Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Columbia County, New York

Drowned Lands Swamp Conservation Area leads Columbia County's birding spots with 150 species reported, best in spring. 40 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
Drowned Lands Swamp Conservation Area	150	515	28	146	77	66
Open Space Institute Land	140	796	37	109	90	91
Columbia Land Conservancy Land	138	478	27	114	86	102
Lake Taghkanic State Park	121	267	28	117	72	49
Stockport Flats Estuarine Sanctuary	113	394	54	79	76	57
Greenport Conservation Area	112	180	36	90	74	48
Church Hill	108	227	17	100	59	59
Taconic State Park	101	129	31	90	47	30
Lewis A. Swyer Preserve	99	183	24	79	65	52
Nutten Hook State Tidal Wetland	98	209	41	64	52	62
Clermont State Historic Site	98	130	32	64	59	57
Harlem Valley Rail Trail	97	135	36	78	52	51
Columbia Land Conservancy Land (Ghent)	94	250	18	81	54	49
Copake Lake	90	411	43	63	27	64
Tonys Nose	90	195	26	76	51	52
Columbia Land Conservancy Land (The Knobit)	87	86	5	75	65	12
Pachaquack Preserve	83	215	34	69	50	29
Harlemville	76	121	5	63	58	36
Stockport Wma	71	127	33	51	30	28
Shad Swamp	71	66	2	41	47	22
Germantown, Town of Land	69	166	25	51	29	19
Germantown, Town of Land (Cheviot)	68	106	31	45	27	19
Taconic State Park (Cedar Brook)	57	52	8	31	44	10
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	55	65	13	42	33	6
City of Hudson Land	54	187	29	38	32	11
Robinson Pond (Taconic Shores)	50	76	25	38	0	28
Copake Lake (Center Hill)	36	62	13	13	0	26
Valatie	18	52	7	13	2	0
Birding spot near East Nassau	124	236	14	111	67	79
Birding spot near Stottville	122	373	40	92	76	68
Birding spot near Claverack-Red Mills	93	86	12	80	50	37
Birding spot near Valatie	92	380	25	79	56	36
Birding spot near Millerton (Round Ball Mountain)	89	54	0	79	47	23
Birding spot near Ghent	76	86	10	46	61	30
Birding spot near Copake Lake	70	226	12	51	32	41
Birding spot near Kinderhook	68	98	37	39	33	21
Birding spot near Valatie (Valatie Kill)	65	61	31	36	27	24
Birding spot near Copake Lake (Scutt Hill)	63	82	6	43	45	22
Birding spot near Chatham	54	58	15	44	10	7
Birding spot near Germantown	52	115	46	18	0	23