Bird Watching

New York State Bird Conservation Area Program 

In 2008, the Catharine Creek Wildlife Management Area was named one of the State's Bird Conservation Areas. The site, one of the last remaining headwater marshes in the Finger Lakes, is a large emergent wetland at the southern end of Seneca Lake, between Watkins Glen and Montour Falls. 

For more information on the program visit:
DEC Bird Conservation Program

For more information on the Catharine Creek Bird Conservation Area visit: Catharine Creek BCA

Birding Areas in Schuyler County

Queen Catharine Marsh
Connecticut Hill Area
Finger Lakes National Forest
Arnot Forest
Sugar Hill Reforestation Area
Catharine Valley Trail
Watkins Glen State Park
Waneta & Lamoka Lakes

According to www.birding.com, there have be 459 bird species seen in New York.