Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in St. Lawrence County, New York

Lower Lake leads St. Lawrence County's birding spots with 171 species reported, best in spring. 42 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
Lower Lake	171	476	18	144	100	124
Lower Lake (southwest)	164	467	17	111	83	100
Upper and Lower Lakes Wma	151	186	0	135	64	65
Wilson Hill Wma	135	380	15	82	89	89
Wilson Hill Wma (south)	133	291	10	89	70	90
Wilson Hill Wma (Wilson Hill Island)	132	144	0	82	92	61
Coles Creek State Park	123	373	34	92	47	73
Lower Lake (Indian Creek)	115	121	0	92	56	65
Norwood Lake	108	365	17	92	62	65
Town Line Pond	106	220	1	70	94	46
Lonesome Bay State Forest	104	70	12	99	64	0
Eskar Pond	103	1,308	22	93	61	48
Wilson Hill Wma (southwest)	103	88	0	61	74	41
Jacques Cartier State Park	99	113	30	67	38	35
Upper and Lower Lakes Wma (northeast)	98	111	3	81	52	23
Wilson Hill Wma (Coles Creek)	94	171	17	56	37	53
Norwood Lake (Fall Island)	87	149	17	49	57	43
Robinson Bay (Pollys Creek)	81	81	12	56	59	32
Upper and Lower Lakes Wma (Church Brook)	79	78	3	77	0	5
Robert Moses State Park (Lake Saint Lawrence)	78	121	42	32	35	33
Thousand Islands Land Trust Land	78	56	3	41	64	13
Barber Point	77	221	0	31	73	0
Hopsons Bay	77	75	19	45	42	18
Pollys Bay	72	141	30	42	31	26
Lake Saint Lawrence	67	191	41	40	10	19
Wanakena	67	133	16	36	50	18
Leonard Pond	66	62	6	36	54	9
Waddington Beach	60	80	16	41	26	17
Pollys Bay (Barnhart Island Beach)	58	86	18	39	30	14
Robinson Bay	58	84	34	20	20	9
Upper and Lower Lakes Wma (northeast)	57	50	0	41	12	6
Sucker Brook	49	111	12	29	6	22
Coles Creek State Park (southeast)	41	77	11	21	6	24
Town of Lisbon Land	27	65	21	18	0	5
Birding spot near Canton	159	970	41	136	91	116
Birding spot near Massena (Massena Beach)	159	127	28	75	87	126
Birding spot near Massena	128	363	29	71	75	100
Birding spot near Canton (Grannis Brook)	94	89	8	70	36	55
Birding spot near DeKalb Junction	84	91	0	7	71	37
Birding spot near Ogdensburg	74	113	31	46	38	17
Birding spot near Colton	64	51	4	43	34	9
Birding spot near Waddington	57	83	13	35	12	24