Kennebunk Plains - Birding

Kennebunk, Maine

Overall Experience:

I have visited the Kennebunk plains twice in the past year. The most recent time was a lovely mid-afternoon in July. It was 75 degrees and sunny. This particular visit we spent most of our time birding the Southern side of the plains off of the McGuire road down by the power lines. The best time to visit the area is June 1 through Mid-July.

7/7/2001

• Scarlet Tanager in flight
• Rufous-sided Towhee
• Song and Chipping Sparrows
• American Goldfinches
• Eastern Kingbirds
• Eastern Phoebe
• Eastern Bluebird
• Robins
• Catbird
• Cedar Waxwings
• Common Yellowthroat
• Rose Breasted Grosbeak
• Pine Warbler
• Prairie Warbler
• Black Billed Cuckoo, this siting was confirmed by a couple after we told them we thought we saw this bird. They hung around in the area long enough to confirm it.
• Eastern Meadowlarks on the Northern side of the plains at dusk.

Watch for these species in the Kennebunk Plains:

• Grasshopper Sparrows
• Upland Sandpipers
• Vesper Sparrows
• Horned Larks
• Bobolinks
• Blue Winged Warbler

In August and September, the Northern Blazing Star(a threatened plant species)is in bloom and turns the plains to a beautiful magenta.