Leader but also a "Best Nest" on the The Maine Birding Trail. Our habitat is varied, our terrain is unfettered and uncrowded. Don't spend your birding vacation shuttling to different locations in the car, spend your time bird watching! Awaken to the sounds of the loons calling across the pond and echoing off the mountain. As dawn begins listen to the sounds of the spring warblers during migration greeting each other from the woods surrounding your own private cabin. Sit on your screened in porch with binoculars and spotting scope in hand and enjoy the variety of waterfowl that regularly makes it s appeaance in  front of the cabins. Wake up and fall asleep to the call of the North Woods- our common loons breed and nest each year on our pond. They keep the night air alive along with the sounds of owls, frogs, and coyotes. We also usually have baby mergansers, buffleheads, and canada geese for your to enjoy as they swim in a line behind their parents. Listen to the Merlins in spring as they construct and defend their nest just off the camp yard. Common campyard guests include Pine Grosbeaks, Cedar Waxwings, Spruce Grouse, Northern Flickers, Pileated Woodpeckers, Black-Capped Chickadees, and a plethora of wood warblers(Pine Warblers, Ovenbirds, Parulas, Blackt-hroated Blue and Black-throated green, Redstarts, Yellow, Common Yellow Throat, Magnolia, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, are just a few of the birds that are within earshot of your front porch!) . Enjoy finding Bicknell's Thrush, Boreal Chickadee, Spruce Grouse, and Canada Jay, and maybe even a black backed woodpecker all within close proximity to the camps. Sit back in your rocking chair and watch Bald Eagles and Osprey as they make forays over the pond. Venture out in a canoe for a chance to spot rails, wrens, swallows, bitterns, herons, snipe, and more. Take an early morning stroll directly from your cabin door on one of our well maintained hiking trails which offer a variety of habitat which will enable you to see an array of different species. In the fall see northern migrants appear - from shrikes, crossbills, snow buntings, evening grosbeaks, and snow geese, we never know what will appear during the migration! Christine Howe is a Registered Maine Guide, has a BS in Wildlife Ecology and previously worked as an ornithologist and park interpreter, she will gladly share her knowledge of local hotspots on a customized birding tour seeking out either those harder to find species or just teaching you the basics of woodland bird songs.

Spencer Pond Camps - Bird Checklist (word document)

Customized Birding Ecotours - sit in a blind and watch waterfowl on the pond

Read our blog - for our birding adventures and sightings over the year