One of my favorite Maine birders is Bob Duchesne. He has taken Flo and me on several day-long birding trips in search of boreal species in Northern Maine as well as a 4-day birding trip to Grand Manan, a Canadian island off the coast of Maine. He’s very knowledgable but also funny! He writes a regular column for the Bangor Daily News and has a YouTube channel you might enjoy.
This article was published just last week and has some great suggestions on how birders of every experience level can “up your birding game” in 2024. For me, I plan to increase the number of birds I can identify by sound! What is your goal?