Region 3 - Ithaca and the Finger Lakes Region

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Finger Lakes Region

Kingbird Region is in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. The major metropolitan area is Ithaca, NY. Major water features area the Finger Lakes: Cayuga, Seneca, Keuka and Canandaigua - - and the Seneca River. The following Counties are in Region 3.

Cayuga County
Ontario County - eastern two-thirds
Schuyler County
Seneca County
Tompkins County
Yates County

Best Birding Sites

Major Sites

Seasonal Birding Guide

The Region 3 By Season describes the best places to bird in the Finger Lakes Region over the course of a year.

Alphabetical Listing of WikiBird pages in Region 3

Alphabetical Listing of all Named Birding Sites in Region

A newbie birder (or new-to-the-area birder) might able to find Towpath Road on a map, but can they find the Potatoes Building? The following is a list of all of the named birding spots, trails, ponds, creeks, etc as they are referred to by the local birders.

All Sites
- Auto loop (Montezuma NWR complex)
- Benning Marsh (Montezuma NWR complex)
- Cayuga Lake (Montezuma NWR complex)
- Cayuga Marsh (Montezuma NWR complex)
- East Road (Montezuma NWR complex)
- Esker Brook Trail (Montezuma NWR complex)
- Headquarters Building (Montezuma NWR complex)
- Hi-Tor ("Little Lakes" Area)
- Main Pool (Montezuma NWR complex)
- Marengo Swamp (Montezuma NWR complex - Galen WMA)
- May's Point Pool (Montezuma NWR complex)
- Montezuma
- Mudlocks (Montezuma NWR complex)
- North Spring Pool (Montezuma NWR complex)
- Seneca Landfill (Montezuma NWR complex)
- Towpath Road (Montezuma NWR complex)
- Tschache Pool (Montezuma NWR complex)
- Visitor's Center (Montezuma NWR complex)
- Wildlife Drive (Montezuma NWR complex)