Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Orleans County, New York

Lakeside Beach State Park leads Orleans County's birding spots with 190 species reported, best in spring. 24 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
Lakeside Beach State Park	190	1,060	51	168	117	146
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 4)	145	276	29	126	88	87
Oak Orchard Marine Park	142	700	65	96	78	64
Lakeside Beach State Park (Syren Creek)	137	142	14	111	75	63
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 3)	131	349	36	91	71	73
Oak Orchard Marine Park (Point Breeze)	130	154	39	103	53	55
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 2)	129	507	34	98	69	67
Lakeside Beach State Park (Rock Ledge Beach)	128	131	22	112	62	75
Town of Yates Land	125	94	19	113	28	14
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 5)	117	214	11	62	75	63
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 6)	99	199	7	84	43	37
Oak Orchard Wma (north)	98	99	7	92	28	29
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 7)	91	95	21	50	36	67
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 9)	79	51	0	74	33	8
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (West Alabama)	77	58	5	46	53	11
Shadigee	63	85	11	36	17	26
Glenwood Lake	56	73	23	26	34	25
Waterport Pond	56	62	14	33	17	11
Kendall Mills	39	52	0	0	39	0
Birding spot near Holley	103	105	0	100	71	0
Birding spot near Lyndonville	88	293	31	76	5	40
Birding spot near Medina	77	208	27	58	40	33
Birding spot near Lyndonville (Millers)	64	102	0	63	0	0
Birding spot near Albion	53	116	14	27	37	19