Where to Bird
Check out 50 favorite birding spots recommended by Cornell Lab of Ornithology staff.
What makes them special- Geographic location
- Habitat description
- When to go
- Birds to look for
Our birding hotspots run the gamut from Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado to the more intimate Malloryville Nature Conservancy Preserve near Dryden, NY. Each of these areas offers the chance to see both rare and locally common birds in a beautiful natural setting.
Contributors to this list:
(BC) Ben Clock, Video Archivist, Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds (CC) Caren Cooper, Data Analyst, Bird Population Studies (JE) Jesse Ellis, Graduate Student, Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds (JF) John Fitzpatrick, Director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology (TG) Tim Gallagher, Editor-in-Chief, Living Bird (JG) Jeff Gerbracht, Website Developer, Information Technologies (WH) Wesley Hochachka, Assistant Director, Bird Population Studies (MP) Mike Powers, Project Leader, eBird (MR) Marie Read, Graphics Researcher, Education (SS) Scott Sutcliffe, Associate Director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology (CTH) Chris Tessaglia-Hymes, Data Analyst, Bioacoustics (AW) Allison Wells, Director, Communications and Marketing