Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Dutchess County, New York

Van Keurens leads Dutchess County's birding spots with 173 species reported, best in spring. 117 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
Van Keurens	173	780	59	136	97	136
Tivoli Bays Wma	165	459	47	155	74	84
National Audubon Society Lands	160	596	53	140	87	116
Town of Poughkeepsie Land	154	1,081	30	149	77	98
Denning Point	153	932	56	124	80	126
Stonykill Environmental Education Center	142	893	45	79	72	135
Madam Brett Park	142	712	60	114	79	106
National Audubon Society Lands (Attlebury)	139	331	41	124	78	85
Ogden Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills Memorial State Park	137	836	39	128	83	90
Round Pond (Sharon Station)	137	293	19	127	88	49
Hammond Plaza	135	513	54	86	71	80
Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park (Indian Kill)	135	338	43	118	63	87
Thompson Pond Preserve	134	308	48	112	77	58
Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park	133	464	56	85	63	94
Halcyon Lake	132	1,462	43	109	85	67
Harlem Valley Rail Trail (Whitehouse Crossing)	129	76	28	104	67	67
Appalachian National Scenic Trail	129	74	38	89	79	78
Town of Union Vale Land	128	301	48	102	65	76
Town of LaGrange Land	126	463	44	88	63	85
Tivoli Bays Wma (Magdalen Island)	126	131	32	106	71	43
Tamarack Swamp	123	655	37	103	84	55
National Audubon Society Lands (Stissing)	123	262	19	114	78	43
Rhinecliff	122	444	41	89	60	61
Nuclear Lake	121	248	22	113	65	71
McKinney Pond	120	317	11	114	71	69
Taconic Hereford Multiple Use Area	117	204	16	114	60	19
Town of la Grange Land	115	523	62	65	60	68
Staatsburgh State Historic Site	115	397	49	99	62	69
Waterfront Park	113	818	61	62	71	49
James Baird State Park	113	358	70	86	49	38
Sylvan Lake	112	1,560	67	90	39	75
Snyder Swamp	111	210	3	107	43	54
Tivoli Bays Wma (north)	109	127	8	99	56	26
Dutchess County Bowdoin Park Land	107	349	54	86	70	58
Lake Walton	107	152	40	95	64	39
Depot Hill Multiple Use Area	106	329	8	42	74	89
Wappinger Lake (Wappingers Falls)	100	603	48	70	66	70
Hiller Brook	99	131	14	79	65	39
Stissing Pond	98	389	50	78	16	38
Wappinger Lake	95	662	34	57	54	75
Mary Flagler Cary Arboretum	95	225	0	83	56	25
Tivoli Bays Wma (Cruger Island)	94	54	2	85	27	0
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	93	185	25	69	65	32
Vanderburgh Cove	92	212	39	83	30	33
Lafayetteville Multiple Use Area	92	182	24	80	59	36
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	90	203	33	66	54	50
Stonykill Environmental Education Center (Verplanck Ridge)	90	99	21	38	49	68
County of Dutchess Land	89	155	24	84	63	25
Lake Walton (west)	89	73	21	54	48	51
Town of Clinton Land	87	110	23	75	56	28