Bird Watching Locations

A bird lovers haven

Rhode Island offers hundreds of acres of scrub and forest providing an opportunity to observe the coastal ecosystem. A typical coastline habitat is home to a wide variety of songbirds, shore birds, and wading birds.

Natural park lands offer hundreds of acres, featuring hiking trails, excellent bird-watching, and natural photography spots. Many parks offer blinds for observing and photographing nature.

Properties listed below are grouped by region, then alphabetical by property name. Clicking a property name will display additional information.

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Blackstone Valley & Northern Rhode Island

Addieville East Farm
Burrillville
Black Hut Management Area
Burrillville
Buck Hill Management Area
Burrillville
Durfee Hill Management Area
Glocester
Fort Nature Refuge
North Smithfield
George Washington Management Area
Glocester
Grace Note Farm Inn
Burrillville
Homestead Gardens
North Smithfield
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
Woonsocket
Joseph O. "Brock" Blanchard Memorial Management Area
Burrillville
Killingly Pond Management Area
Glocester
Lincoln Woods State Park
Lincoln
Monastery, The
Cumberland
Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge
Smithfield
World War II Memorial State Park
Woonsocket

Block Island

Block Island Greenways
New Shoreham
Block Island National Wildlife Refuge
New Shoreham
Lewis-Dickens Farm
New Shoreham
Nature Conservancy
New Shoreham
North Light
New Shoreham
Rodman's Hollow
New Shoreham

East Bay

Audubon Society of Rhode Island Enviromental Education Center
Bristol
Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
Bristol
Colt State Park
Bristol
East Bay Bike Path
East Providence
Hunt House, John
East Providence
Mt. Hope Farm
Bristol
Touisset Marsh Wildlife Refuge
Warren
Warren Town Hall
Warren

Newport County

Beavertail Lighthouse Museum
Jamestown
Cliff Walk
Newport
Conanicut Island
Jamestown
Dutch Island Management Area
Jamestown
Emile Ruecker Wildlife Refuge
Tiverton
Fort Barton
Tiverton
Gansett Cruises
Newport
Melville Pond Recreation Area
Portsmouth
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Portsmouth
Norman Bird Sanctuary and Museum
Middletown
Oakland Forest
Portsmouth
Prescott Farm
Middletown
Prudence-Patience Islands Management Area
Portsmouth
Rose Island Lighthouse
Newport
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
Middletown
Sakonnet Point Lighthouse
Little Compton
Sapowet Management Area
Tiverton
Second Beach/Sachuest Town Beach
Middletown
Simmons Mill Pond Management Area
Little Compton
Third Beach
Middletown
Watson Farm
Jamestown
Whitehall Museum House
Middletown

South County

Arcadia Management Area
Exeter
Big River Management Area
West Greenwich
Black Farm Management Area
Hopkinton
Burlingame Management Area
Charlestown
Carolina Management Area
Richmond
Casey Farm
North Kingstown
Coventry Greenway
Coventry
Davis Memorial Wildlife Refuge
North Kingstown
Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge
Exeter
George B. Parker Woodland
Coventry
Gilbert Stuart Birthplace
North Kingstown
Great Swamp Management Area
South Kingstown
John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge at Pettaquamscutt Cove
Narragansett
Kayak Today
South Kingstown
Kimball Wildlife Sanctuary
Charlestown
Long Pond Woods
Hopkinton
Newton Swamp Management Area
Westerly
Nicholas Farm Management Area
Coventry
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge
Charlestown
Ninigret Park
Charlestown
Pawtuxet River Greenway and Heritage Corridor
Coventry
Rockville Management Area
Hopkinton
Saugatucket River Greenway
South Kingstown
Smith's Castle
North Kingstown
Step Stone Falls
West Greenwich
Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge
South Kingstown
Whispering Pines Conference Center
West Greenwich
Wickaboxet Management Area
West Greenwich
William C. O'Neill Bike Path
South Kingstown
Woody Hill Management Area
Westerly

Warwick & West Bay

Eastern Mountain Sports Climbing School
Cranston
Foster Town House
Foster
John L. Curran Management Area
Cranston
Warwick City Park/Buttonwoods Beach
Warwick