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Best Birding Spots in Albany County, New York

Five Rivers Environmental Education Center leads Albany County's birding spots with 176 species reported, best in spring. 71 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
Five Rivers Environmental Education Center	176	4,788	66	160	112	142
Basic Creek Reservoir	164	888	41	128	73	126
Albany Pine Bush Preserve	151	1,418	39	130	107	133
Normansville	150	866	37	136	73	112
Henry Hudson Town Park	149	1,477	55	130	85	96
Albany County Land	135	675	26	125	69	79
Second Island	131	2,092	36	82	91	88
Albany Pine Bush Preserve (Westmere)	127	470	35	110	67	81
Town of Knox Land	116	324	22	103	80	58
Buckingham Pond Park	113	829	32	108	46	51
Colonie Town Park	113	517	40	76	64	83
Six Mile Waterworks Park	112	546	37	76	56	71
Corning City Preserve	107	683	40	87	42	47
Alcove Reservoir	107	319	39	89	35	55
Albany Pine Bush Preserve (southwest)	106	238	26	94	59	59
Rensselaer Lake	102	249	24	72	56	67
Frothingham Lake	100	215	33	92	46	39
Tivoli Park	98	191	25	63	53	73
White Birch Pond	97	119	14	90	41	19
Myosotis Lake	95	167	7	50	67	65
Colonie, Town of Land	94	138	23	78	28	35
Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail	92	301	46	84	6	50
Spawn Hollow	91	195	19	82	51	36
Albany Pine Bush Preserve (northwest)	91	168	14	64	69	46
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy Land (west)	91	113	12	81	50	33
Washington Park	90	481	31	82	40	54
Albany Pine Bush Preserve (west)	90	339	19	77	51	48
Rensselaerville State Forest	89	273	20	73	71	37
Albany Pine Bush Preserve (west)	87	228	19	62	58	50
Erie Canal (Crescent Station)	85	772	52	49	49	31
John Boyd Thacher State Park (northwest)	85	96	7	66	47	47
Thompsons Lake	84	136	16	52	42	54
Coeymans	81	564	39	64	41	36
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy Land (west)	81	69	14	75	36	16
John Boyd Thacher State Park (Mine Lot Falls)	80	74	5	73	28	14
Lawsons Lake County Park	77	82	12	64	32	22
John Boyd Thacher State Park	75	315	2	36	26	60
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy Land	75	130	24	61	41	47
Bear Swamp Preserve	74	146	13	66	52	15
Krum Kill	68	225	27	55	47	29
Jan Gowson Island	67	153	30	45	22	30
Cohoes Falls	66	180	17	18	56	19
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy Land (Copeland Hill)	65	63	2	49	32	25
Simmons Island	64	194	23	24	40	37
Watervliet Water Board Land	62	74	6	45	16	2
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy Land (Normansville)	61	104	17	52	28	32
Town of Bethlehem Land	60	91	8	42	32	23
Albany Pine Bush Preserve (southwest)	60	57	8	46	39	23
Erie Canal (northeast)	56	222	30	46	7	6
Hicks Pond	56	53	0	17	39	11