Acadia Birding Festival

Acadia Birding Festival The Acadia Birding Festival is an annual four day festival on Mount Desert Island, MAINE,Thursday-Sunday after Memorial Day.

Our mission is to bring birders together for birding field trips, talks, and camaraderie in a beautiful area with lots of birds. The Acadia Birding Festival is a 4 day event offering a variety of birding adventures. Come experience the birding wonders of Maine, from boreal to ocean – warblers, puffins,& more. We offer field trips, pelagic trips, paddling adventures, workshops, socials, & evening talks. Starts the Thursday after Memorial Day.

Welcome September! 
09/01/2026

Welcome September! 

It's hard to believe, but fall Migration is already in full swing! Check out birdcast.org for live maps, migration alert...
08/26/2026

It's hard to believe, but fall Migration is already in full swing! Check out birdcast.org for live maps, migration alerts, and forecasts, and sign up for Email Migration Alerts - https://birdcast.org/migration-tools/local-migration-alerts/. Dim lights at night, Treat your window by day to help migrating birds avoid glass collisions, and make it to their destination safely.

Spring migration is a wonderful yet distant memory and fall migration is full on, and warblers can be confusing especia...
08/24/2026

Spring migration is a wonderful yet distant memory and fall migration is full on, and warblers can be confusing especially in autumn.

Thanks for making “confusing fall warblers“ a little less confusing Bob!

Bird identification is different between spring and fall. Birds loo...

Welcome August!
08/01/2026

Welcome August!

Welcome July!
07/02/2026

Welcome July!

Welcome June! We are looking forward to the Summer Solstice!
06/01/2026

Welcome June! We are looking forward to the Summer Solstice!

The 2026 Acadia Birding Festival has been amazing!Check out this beautiful Lark Bunting found this morning 6/1/26 by A...
06/01/2026

The 2026 Acadia Birding Festival has been amazing!

Check out this beautiful Lark Bunting found this morning 6/1/26 by Adam and Gina Kent. If accepted, this will be the 4th State of Maine record! 

Staff Photos

2026 Acadia Birding Festival is underway. Check out this rarity! Yellow-crowned Night HeronStaff Photo
05/30/2026

2026 Acadia Birding Festival is underway. Check out this rarity!
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Staff Photo

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22 Village Green Way
Southwest Harbor, ME
04679

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