Birders' and Kayakers' Ideal Spot!:
Bald eagles, osprey and other water birds are here on the property.
Key coastal species include the Atlantic Puffin, Black Guillemot, and the Common Eider. The American Woodcock is a secretive migratory upland game bird that can be seen here. Significant marsh and water birds include Common Snipes, Pied-billed Grebes, Virginia Rails, Least and American Bitterns, and Soras. Boreal Chickadees, Spruce Grouse, Black-backed Woodpeckers, and sometimes crossbills are representative of the variety of area's boreal species. Some two dozen species of nesting Warblers illustrate the many neo-tropical songbirds that migrate through eastern Maine or nest here sometime during the year. Specialized grassland nesting species, such as Bobolinks, Upland Sandpipers, and Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows, also can be found. Most bird species Down East can be found in a number of locations. (from The Down East Spring Birding Festival website). Hike the trail of the Birdsacre Sancutary in Ellsworth.
The Down East Spring Birding Festival includes one of WildBird's Top 50 Birding Hotspots, Machias Seal Island, which WildBird called 'the best location in America to see Atlantic Puffins'. Not only are there hundreds more Puffins on Machias Seal Island than on any other island off the Maine coast, Machias Seal Island is the only one of the islands on which visitors routinely can land (from The Down East Spring Birding Festival website)
Kayaker's Heaven:
This property has beach access to Patten Bay and Kayaks are included in the rental. It's just a short walk to launch your kayak, where you can watch for Harbor seals, bald eagles and many more wildlife sitings.
For the adventurous, try out the Windsurfer!
Other Activities:
Fabulous hiking
