Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Saratoga County, New York

Erie Canal leads Saratoga County's birding spots with 190 species reported, best in spring. 66 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
Erie Canal	190	4,165	75	176	132	167
Bog Meadow Trail	161	1,014	27	148	97	118
Saratoga PLAN Land	151	1,205	43	126	86	86
Peebles Island State Park	136	707	47	109	92	94
Saratoga National Historical Park	129	424	38	105	84	70
Champlain Canal	127	734	53	100	70	63
City of Saratoga Springs Land	121	1,892	47	108	61	74
Saratoga Spa State Park	119	704	36	98	77	77
Old Red Spring	117	662	45	101	60	69
Town of Stillwater Land (Kroma Kill)	115	270	13	95	47	42
Saratoga Spa State Park (Geyser Brook)	112	274	10	94	47	89
Galway Lake	110	157	10	75	51	69
Town of Stillwater Land	103	637	52	68	37	68
Saratoga National Historical Park (Bemis Heights)	103	419	29	77	82	35
Town of Malta Land	103	203	17	85	61	50
Round Lake	101	805	33	91	40	51
Moreau Lake	99	266	10	81	67	44
Town of Clifton Park Land (Long Kill)	98	233	31	87	49	52
Erie Canal (Mohawk View)	98	174	29	67	57	58
Town of Ballston Land	96	254	20	87	47	32
Moreau Lake State Park	95	89	25	73	67	49
Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park	94	206	15	79	71	44
Champlain Canal (Quack Island)	93	330	31	51	66	45
Saratoga Sand Plains Wma	90	185	0	70	63	39
Stony Creek	89	126	21	73	32	32
Saratoga Lake	88	104	31	68	16	28
City of Saratoga Springs Land (East Ridge)	84	270	24	70	40	38
Blockhouse Park	83	418	46	46	42	44
Town of Clifton Park Land (north)	82	115	29	54	50	60
Pitney Meadows Community Farm	80	104	0	64	62	36
Germain	79	116	4	66	63	30
Saratoga PLAN Land (East Line)	79	76	1	64	43	12
Ballston Lake	79	56	4	68	29	26
Saratoga Spa State Park (Mourning Kill)	77	95	0	65	34	17
Saratoga PLAN Land (west)	74	67	13	56	59	12
Town of Clifton Park Land	73	365	38	58	43	53
Saratoga Lake Marine Park	72	284	40	55	5	8
Goat Island (northeast)	71	195	41	43	26	41
Saratoga PLAN Land (Elnora)	71	119	24	61	39	34
Lock 6 State Canal Park	70	169	41	36	41	33
Woods Hollow Nature Preserve	69	81	17	52	37	33
Town of Ballston Land (Ballston Center)	67	75	14	44	33	27
Ushers Road State Forest	66	159	24	59	39	31
Erie Canal (Dunsbach Ferry)	66	86	25	31	38	35
Archer Vly	65	78	2	44	31	14
Erie Canal (Crescent)	59	186	37	30	29	26
Lock 6 State Canal Park (east)	58	52	28	33	25	16
Peebles Island State Park (Lansingburgh)	57	98	33	35	31	30
Wilcox Lake Wild Forest	44	75	7	32	32	13
Congress Park	31	62	1	17	19	18