Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Ulster County, New York

City of Kingston Land leads Ulster County's birding spots with 195 species reported, best in spring. 85 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
City of Kingston Land	195	1,420	85	167	87	117
Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge	164	5,492	82	141	120	121
Town of Esopus Land	161	938	64	85	97	120
Sleightsburgh Park	155	971	62	129	94	83
Waldo Smith Day Use Area	153	640	37	113	58	107
Nyquist-Harcourt Wildlife Sanctuary	151	997	65	130	80	108
Esopus Meadows Point	138	444	55	84	70	80
Hemlock Point	135	348	25	124	69	85
Juniper Flats Park	133	297	48	105	46	102
Kenneth L. Wilson Campground	132	602	45	121	86	65
City of Kingston Land (Rondout Creek)	123	391	54	84	64	72
Esopus Bend Nature Preserve	116	231	47	103	59	60
City of Kingston Land (Kingston Point)	114	641	55	84	50	50
Lake Minnewaska	112	481	22	73	78	61
Minnewaska State Park Preserve	112	334	5	94	80	76
Duck Pond	111	216	38	99	55	39
Kingston Landing Development L.L.C.	111	133	42	85	47	66
Duck Pond (west)	108	167	13	103	56	33
Mohonk Lake	106	329	21	90	61	53
Fourth Lake	105	168	36	83	56	57
Thorn Preserve- Catskill Center	103	386	35	72	66	66
Town of Shawangunk Land (Galeville)	96	518	42	76	61	52
Falling Waters Preserve	96	147	38	68	42	53
Bushkill	95	135	23	78	59	30
Town of Shawangunk Land	94	1,221	31	79	71	48
Ashokan Fishing Access Area	93	268	24	68	62	48
George Freer Park	92	452	54	75	30	37
Town of Gardiner Land	90	168	29	71	61	60
Black Creek	89	123	29	83	26	21
Mohonk Preserve (Bonticou Crag)	88	112	14	79	45	25
Kingston City W W Land	86	252	33	70	50	43
Louisa Pond	84	110	3	76	49	35
New Paltz	82	94	28	68	38	21
Plutarch	80	447	15	70	55	39
Mohonk Preserve (northeast)	80	125	22	63	55	39
Slide Mountain	78	162	3	32	70	10
Mohonk Preserve	78	159	0	22	42	60
Minnewaska State Park Preserve (Sams Point)	77	310	7	55	50	13
Tillson Lake	77	136	27	68	51	25
Town of Marbletown Land	77	91	32	72	21	13
Town of Gardiner Land (south)	74	93	47	46	6	5
Ashokan Reservoir	74	75	9	54	42	14
Onteora Lake	73	109	20	61	33	24
Stone Ridge Pond	66	274	48	51	0	29
Woodstock	63	104	14	39	44	18
Waldo Smith Day Use Area (Olivebridge)	63	78	8	32	37	28
Mohonk Preserve (Lake Minnewaska)	59	52	0	29	37	14
Town of Saugerties Land	58	213	38	51	0	2
Village of New Paltz Land	58	65	16	31	26	20
Mohonk Preserve (northwest)	56	68	2	19	14	35