Birding spots · New Jersey

Best Birding Spots in Bergen County, New Jersey

Richard W de Korte Park leads Bergen County's birding spots with 261 species reported, best in spring. 74 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Richard W de Korte Park	261	10,095	127	219	169	205
Celery Farm	199	7,257	89	169	128	168
Losen Slote Park	186	1,252	77	165	82	150
Havemeyer Reservoir	184	3,689	81	166	107	149
Overpeck County Park	182	1,769	94	107	71	154
Mahwah Township Trail	171	1,179	71	151	94	121
Palisades Park	155	2,765	50	111	96	144
Teaneck Creek Conservancy	153	1,758	65	129	75	118
Parsons Pond Park	152	937	77	105	60	130
Oradell Reservoir	146	870	66	116	65	93
Lake Tappan	144	263	46	122	43	94
Richard W de Korte Park (Williams Creek)	141	410	59	107	79	91
Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary	134	660	37	118	62	82
Hackensack Meadowlands Preserve Area Parcel 2 - River Barge Park	133	889	70	87	66	74
Overpeck County Park (Teaneck Creek)	131	440	53	85	58	106
Haledon Reservoir	125	329	54	91	55	74
Ruckman Park Renaissance	119	899	49	98	69	85
Darlington Brook	118	346	46	103	61	66
Meadowlands Commission Trust Park	117	369	46	75	58	86
Fish Creek	114	364	46	66	68	50
Demarest Borough Wooded Lot	114	344	45	93	62	82
Overpeck County Park (Flat Rock Brook)	113	520	67	51	33	81
Tenefly Nature Center	111	477	25	105	54	57
Darlington County Park and Golf Course	110	404	41	84	41	77
Ramapo Mountain State Forest	106	157	29	71	63	47
Overpeck County Park (Palisades Park)	105	150	39	42	31	79
Crestwood Park	102	398	31	46	46	86
Pascack Brook County Park	102	334	48	77	50	64
Flat Rock Brook Nature Center	101	187	27	84	28	47
Campgaw Mountain Reservation	100	218	17	79	57	50
Van Saun County Park	99	329	37	81	52	54
Van Saun County Park (Herring Brook)	99	168	21	81	36	43
Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife	98	86	38	55	45	40
Saddle River County Park (Pehle Brook)	97	189	39	87	51	37
Hazard Beach	96	400	26	89	28	48
Brett Park	96	235	45	69	61	57
Maria W Andreas Memorial Park	95	200	33	65	50	77
Schlegel Lake	93	583	55	69	18	53
Saddle River County Park	90	410	37	77	34	38
Borgs Woods Nature Preserve	89	272	21	81	28	24
Saddle River County Park (Hohokus Brook)	87	316	32	72	56	32
James A McFaul Environmental Center	85	164	33	52	50	44
Camp Alpine	82	248	34	67	40	43
Silver Lake (Mill Brook)	81	192	29	59	49	46
Poplar Road Wildlife Sanctuary	77	135	18	64	39	24
Foschini Park	76	202	30	50	38	50
Smith Pond	72	65	30	55	19	29
Palisades Park (The Palisades)	71	73	20	52	29	27
Lorrimer Sanctuary	67	164	21	49	28	48
Glen Rock Borough Park	67	84	18	37	37	38