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Explore All Bird Watching Sites in NYC & Vicinity
You can see birds in your backyard or local park, or you can see them in far-off and remote locations- finding them is part of the fun and New York City just happens to be on the fly-way for migratory birds as well as being a home to local species. Audobon Society has useful starter guides as well as app, book and binocular (affectionately known as “bins”) recommendations. Audobon’s NYC guide is useful too. Below is a (very incomplete) collection of spots where you might want to take the binoculars to…
Jump to Bird Watching Sites in: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Westchester, Long Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Upstate NY, Pennsylvania
MANHATTAN
BROOKLYN
- Coney Island Creek
- Marine Park Preserve
- Floyd Bennet Field
- Shirley Chisholm State Park
- Prospect Park
- Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
- Greenwood Cemetery
BRONX
- Pelham Bay Park
- Van Cortlandt Park
- NY Botanical Garden
- Wave Hill Public Garden
- Crotona Park
STATEN ISLAND
- Staten Island Greenbelt
- High Rock Park
- Staten Island Blue Belt
- Great Kills Park
- Wolfe’s Pond Park
- Mount Loretto State Forest
- Conference House Park
- Clove Lakes Park
- Freshkills Park
LONG ISLAND
- Centennial Gardens
- Cold Spring Harbor State Park
- Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Garden City Bird Sanctuary
- Elizabeth Morton Wildlife Refuge
- Robert Moses State Park
- Uplands Farm Sanctuary
- Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
- Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary
- Mashomack Preserve
- Montauk Point State Park
CONNECTICUT
- Stratford Point
- White Memorial Park
- East Rock Park
- Hammonasset Beach State Park
- Harkness Memorial State Park
- Yale Myers Forest
- Mansfield Hollow State Park
- Greenwich Audobon Center
NEW JERSEY
- Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
- Island Beach State Park
- Sandy Hook
- Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
- Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
- High Point State Park
- Stokes State Forest
- Clinton Wildlife Management Area
- Spruce Run Reservoir
- Heislerville Wildlife Management Area
- Garret Mountain Reservoir
PENNSYLVANIA
- Bald Eagle State Park
- Blue Knob State Park
- Codorus State Park
- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
- Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Ohiopyle State Park
- Promised Land State Park
- Samuel S Lewis State Park
- Second Mountain Hawk Watch
- Waggoner’s Gap Hawk Watch
- Delaware Water Gap
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USEFUL LINKS
- Audobon Society– Everything to do with bird watching, including guides to locations and gear suggestions…
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