Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Tompkins County, New York

Myers Point leads Tompkins County's birding spots with 222 species reported, best in spring. 222 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
Myers Point	222	5,989	93	196	141	178
Stewart Park	216	6,436	103	177	133	165
Myers Point Boat Launch	195	2,585	77	168	117	136
Allan H. Treman Marine Facility	189	1,788	96	141	93	141
Dryden Lake Multiple Use Area	185	1,935	57	163	99	127
Beebe Lake	182	3,835	60	157	101	153
Fall Creek	173	847	75	149	78	119
Beebe Lake (north)	167	1,607	56	148	104	149
Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve	165	1,145	30	152	118	124
Buttermilk Falls State Park	153	833	35	137	98	81
Six Mile Creek Natural Area	148	946	40	122	84	90
Stewart Park (Fall Creek)	147	662	59	126	78	82
Park Preserve	142	1,055	32	119	101	105
Goetchius Wetland Preserve	137	494	12	121	75	64
Danby State Forest	122	172	6	116	75	15
Mount Pleasant	121	502	34	91	71	74
Allan H. Treman Marine Facility (Cayuga Inlet)	120	476	64	76	65	64
Minnegar Brook	119	718	71	97	41	59
Dryden Lake Multiple Use Area (southeast)	119	138	15	86	62	56
Beebe Lake (southwest 2)	118	524	41	68	24	100
Ithaca Reservoir	114	574	36	85	71	75
Beebe Lake (northwest)	114	489	33	74	35	73
Renwick Brook	113	1,386	78	90	35	60
Shindagin Hollow State Forest	111	430	17	106	83	16
Park Preserve (northeast)	111	279	19	92	81	46
State Univ College of Agriculture and Life Scienc* (northwest)	111	141	31	80	61	56
Fuertes Bird Sanctuary	110	418	43	96	59	44
Alan Treman State Marine Park	109	222	49	79	54	56
Taughannock Falls State Park	107	373	38	73	77	43
Mundy Wildflower Garden	105	485	26	85	58	68
Varna	105	251	38	69	71	43
O.D. von Engeln Preserve at Malloryville	103	171	13	79	64	43
Six Mile Creek Natural Area (East Ithaca)	102	474	22	89	53	34
Village of Cayuga Heights Land	100	193	51	84	41	35
Genung Nature Preserve	100	175	14	78	57	37
Shindagin Hollow State Forest (southeast)	100	151	0	95	72	3
Shindagin Hollow State Forest (southeast)	99	233	0	92	74	26
Taughannock Falls State Park (Taughannock Point)	98	300	44	78	50	37
Beebe Lake (Comstock Knoll)	97	448	27	77	47	61
Cayuga Preventorium Lands	95	163	23	83	44	47
Ellis	94	547	24	82	62	46
Taughannock Falls State Park (northwest)	94	299	33	71	46	53
Beebe Lake (northwest)	93	664	32	67	47	49
Town of Dryden Land	93	165	21	63	62	47
Cass Park (Linderman Creek)	93	119	30	69	23	49
Stewart Park (Cascadilla Creek)	91	235	43	68	38	52
Williams Brook	91	234	55	75	18	35
Goetchius Wetland Preserve (Caroline)	89	115	0	79	41	30
Reynolds Game Farm	88	99	28	50	56	43
Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve (West Danby)	88	66	3	78	41	9