New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is excited to announce the addition of 12 new locations to the New York State Birding Trail! The newest additions to the New York State Birding Trail bring the total number of sites on the trail to 402. The new additions provide a diversity of habitats that include forests, meadows, vernal pools, streams, and peat bogs. Although habitats vary across the locations, these sites offer great opportunities to observe seasonal migrating birds such as woodland warblers and flycatchers.
The newest additions to the Birding Trail in the Hudson Valley are:
The New York State Birding Trail is committed to offering an inclusive experience that encourages all visitors to experience birding. Several of the newest additions to the Birding Trail have a variety of wheelchair accessible features, including an accessible trail at Lime Hollow Nature Center that connects to an observation deck. A battery-powered, all-terrain Action TrackChair is also available at the Nature Center for visitor use.
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New additions to the birding trail are open for visitation. To learn more about the trails, hours of operation, accessibility features, and additional site details, visit the New York State Birding Trail map.
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