Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Onondaga County, New York

Lakeview Point leads Onondaga County's birding spots with 204 species reported, best in fall. 94 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
Lakeview Point	204	1,385	89	160	87	162
Three Rivers Wma	190	919	47	173	124	122
Onondaga Lake	187	832	84	149	90	151
Onondaga County Div of Land	185	657	38	158	87	143
County of Onondaga Land	170	705	41	144	95	96
Onondaga County Div of Land (Muskrat Bay)	169	579	28	117	78	128
Onondaga County Land	166	1,207	59	142	97	112
Green Lake	164	1,173	70	139	96	89
Erie Canal (Onondaga Creek)	156	604	65	87	76	110
Erie Canal (west 2)	153	601	61	100	74	116
Cedar Bay	150	768	30	137	79	71
Onondaga Lake Access	146	720	62	97	53	101
Hamlin Marsh Wma	145	808	18	135	63	89
Three Rivers Wma (west)	138	385	37	111	61	73
Labrador Hollow Unique Area	135	639	13	110	99	73
Onondaga County Land (Liverpool)	134	745	68	114	49	74
Pleasant Valley	130	379	28	112	83	59
Three Rivers Wma (southeast)	130	238	22	113	55	73
Three Rivers Wma (northeast)	129	186	18	113	65	55
Round Lake (Green Lake)	126	372	28	109	72	82
Morgan Hill State Forest	123	438	26	87	81	89
Onondaga County Div of Land (McKinley Ridge)	121	227	17	109	68	83
Three Rivers Wma (east)	119	134	26	97	70	44
Onondaga County Div of Land (Shephard Point)	119	132	20	97	18	48
Woodchuck Hill	118	351	24	93	71	71
Green Lakes State Park	117	184	19	107	56	51
Ley Creek	117	130	4	41	67	92
Erie Canal (west)	116	1,230	59	75	61	46
Ninemile Creek	116	142	47	79	61	57
Barry Park	114	777	30	103	63	60
Three Rivers Wma (northeast)	114	79	25	75	64	47
Baltimore Woods	112	384	29	99	66	68
Three Rivers Wma (east)	112	134	0	93	40	55
Old Erie Canal State Historic Park (Clark Hill)	111	296	31	77	61	69
Whiskey Hollow	109	430	8	107	68	23
Old Fly Marsh	107	226	12	78	52	56
Old Erie Canal State Historic Park	106	313	33	76	70	56
Cedar Bay (Clark Hill)	105	320	17	88	70	36
Three Rivers Wma (south)	105	104	0	97	49	21
City of Syr Parks-Thorden Land	104	267	20	90	18	78
County of Onondaga Parks & Rec Land	104	153	40	78	51	46
Three Rivers Wma (northwest)	99	143	8	85	31	32
Clark Reservation State Park	98	258	13	73	60	35
Onondaga County Land (Long Branch)	98	161	43	60	39	47
Onondaga County Land (Pratts Falls)	97	425	12	84	75	43
Baldwinsville	97	386	54	47	71	29
Onondaga County Land (Mud Lake)	94	151	24	73	52	40
Onondaga County Land (east)	93	121	56	63	39	34
Onondaga County Land (south)	93	107	13	84	41	24
Three Rivers Wma (southeast)	93	76	0	81	44	11