New Yorkwinter wildlife
Where is migrating and wintering wildlife in season in New York now?
No official report has come in for winter wildlife yet this season.
Checked Sep 30.
Your guide to New York
Plan from a town
Frost dates and what's in season nearby
Each place's usual timing in New York
- Montezuma Refuge: Fall shorebirds peak
peak in September (within a mid-August through mid-October shorebird season)
- Morton Refuge
Best viewing: Late October through early April
- Wertheim Refuge
Best viewing: Late October through early April
- Each place's usual timing from its own source: a peak only where the source names one (not a forecast)
Places by state
New York
- Montezuma RefugeIn its usual window
Usually September and March
- Morton RefugeStarts soon
Local timing: Late October through early April
- Wertheim RefugeStarts soon
Local timing: Late October through early April
Official reports
- Sep 30Park ServiceFees, hours, no feeding birds, the April–August beach closure, trail, platform and best months for waterfowlSource (opens U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Elizabeth A. Morton NWR: Visit Us in a new tab)
- Sep 30Park ServicePiping plovers (arrival and July use), terns and ospreysSource (opens U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Elizabeth A. Morton NWR: Species in a new tab)
- Sep 30Park ServiceTrails, hours, rules, restrooms, transit directions and the best months for waterfowlSource (opens U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wertheim NWR: Visit Us in a new tab)
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- Sep 30Park ServiceA river for all seasons: ospreys, box turtles, wood ducks, migrating tree swallows and winter waterfowl on the Carmans RiverSource (opens U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wertheim NWR: Species in a new tab)
- Sep 28Park ServiceSeasons of wildlife: spring geese and ducks, shorebirds early May to mid-June, warblers peak mid-May at Esker Brook, fall shorebirds and waterfowlSource (opens U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Montezuma NWR: Species (Seasons of Wildlife) in a new tab)
- Sep 28Park ServiceVisitor center, Wildlife Drive, trail closures, hours and rulesSource (opens U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Montezuma NWR: Visit Us in a new tab)
Questions people ask
Where can I see winter wildlife in New York?
We track 3 places: Montezuma Refuge, Morton Refuge (its season: Late October through early April) and Wertheim Refuge (its season: Late October through early April).
How do you track winter wildlife?
Each place moves through 4 stages: Birds arriving, Numbers building, Peak numbers and Birds departing. Every stage we show comes from a dated report with its source, and every forecast lists its sources.