The Adirondack Region of New York features some of the best 4-Season Birding in North America. Plan your next Adirondack birding adventure.
Fast Facts:
Over 220 Species of Birds
6 Million Acre Adirondack State Park
Over 80% of the wilderness east of the Mississippi
Over 3,000 Lakes and Ponds
Over 2,000 miles of hiking trails
Places to Go Birding
- Adirondack Region Birding Guide
- Huge list of Adirondack Birding Sites. Google Map technology, Report Sightings and Receive Alerts, Species Search.
- Adirondack Park Visitor Interpretive Centers
- Two Locations. Open Year-round, 9-5, Admission is Free.
Interpretive trails, Exhibits, Educational Programs, and Information Services.
Paul Smiths VIC: Route 30, 12 miles north of Saranac Lake
Newcomb VIC: Route 28N, 12 miles east of Long Lake - Region 5 Wildlife Management Areas
- 11 sites, Locator Map.
- Region 6 Wildlife Management Areas
- 14 Sites, Locator Map.
- The Lake Champlain Birding Trail
- 88 Birding Sites in the Lake Champlain Valley.
- New York State Parks - Empire Passport
- If you live in New York State or recreate here frequently, this is a real hot tip.
Enjoy the forests, the seashore, the lakefronts in your state parks...every day if you like, through all of New York State's beautiful seasons. Walk, picnic, bike...bring as many friends as your car holds! The Passport provides access to most of the 178 state parks, 55 Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) forest preserve areas, as well as to boat launch sites, arboretums and park preserves.
Available for only $59, the Passport can be used from April 1 to March 31 of the following year and pays for itself in 8 visits. A discounted rate of $50 is available for the purchase of a second passport, when purchased at the same time as the first passport, for a vehicle in the same household. This may be used on a boat, motorcycle or a second passenger vehicle.
Birding Events and Trips
Festivals, educational programs, and field trips in the Adirondacks.
- High Peaks Audubon Society Events and Trips
- Field Trips are Free and Open to the Public!!
- 2007 Great Adirondack Birding Celebration
- June 1-5, Paul Smiths VIC
"It will feature birding trips, lectures, workshops and the popular Teddy Roosevelt Birding Challenge. Some of the boreal species that birders will seek include the black-backed woodpecker, three-toed woodpecker, boreal chickadee, spruce grouse, Bicknell's thrush and a variety of migrating warblers." - Third Annual Adirondack Birding Festival
- June 2007, Hamilton County, Various Locations.
- Bird of Prey Presentations
- These free presentations feature live birds.
Paul Smiths VIC - held at noon daily from July 1 to Labor Day.
Birding Organizations
Adirondack Birding Resources
Find the birds, record your observations, share with the world.
- eBird || North America's destination for birding on the Web
- North America's premier destination for birding on the Web. Submit Observations, View and Explore Data, Online List Management.
- Northern New York Birds Group
- Northern New York Birds, recent sightings, alerts.
- Checklist of the Birds of New York State
- New York State Ornithological Association
- Checklist for New York
- Courtesy of Thayer Birding
- NYS Breeding Bird Atlas
- Use the Species Distribution Map. Incredible information.
- Free Hamilton County Birding Guide and Map
- Send for a free map of birding locations in Hamilton County and a guide of local species.
- Free Franklin County Birding Map and Guide
- Send for a free map of birding sites in Franklin County and guide of local species.
Recommended Books and Guides
Birds of the Adirondacks: A Field Guide
Descriptions of over 200 species.
Amazon Price: $16.95 (as of 11/21/2008) 
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
Compact and Comprehensive - this field guide sets the standard for excellence.
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 11/21/2008)
The Sibley Guide to Birds
"David Sibley's Guide to Birds is a Monumental Achievement"
This is the definitive reference book for birds.
Amazon Price: $23.10 (as of 11/21/2008)
Bull's Birds of New York State (Comstock Book)
"The "bible" of the state's birders since its publication."
Accounts of all 451 species on the official New York State checklist. 7 new maps--4 in full color--and 30 striking sketches by bird artist Dale Dyer.
Amazon Price: $36.52 (as of 11/21/2008)
A Field Guide to Bird Songs: Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides)
Need a dictionary of Avian calls?
Play it in your car or better yet, load it onto your portable player.
Amazon Price: $13.60 (as of 11/21/2008)
Audubon's Birds of America: The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio
"435 of Audubon's brilliant handcolored engravings in exquisite reproductions taken from the original plates of the Audubon Society's archival copy of the rare Double Elephant Folio." This is a classic.
Amazon Price: $116.55 (as of 11/21/2008)
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds--E: Eastern Region - Revised Edition
"Covering 508 bird species found east of the Rocky Mountains, 646 color photographs." This is an excellent field guide, it's the one I carry.
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 11/21/2008)
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