Western New York Birding Site Guide

Alphabetical order

In the context of this web site, Western New York includes all the areas west of the larger Finger Lakes. Major geographic features that affect birding include Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, the Niagara River, the Genesee River Valley and the western portions of parts of the Allegany plateau. The clickable, interactive map is under construction.

There are really three dimensions which make up a complete bird-finding guide: locations, birds, and time of the year. Most printed bird-finding guides focus on the locations. The Birding Western New York's primary focus is the locations dimension as well. The sites are listed alphabetically below, but specifics on where to find local birds and the site recommendations to the Rochester and Buffalo area at a certain time of year are available as well. The more popular sites are denoted with a below.

Find you site quicker by selecting the first letter of the site name:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

  • 1000 Acre Swamp

  • Adam Beck
  • Add-En-On Kennels
  • Akron Reservoir
  • Allegany State Park
  • Allenburg Bog
  • Allens Creek Storm Runoff Ponds
  • Alma Pond, Allegany County
  • American Falls (Niagara River)
  • Amherst State Park
  • Aqua Lane
  • Armitage Road
  • ArtPark
  • Athol Springs
  • Attica Reservoir
  • Auto Loop

    B

  • Badgerow Park
  • Bank Road (Carlton Hill MUA)
  • The Barge (Niagara River, Canada)
  • Barker Bi-centennial Park
  • Bartel Road
  • Batavia Turf Farm
  • Batavia Wastewater Treatment Plant
  • Bear Creek DEC Fishing Access
  • Beck
  • Beatty Point
  • Beaver Meadow Audubon Center
  • Beaver Island State Park
  • Benning Marsh
  • Bergen Swamp
  • Big Sister Creek
  • Bird Island Pier
  • BirdSong Trail
  • Bird Swamp
  • Black Creek Park
  • Black Rock Canal
  • Bond Lake Park
  • Borrow Pits
  • Braddock Bay Complex
  • Braddock Bay
  • Broderick Park
  • Buck Pond
  • Buckhorn Island State Park
  • Buffalo Harbor
  • Buffalo Waterfront
  • Burgeson Sanctuary (Jamestown)
  • Burntship Creek
  • Bush Hill State Forest

    C

  • Caledonia (Spring Creek and Fish Hatchery)
  • Canadaway Creek Nature Sanctuary
  • Canadaway Creek State Wildlife Management Area
  • Canadice Lake
  • Canaseraga State Forest
  • Carncross Road
  • Carlton Hill MUA
  • Casey Road
  • Cayuga Lake
  • Cayuga Marsh
  • Cayuga Pool
  • Charlotte
  • Chautauqua Lake
  • Chestnut Ridge Park
  • Chimney Bluffs
  • Chippawa Channel
  • Clarence Turf Farms
  • Cobbs Hill Park
  • Conesus Inlet
  • Conesus Lake
  • Conesus Swamp
  • Conewango Valley (Conewango Swamp)
  • Conservatory (Niagara River, Canada)
  • Cotton Hill
  • Countryside Sand and Gravel Ponds
  • Craig Road
  • Cranberry Pond
  • Cummings Nature Center
  • Cuylerville Marsh
  • Cuylerville Pond

    D

  • Dayton
  • Deep Pond
  • Deer Lick Nature Sanctuary (Zoar Valley)
  • Delaware Park
  • Detection Systems Pond
  • Devil's Bathtub
  • Devil's Hole State Park (Niagara River)
  • Dewey-Latta Park
  • Dickerson Road
  • Dietz Road
  • Dishmill Creek
  • Ditch Road
  • Docksiders
  • Doran Road, Lima
  • Downtown (Rochester)
  • Dufferin Island (Niagara River, Canada)
  • Dumfries Street (Niagara River, Canada)
  • Dunkirk Airport
  • Dunkirk Harbor
  • Durand Eastman Park

    E

  • Eagle/Bliss/Pike
  • Eagle Bog
  • Earl W. Brydges Artpark
  • East Holland Bog
  • East Road
  • East Side of Letchworth
  • East Spit
  • Ellicott Creek (Williamsville Glen)
  • Ellison Park
  • Engineerium (Niagara River, Canada)
  • Erie County Forestry
  • Esker Brook Trail
  • Evangola State Park

    F

  • Falls (Niagara River)
  • Feeder Road
  • Fire Station
  • Fifth Road Sanctuary
  • Fisherman's parking lot
  • Flood Control Gates (Niagara River)
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
  • Forrestall Flats
  • Fort Erie
  • Fort Niagara
  • Fort Niagara State Park
  • Four Mile Creek State Park

    G

  • Ganondagon
  • Gate House (Niagara River, Canada)
  • Genesee Abbey
  • Genesee County Airport
  • Genesee County Park
  • Genesee Valley Greenway (Retsof)
  • Genesee Valley Park
  • Geneseo airfield
  • Geneseo Arboretum
  • George B. Taylor Wildlife Marsh
  • George Badgerow Park
  • Glen Park (Williamsville Glen)
  • Glor Road
  • Goat Island (gulls)
  • Goat Island (passerines)
  • Golden Hill State Park
  • Goose Pond
  • The Gorge (Niagara River)
  • Gouinlock's Pond
  • Gratwick Riverside Park along the Niagara River on NYS Routes 265 and 384 just north of Tonawanda
  • Grand Island
  • Gratwick Park on the Niagara River in Tonawanda
  • Greenhouse (Niagara River)
  • Groveland Flats
  • Gypsum Ponds

    H

  • Hamburg HawkWatch
  • Hamburg Town Park
  • Hamlin Beach
  • Hamlin Beach Campground
  • Hamlin Beach Lake Watch
  • Hamlin Beach State Park
  • Hanging Bog
  • Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area
  • Hartland Swamp
  • Harwood Lake
  • Hawk Watch Platform
  • Hemlock Knoll
  • Hemlock Lake
  • Hessenthaler Road
  • High Acres Landfill
  • Highland Park
  • Hincher Road
  • Hi-Tor
  • Hogan Point
  • Honeoye Lake
  • Hopkin's Point
  • Horseshoe Falls (Niagara River)
  • Howland's Island
  • Huckleberry Swamp
  • Hunter's Creek County Park

    I

  • Inducon Industrial Park
  • International Railroad Bridge
  • INWR Headquarters
  • Irondequoit Bay
  • Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
  • Ischua Dam
  • Island Cottage Woods

    J

  • Jaycox Creek
  • Jenkins Pond
  • Joseph Davis State Park

    K

  • Kaiser-Manitou
  • Keaney Swamp
  • Keg Creek
  • Krull Park

    L

  • Lake Alice
  • Lake Erie Ice Boom
  • Lake LaGrange
  • Lake Leroy
  • Lake Ontario Plains
  • Lakeshore Blvd
  • Lakeshore Marshes East WMA
  • Lakeshore Road
  • Lakeside Beach State Park
  • Lakeside Memorial Cemetery
  • LakeWatch
  • Lasalle Park
  • Lasalle Landing Park (Irondequoit Bay)
  • Letchworth State Park
  • Lewiston / Lewiston Boat Launch (Niagara River)
  • Lewiston overlook
  • Lewiston Reservoir
  • Lewis's Switch
  • Lima Road Pond
  • Little Beaver Island Pond
  • "Little Lakes" Area
  • Livingston County Park
  • Long Pond
  • Losson Park
  • Lost Nation State Forest
  • Lover's Lane
  • Lower Lake Road

    M

  • Machias
  • Maid of the Mist docks (Niagara River)
  • Main Blind
  • Main Pool (MNWR)
  • Mallard Overlook
  • Marl Room
  • Marshall Road
  • Mary Jemison Trail
  • May's Point Pool
  • Meadville Road
  • Mendon Ponds Park
  • Mendon Roost
  • Miller Road
  • Minkel Road
  • Minkel Road
  • Miscellaneous Cattauraugus County Sites
  • Miscellaneous Chautauqua County Sites
  • Miscellaneous Erie County Sites
  • Miscellaneous Lake Edge Sites
  • Miscellaneous Livingston County Sites
  • Miscellaneous Monroe County Sites
  • Miscellaneous Niagara County Sites
  • Miscellaneous Niagara River Sites
  • Miscellaneous Rochester Sites
  • Miscellaneous Wyoming County Sites
  • Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
  • MNWR Visitor's Center
  • MNWR Headquarters
  • Morgan Road
  • Motor Island
  • Mount Hope Cemetery
  • Mount Morris Dam
  • Mouth of Niagara River
  • Mucklands
  • The Mudlocks

    N

  • Nations Road Area
  • Navy Island
  • Niagara Falls
  • Niagara Falls International Airport
  • Niagara Reservation State Park
  • Niagara River (Exclusively geared towards gull watching)
  • Niagara River (not geared towards for gulls)
  • Niagara-on-the-Lake (Niagara River)
  • Nichol's Marina
  • North Spring Pool
  • Northern Montezuma Wetlands project
  • Northhampton Park
  • Northrup Creek
  • Norway Road

    O

  • Oak Openings
  • Oak Orchard Ridge Road
  • Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area
  • Oakland Rural Cemetery
  • Oatka Creek Park
  • Olcott Beach
  • Olcott Pier
  • Old Fort Niagara
  • Old Fort Niagara
  • Olga Fleisher Ornithological Foundation, Inc.
  • One Hundred Acre Pond
  • Onondaga Trail
  • Ontario Beach
  • Ontario County Park
  • Ontario Hydro Access Road (Niagara River)
  • Ontario Hydro Building (Niagara River)
  • Ossian State Forest
  • Owen Road
  • Owl Woods
  • Owlenburg Swamp

    P

  • Parade Grounds
  • Parking Lot #4
  • Peace Bridge
  • Pear Orchard
  • Perinton Ponds
  • Pfeiffer Nature Center
  • Point Breeze
  • Point Breeze
  • Potatoes Building
  • Powder Mill Park
  • Power Vista
  • Pultneyville

    Q

  • Quaker and Lower Lake Roads
  • Quaker Pond
  • Quaker Pond West Spit
  • Queenston / Queenston Boat Docks (Niagara River, Canada)

    R

  • Railroad Bridge (Niagara River)
  • Rainbow bridge (Niagara River)
  • Ransomville Road
  • Rattlesnake Hill Wildlife Management Area
  • Reed Road Swamp
  • Reservoir State Park (Robert Moses Hydro Reservoir)
  • Retsof Area
  • Rigney's Bluff
  • Ripley Hawk Watch
  • Ring-necked Marsh
  • River Road (Letchworth)
  • River Road (Retsof)
  • Robert Moses Hydro Plant
  • Robert Moses Hydro Reservoir
  • Rochester
  • Roemer Arboretum
  • Roger Tory Peterson Institute
  • Roots Tavern Road
  • Russell Station

    S

  • Salmon Creek
  • Sand docks (aka the sand pile) (Niagara River, Canada)
  • Sand Point
  • Sandy Bottoms
  • Savannah Mucklands
  • Sawyer Road
  • Seneca Landfill
  • Seneca Park
  • Shadigee
  • Shearing Road
  • Shoreacres
  • Silver Springs
  • Silver Lake
  • Sinking Ponds Nature Trail (East Aurora)
  • Sir Adam Beck
  • Sir Adam Beck - North Overlook
  • Slater Creek
  • Smithville Sewage Lagoons
  • Sodus Bay
  • Sodus Bluffs
  • Sodus Float Bridge
  • Sodus Pier
  • Sodus Point
  • Somerset Water Treatment Plant
  • Sonyea State Forest
  • Sour Springs Road
  • South Park Lake
  • Spanish Aero Car (Niagara River, Canada)
  • Sparrow Area
  • Spring Creek (Caledonia Fish Hatchery)
  • Squaw Island
  • Squaw Island Sewage Plant
  • Stafford Pond
  • Stid Hill WMA
  • Stiglmier Park
  • Stillson's Pond
  • Stillwater Road
  • Strawberry Island
  • Sturgeon Point
  • Summerville Pier
  • Sunset Beach (at Wilson)
  • Swallow Hollow Trail
  • Swift Hill State Forest

    T

  • Taylor Marsh
  • Thousand Acre Swamp
  • Tifft Nature Preserve
  • Tillman Wildlife Management Area
  • Times Beach
  • Tinkham Road
  • Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area
  • Torpy Hill
  • Towpath Road
  • Troutburg
  • Tschache Pool
  • Turning Point Park
  • Twin Cedars

    U

    V

  • Van Arsdale Pond
  • Van Lare WasteWater Treatment Plant
  • Visitor's Center (INWR)
  • Visitor's Center (MNWR)
  • Vitale Park

    W

  • Wakeman Road Pond
  • Waterman Swamp
  • Waterport
  • Webster Park
  • Wendt Beach State Park
  • West Bloomfield
  • West Esker
  • West Ferry Street
  • West Lakeshore
  • West Side of Letchworth
  • West Side Rowing Club
  • West Spit
  • Wethersfield Springs
  • Whirlpool (Niagara River)
  • Wildlife Drive (MNWR)
  • Williamsville Glen
  • Wilson-Tuscarora State Park
  • Wilson Pier
  • Windmill Marsh
  • Winton Plaza
  • Woodchuck Hollow
  • Woodlawn Beach State Park
  • Woods Marsh
  • Wyoming County Forest

    X

    Y

  • Yanty Creek Nature Trail
  • York Landing

    Z

  • Zoar Valley
  • Zoo Road

    Kingbird Region 3

    Ontario, Yates, Seneca Counties
    Miscellaneous site descriptions provided by the
    Eaton Birding Society (EBS). Consider visiting the EBS clickable map.

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