Ashokan Reservoir
New York · Northeast
About This Location
Ashokan Reservoir is a productive birding destination in New York, with 210 species recorded on eBird. This lake habitat attracts a wide variety of species among many others. Spring and fall migration bring waves of warblers and shorebirds through the area.
Location
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Surf Scoter
Melanitta perspicillata
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Eastern Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virens
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Mourning Dove
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Osprey
Fish Crow
European Starling
American Robin
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Bonaparte's Gull
Birding Tips
- 1
Scan the water surface methodically for diving ducks, loons, and grebes.
- 2
Check the shoreline and mudflats for shorebirds and wading birds.
- 3
Visit during mid-May for peak warbler migration.
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