Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Westchester County, New York

Croton Point County Park leads Westchester County's birding spots with 233 species reported, best in spring. 136 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
Croton Point County Park	233	9,735	118	206	140	192
WESTCHESTER COUNTY Land	225	6,110	101	201	154	188
Edith G Read Natural Park and Wildlife Sanctuary *	214	4,617	122	169	99	171
Rockefeller State Park Preserve	176	3,943	75	160	124	152
Teatown Lake Reservation Land	156	1,111	55	136	91	119
Georges Island County Park	155	854	72	134	78	96
Wickers Creek	155	804	58	103	82	101
Sheldrake Lake	153	1,052	71	140	66	102
Hillview Reservoir	153	546	46	115	73	130
Ward Pound Ridge County Park	148	724	54	124	100	100
Tarrytown Lakes Park	147	1,414	66	128	66	108
Echo Canoe Boat Launch	145	2,664	73	114	94	80
Rockefeller State Park Preserve (Swan Lake)	145	810	50	122	85	106
COUNTY of WEST - PARK Land	144	450	58	122	87	99
Hillside Park	139	1,060	43	121	82	106
Oscawana County Park	138	598	45	126	70	66
Teatown Lake Reservation Land (Cliffdale Pond)	133	512	42	100	88	100
Lenoir Preserve	132	1,377	55	109	68	117
Frankcrest Pond	131	896	81	109	58	55
Tibbetts Brook County Park	131	427	49	107	66	83
Cranberry Lake Preserve	130	628	33	122	55	66
Ardsley-on-Hudson	128	200	50	100	58	85
Twin Lakes County Park	125	346	49	101	61	93
Crawbuckie Point	122	458	64	86	56	89
Muscoot Reservoir	122	317	46	94	67	79
Kensico Reservoir	120	261	52	66	58	59
Rockefeller State Park Preserve (Rockefeller Brook)	119	308	31	100	69	76
TOWN of SOMERS Land	118	382	21	103	83	71
Railroad Pond	117	458	39	101	63	71
TOWN of NEW CASTLE Land	115	586	50	91	53	87
Irvington Reservoir	115	174	28	87	51	84
Yorktown Heights	114	443	47	89	65	78
Rockefeller State Park Preserve (Archville)	114	384	56	93	58	57
Muscoot Fishing Access Area	114	253	57	86	58	67
Rye Nature Center	113	465	18	112	47	44
Fergusons Lake	111	207	32	83	55	73
Hommocks Conservation Area	110	495	46	80	63	75
Hilltop Hanover	110	350	46	88	57	67
Five Islands Park	109	456	60	74	61	70
Siscowit Reservoir	105	555	36	87	64	72
Blue Mountain Reservation County Park	105	182	34	83	42	56
New Croton Fishing Access Area	104	119	49	83	43	59
Otter Creek Preserve	103	191	43	79	48	44
Pinecliff Audubon Sanctuary	101	472	25	89	57	69
Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park	101	213	40	81	51	52
Silver Lake	101	209	39	78	62	62
VLG of CROTON Land	98	515	49	68	61	57
New Rochelle Water Lands	98	166	27	81	46	37
Cross River Reservoir	98	84	14	93	14	19
Nichols Preserve - the Nature Conservancy	95	111	25	72	48	52