Moreau Lake Bird Conservation Area
The Moreau Lake BCA is within Moreau Lake State Park. The Hudson River divides the Park into a northern portion in Warren County owned by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and managed by the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) and a southern portion in Saratoga County owned and administered by OPRHP. The site is also within Audubon's Moreau Lake Forest Important Bird Area. Hemlock-northern hardwood forest with associated beech-maple dominates the BCA. Much of the terrain is steep and rocky. There are about seven miles of shoreline along the Hudson River.
Moreau Lake BCA is a stopover site for Neotropical migratory songbirds, especially forest dwelling migrants during both spring and fall migrations. The site supports a diversity of birds associated with upland forest. It is also a significant wintering site for the state and federally threatened Bald Eagle; it regularly supports state threatened Pied-billed Grebe (possible breeder), Northern Harrier (spring and fall migration), and state species of special concern Cooper's Hawk (possible breeder) and Red-shouldered Hawk (probable breeder).
