Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Suffolk County, New York

Robert Moses State Park leads Suffolk County's birding spots with 252 species reported, best in fall. 375 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
Robert Moses State Park	252	3,701	104	184	143	220
Heckscher State Park	245	4,674	117	195	143	189
Cupsoque County Park	229	1,837	74	151	146	184
Sunken Meadow	223	2,403	117	180	111	175
Crab Meadow Beach Park	196	1,121	91	137	82	156
Setauket Millpond	181	2,272	76	151	95	149
Belmont Lake State Park	181	1,711	77	154	81	138
Connetquot River State Park Preserve	179	1,945	89	159	104	132
SUFFOLK COUNTYCOUNTY CENTER Land	178	565	69	148	90	104
Caumsett State Historic Park	177	959	80	124	95	121
Montauk Point	175	1,540	106	71	82	115
Flax Pond State Tidal Wetland	175	499	66	101	89	146
COUNTY of SUFFOLK Land	174	816	77	139	100	117
Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park	172	1,579	76	145	86	116
County of Suffolk Land	171	1,047	79	148	83	116
Suffolk County Land	169	2,219	60	128	108	139
SUFFOLK COUNTYDEPT of REAL ESTATE Land	168	686	74	79	89	127
Robert Moses State Park (Fire Island Inlet)	167	606	49	70	93	128
County of Suffolk Land (New Millpond)	166	862	80	120	94	121
Big Fish Creek Pond	161	626	71	128	93	94
Avalon Park and Preserve	159	834	69	130	79	108
Hallock State Park Preserve	159	575	80	119	80	125
Nissequogue River State Park	158	631	81	125	97	102
Robert Moses State Park (northeast)	158	350	12	37	60	149
W Scott Cameron Town Beach	157	1,158	39	77	111	120
Suffolk County Land (Orient Point)	157	898	82	91	90	111
Sagaponack Pond	155	657	79	64	88	97
Timber Point State Tidal Wetland	153	1,645	49	121	95	88
Suffolk County Park Land	153	372	54	133	67	107
Belmont Lake State Park (northwest)	152	1,090	75	119	72	105
Bayberry Dunes	152	310	12	94	95	122
Sammys Town Beach	151	1,089	67	101	90	118
West Meadow	151	834	80	94	83	92
Gilgo Beach Park	151	775	57	109	48	95
Elizabeth Alexandra Morton National Wildlife Refuge	148	806	64	116	90	102
Lazy Point	148	749	71	91	100	93
TOWN of BABYLON Land	146	272	66	57	42	104
Quogue Village Lands	143	882	64	123	79	85
Fresh Pond	143	419	63	114	81	83
Pine Neck Sanctuary	142	275	45	118	49	79
Fuchs Pond Preserve	141	601	47	130	37	78
State of New York Lands	141	412	74	89	71	98
Marion Lake	141	377	43	116	80	87
Captree State Park	140	1,784	42	115	85	78
Fireplace Neck State Tidal Wetland	140	439	49	101	83	102
East Cove	140	216	50	75	95	94
Camp Hero State Park (Money Pond)	139	323	54	89	55	104
Atlantic Ocean Beaches	138	554	65	78	78	101
Budds Pond	137	834	60	110	85	76
Fire Island National Seashore	136	279	49	66	51	101