Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Cayuga County, New York

Village of Fair Haven Land leads Cayuga County's birding spots with 209 species reported, best in spring. 42 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
Village of Fair Haven Land	209	827	53	174	85	144
Fair Haven Beach State Park	200	1,095	86	160	94	149
Cayuga County Real Property R Land	181	1,019	46	162	101	111
Cayuga County Real Property R Land (Owasco Inlet)	178	388	47	142	102	119
Northern Montezuma Wma (Howland)	177	298	30	145	104	144
Long Point State Park (Cayuga Lake)	158	552	58	133	69	93
Northern Montezuma Wma (Hickory Hill)	151	230	3	129	84	76
Mud Lock	123	531	62	82	66	70
Northern Montezuma Wma (Camel Island)	109	67	0	89	58	28
Northern Montezuma Wma (Crane Brook)	108	181	23	96	42	22
McIlroy	106	156	9	92	75	41
Summer Hill State Forest	102	148	17	62	72	54
Village of Cayuga Land	92	275	39	81	30	52
Paines Creek	92	146	17	73	55	23
Union Springs Village of Land (Frontenac Island)	90	203	45	80	31	12
Union Springs	89	158	22	70	51	21
Fillmore Glen State Park	87	164	0	70	65	19
Syracuse City Lands	85	74	35	42	53	23
Bear Swamp State Forest	85	63	10	52	60	35
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (Kipp Island)	81	120	0	43	65	20
Lake Como	67	53	22	31	33	37
Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area (Fox Ridge)	67	51	0	47	22	16
Summer Hill State Forest (southwest)	67	50	10	26	40	20
Summer Hill State Forest (northeast)	66	53	12	32	45	17
Union Springs Village of Land	65	216	46	45	12	27
Little Sodus Bay	60	66	47	33	0	6
Summer Hill State Forest (southeast)	58	58	17	12	41	16
Emerson Park	55	56	13	34	25	7
Auburn Reservoir	42	50	8	16	24	18
Birding spot near Savannah (Clark Hill)	135	209	25	107	78	99
Birding spot near Aurora (Stony Point)	112	236	47	91	42	47
Birding spot near Aurora (Little Creek)	83	302	49	63	7	23
Birding spot near Port Byron	82	214	15	76	0	25
Birding spot near Aurora	81	308	29	65	50	15
Birding spot near Union Springs	79	379	53	43	35	26
Birding spot near Aurora (Long Point)	75	59	33	53	3	17
Birding spot near Fair Haven	67	64	25	35	19	32
Birding spot near Aurora (Glen Creek)	53	50	14	28	5	15
Birding spot near Cayuga (Demont Creek)	52	57	40	34	5	2
Birding spot near Interlaken (east)	34	80	13	23	10	3
Birding spot near Moravia	29	67	20	0	0	28
Birding spot near Interlaken (Belltown)	24	68	23	6	0	0