BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 16, 2025
Quit reading this. Grab your binoculars, and get outside. We’ve arrived at peak bird-finding season. Here are my top three places to go in the immediate Bangor area. Rolland F. Perry City Forest. If I could bird only one place in the area, it would be here. There are so many different trees at various heights that habitat is plentiful for every woodland bird. The Orono Bog Boardwalk offers an entirely different habitat for bog specialists. This boardwalk is as good as it gets. Essex Woods is my second favorite birding spot in Bangor. The walking path around the wetland is awesome for birding. Rounding out my top three: Caribou Bog Conservation Area in Orono. It was always good for birding. It’s now extraordinary, thanks to land trust efforts to reclaim the wetlands and improve the paths. ~ Bob Duchesne