Locations
From Birding Wiki
These are location guides strictly from a birding point of view. I'm not going to attempt the wealth of potential tourist locations, either on- or off- the beaten track, or list good places to eat. What I'm trying to do is develop some "user" documentation of places to bird in the NYC metro area.
You should be aware that there are regional books that cover the same sort of issues - this site does not aim to replace these, because they are often invaluable resources. This site aims to supplement these via the online medium. I have planned birding trips in the past based almost solely around online resources, and NYC seems somewhat underserved in this regard. Like my original Central Park Birding site I've attempted to relieve this deficiency by providing my own material.
As far as the books are concerned, I own:
- The New York City Audubon Society Guide to Finding Birds in the Metropolitan Area (link to Amazon.com)
- A Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey (link to Amazon.com)
Both of which are excellent books and well-worth owning. I personally don't have much use for local field guides (birds of New York City or whatever titles they go under). Just pack the Eastern version of Sibley instead
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New York City
See the Wikipedia entry for New York City for general information about the city.
Manhattan
- Central Park
- Riverside Park
- Battery Park
- Inwood Hill Park
- Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters
- Bryant Park and other parks
Brooklyn
Queens
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is also partly within Queens
- Alley Pond Park
- Forest Park
- Fort Tilden and Riis Park
Staten Island
Bronx
New Jersey
General info: Wikipedia entry for New Jersey
Northern
- Garrett Mountain
- Allendale Celery Farm
- High Point State Park
- Layton and Delaware Water Gap
- Wallkill National Wildlife Refuge
Central
Southern
- Cape May
- Cape May Meadows
- Cape May State Park
- Higbee Beach
- Cape May Bird Observatory
- Jake's Landing
- Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge
- Manahawkin WMA
- Barnegat Light
- Salem County
NY: Long Island
- Jones Beach
- Point Lookout
- Hempstead Lake State Park
- Massapequa Preserve
- Montauk Point and State Park
NY: further afield
- Doodletown and Bear Mountain
- Croton Point Park
- Wallkill National Wildlife Refuge - NY
- Shawangunk National Wildlife Refuge
- Piermont Pier