Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Ontario County, New York

Hemlock-Canadice State Forest leads Ontario County's birding spots with 155 species reported, best in fall. 53 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
Hemlock-Canadice State Forest	155	365	37	105	85	108
Richmond Town of Land	151	591	63	123	74	96
Atwater Meadows	138	500	43	134	46	54
Geneva Town Lands	128	318	28	122	61	72
Hemlock-Canadice State Forest (northeast)	123	234	26	100	84	61
City Pier	110	1,787	52	93	54	40
Ganondagan State Historic Site	100	426	12	60	76	50
Geneva, City of Land (Castle Creek)	97	418	40	71	46	35
Woodville Boat Launch	96	451	54	70	48	23
Ontario Pathways Lands	91	149	27	80	22	34
Cumming Nature Center	90	139	16	63	78	40
Honeoye Inlet Wma	88	72	4	79	63	0
Lagoon Park	87	350	18	71	50	42
Fishers Park	87	85	16	83	28	31
Honeoye Creek Wma	83	135	22	69	57	5
Richard P. Outhouse Memorial Park	81	260	13	43	54	42
Hope Point	80	306	38	67	7	29
Wesley Hill	79	78	6	65	60	14
Ontario, County of Land	74	138	8	50	57	21
Harriet Hollister Spencer Recreation Area	73	99	4	57	68	12
Kershaw Park	70	196	18	37	29	28
Hemlock-Canadice State Forest (north)	70	54	10	46	37	17
High Tor Wma	70	54	8	60	43	5
301 Railroad Mills Road	69	131	22	64	44	34
Ontario County Parks Land (Greens Landing)	68	128	23	53	1	9
Newark Reservoir	68	75	28	58	22	7
Hemlock-Canadice State Forest (north)	67	81	20	49	22	14
Boughton Park Land	67	69	11	49	47	10
Orleans	61	58	15	50	27	12
Newark Reservoir (west)	59	71	12	48	24	11
Ontario County Parks Land	58	192	29	40	7	12
Maryfrancis Bluebird Haven Park & Trails	57	73	19	48	38	10
Lehigh Crossing Park & Trails	57	50	11	36	38	18
Canandaigua City of Land	53	141	20	35	23	14
Manchester	46	106	12	36	31	15
Town of Canandaigua Land	45	125	0	36	28	9
Sonnenberg Gardens	35	51	0	17	25	11
Canandaigua Lake Marine Park	31	51	6	13	23	3
Birding spot near Canandaigua	137	647	39	92	79	84
Birding spot near Phelps	109	280	14	108	35	32
Birding spot near Phelps (Seneca Castle)	103	200	18	87	49	23
Birding spot near Gorham	102	153	10	98	42	30
Birding spot near Honeoye	101	111	14	86	64	22
Birding spot near Phelps (northeast)	96	162	22	81	45	39
Birding spot near Hall	95	184	9	84	28	10
Birding spot near Canandaigua (Roseland Park)	89	177	24	78	40	36
Birding spot near Geneva (Castle Creek)	76	155	27	47	38	39
Birding spot near Bloomfield	65	131	17	44	47	5
Birding spot near Geneva	61	589	38	44	8	27
Birding spot near Palmyra	61	99	3	38	57	0