Sandy Pond Outlet
New York · Northeast
About This Location
Sandy Pond Outlet is a productive birding destination in New York, with 267 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
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors
Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinus
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarum
Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Mallard
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Short-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Common Tern
Red-throated Loon
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Eastern Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
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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