Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Seneca County, New York

Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge leads Seneca County's birding spots with 231 species reported, best in spring. 68 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
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge	231	7,126	31	207	162	184
Montezuma Marshes Nnl	213	4,751	71	190	129	165
Seneca Lake State Park	210	2,268	89	162	113	165
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (northwest)	206	2,374	65	143	163	154
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (northwest 3)	197	517	19	134	146	150
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (northwest 2)	185	1,224	34	96	150	145
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (west)	179	1,715	37	162	117	92
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (Mays Point)	176	1,725	45	133	122	119
Black Lake (east)	166	798	23	140	112	110
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (northwest 4)	160	177	5	59	131	126
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (Montezuma Marsh)	155	700	29	136	80	106
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (south)	143	448	34	105	91	91
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (southwest)	142	465	28	122	75	113
Cayuga Lake State Park (southwest)	136	242	57	123	37	54
Sampson State Park	132	257	52	93	55	80
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (Munsons Corner)	128	519	10	101	84	33
Cayuga Lake State Park	124	513	67	103	43	57
Cayuga Lake State Park (southwest 2)	110	106	41	97	4	15
Willard Wma	109	101	15	64	54	61
Finger Lakes National Forest (east)	106	154	10	71	59	69
Geneva, City of Land	104	821	55	81	46	38
Frontenac Point	104	162	31	83	21	57
Black Lake (southeast)	103	239	0	65	70	53
Bishop	103	169	31	74	37	52
Black Lake (Montezuma Marsh)	103	133	18	61	54	54
Seneca Lake State Park (East Geneva)	98	180	48	79	42	32
Park	96	394	64	73	25	56
Sampson State Park (Indian Creek)	95	98	21	76	33	16
Town of Ovid Land	93	214	48	70	33	23
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (Black Lake)	91	178	0	57	62	49
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (Clyde River)	86	252	0	54	62	53
Montezuma Marshes Nnl (Kipp Island)	85	186	0	51	58	44
Erie Canal (Mays Point)	85	97	8	37	58	35
Montezuma Marshes Nnl (Mays Point)	84	244	3	55	58	38
Finger Lakes National Forest (Butcher Hill)	84	87	1	63	41	46
Finger Lakes National Forest (northwest)	81	59	0	65	58	16
Indian Creek	79	113	38	62	14	11
Deans Cove Boat Launch	75	188	43	59	11	23
Glass Factory Bay	74	244	11	60	2	39
Cayuga Lake State Park (southwest 3)	72	57	9	62	27	11
Finger Lakes National Forest (northwest)	70	73	0	40	58	0
Schuyler Creek	67	86	31	44	9	16
Lodi Point Marine Park	67	81	15	49	22	24
Cayuga-Seneca Canal	66	398	55	13	10	12
Montezuma Marsh	57	70	14	27	26	9
Oak Island Park	47	106	41	29	0	0
Canoga Springs	41	110	32	12	0	9
Birding spot near Seneca Falls (northwest)	138	332	40	91	69	101
Birding spot near Savannah (east)	126	665	52	114	13	23
Birding spot near Interlaken (south)	125	99	6	92	69	104