Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Niagara County, New York

Golden Hill State Park leads Niagara County's birding spots with 200 species reported, best in spring. 63 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
Golden Hill State Park	200	766	48	181	86	139
Wilson-Tuscarora State Park	182	764	64	155	96	126
Niagara County-Krull Park Land	182	710	61	145	85	129
Fort Niagara State Park	178	1,043	80	136	83	121
Niagara Falls State Park at Niagara Reservation	156	1,367	85	123	70	115
Tonawanda Wma (southeast 2)	143	209	16	131	79	32
Bond Lake	139	302	27	111	64	106
Golden Hill State Park (Golden Hill Creek)	134	94	12	100	42	63
Tonawanda Wma (south)	127	211	0	116	72	42
Tonawanda Wma (south 2)	125	149	0	82	90	60
Tonawanda Wma	122	385	1	78	79	56
Town of Porter Land	121	145	20	110	27	52
Niagara Falls State Park at Niagara Reservation (Three Sisters Islands)	120	888	80	74	49	64
Four Mile Creek State Park	118	118	23	104	43	51
Eighteenmile Creek	114	488	48	67	67	49
Bond Lake (west)	112	207	28	97	52	47
Bond Lake (Dickersonville)	109	119	23	69	47	75
Wilson Pier	107	494	40	75	67	44
Joseph Davis State Park	107	160	29	80	53	44
Niagara Falls State Park at Niagara Reservation (Prospect Point)	102	527	42	64	64	42
Tonawanda Wma (southeast 4)	101	90	1	75	44	60
Tonawanda Wma (southeast 3)	98	119	1	67	57	44
Tonawanda Wma (south 3)	98	91	0	82	56	47
Tonawanda Wma (south 5)	96	55	0	85	38	11
Stella Niagara	89	126	39	62	46	38
Earl W. Brydges Artpark	80	133	28	46	58	27
Whirlpool State Park	79	286	37	33	40	25
Tonawanda Wma (south 6)	79	55	0	52	17	47
Co of Niagara-General Land	78	71	5	62	38	25
Old Fort Niagara State Historic Site	76	125	41	30	39	26
Olcott	76	108	18	50	15	47
Fort Niagara State Park (Niagara River)	75	153	42	47	5	29
Tonawanda Wma (south 4)	74	61	0	42	33	44
Tuscarora Bay (Tugwells Island)	74	57	21	53	32	17
Niagara Falls State Park at Niagara Reservation (Terrapin Point)	73	203	41	41	36	26
Twelvemile Creek	68	70	12	29	50	21
City of North Tonawanda Land	67	866	30	54	42	25
Tonawanda Island	67	125	26	45	32	22
Town of Lockport Land	67	96	13	39	46	23
Devil's Hole State Park	63	213	30	23	33	25
Town of Cambria Land	61	51	21	37	26	28
Tuscarora Bay	60	109	25	33	25	35
Niagara Falls State Park at Niagara Reservation (north)	56	63	24	20	30	18
Pine Woods Park	54	71	8	46	15	13
Fisherman's Park	53	65	8	34	22	7
Prospect Point	48	80	18	17	24	11
Lasalle Waterfront Park	41	68	16	24	22	9
Earl W. Brydges Artpark (Fish Creek)	40	64	21	15	11	18
County Line	31	59	8	21	4	1
Lewiston	27	231	15	17	9	9