NEW YORK
Key to abbreviations (used when appropriate)
D--the site can be birded from a car
E--some easy (low-impact) trails
G--guide or tour company willing to modify tours
W--the site has some wheelchair-accessible trails (includes E)
(Town name)--this is the closest town to the birding location

NEW YORK SITES

Adirondack Park Visitor Interpretive Center-(Newcomb)
http://www.adkvic.org/trails_n.html
http://www.adkvic.org/index.html
E

Adirondack Park Visitor Interpretive Center-(Paul Smith's)
http://www.adkvic.org/trails_ps.html
http://www.adkvic.org/index.html
W, E

Cayuga Nature Center (Ithaca)
http://www.cayuganaturecenter.org/
W, E

Central Park (New York City)
http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=programs_sports_birdi
ng
http://www.centralpark.com/
E, W

Cornell Lab of Ornithology (Ithaca)
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/About/BuildingAndSanctuary/index.html
W, E


Cranberry Lake Preserve (North Castle)
http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/naturecenters05/cranberry.htm
D

Croton Point (Croton-on-Hudson)
http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/ParksLocations02/CrotonPointPark.htm
http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/brochures/CrtnPtNatmain.htm
D, E, some W

Edith Read Sanctuary (Rye)
http://www.hras.org/wtobird/edith.html
http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/NatureCenters05/EdithRead.htm
E, W [portions-contact them]

Harlem Valley Rail Trail (Copake Falls)
http://www.hvrt.org/
W, E

International Paper John Dillon Park (Paul Smith's College)
http://www.paulsmiths.edu/pdf/dillon.pdf
http://www.paulsmiths.edu/
W, E

Jamaica Bay NWR (Queens/Brooklyn)
http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/jamaica.htm
http://www.nps.gov/archive/gate/jbu/jbu_nature.htm
E

Marshlands Conservancy (Rye)
http://www.westchestergov.com/Parks/NatureCenters05/Marshlands.htm
http://www.hras.org/wtobird/marshlan.html
E, W [portions]

Montezuma NWR (Auburn)
http://friendsofmontezuma.org/
D

Muscoot Farm (South Salem)
http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/Muscoot/mainMF.htm
D, E

Nuclear Lake (Pawling)
http://www.nynjtc.org/trails/pojo/2004/040429.html
E

Poets' Walk Park (Red Hook)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poets'_Walk_Park
http://www.hudsonrivervalley.com/index.cfm?section_id=6&page_id=108
E

Rails to Trails Conservancy--see USA Sites index--top of page in red

Read Sanctuary (Rye)
http://www.hras.org/wtobird/edith.html
http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/NatureCenters05/EdithRead.htm
E, W [portions-contact them]

Rockefeller Preserve (Pleasantville)
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=60
http://www.hras.org/wtobird/rockefel.html
D, E,  W

Rye Nature Center (Rye)
http://www.fieldtrip.com/ny/49675150.htm
E, Scooter accessible [not wheelchair]

Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary (Ithaca)
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/About/BuildingAndSanctuary/SapsuckerWoodsSanctu
ary.html
E, [W--only the lab buildings and viewing
windows--http://www.birds.cornell.edu/About/BuildingAndSanctuary/index.html]

Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge (Wallkill)
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/shawangunk/
W, E

Ward Pound Ridge (Pound Ridge)
http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/parkslocations02/WardPoundRidge.htm
http://www.hras.org/wtobird/ward.html
D