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Best Birding Spots in Citrus County, Florida

Fort Island Beach leads Citrus County's birding spots with 186 species reported, best in spring. 31 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Fort Island Beach	186	1,372	120	145	81	116
Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge	126	484	102	97	29	60
Fort Cooper Lake	109	332	80	46	41	71
Fort Cooper State Park	105	306	75	84	43	72
Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area (southwest 2)	102	144	73	61	25	52
Crystal River Preserve State Park	100	201	44	63	33	61
Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park	95	221	69	61	31	49
Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area (southwest 3)	92	66	48	58	38	36
Hunter Spring Run	90	153	62	60	21	47
Fort Island Trail Park & Boat Ramp	89	301	64	61	31	46
Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge (Buzzard Island)	87	121	72	54	11	16
Bagley Cove	84	209	73	51	15	40
Bagley Cove (northwest)	84	192	63	62	35	49
Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park (Halls River)	81	191	55	63	24	40
Cooter Pond Park	81	144	56	47	26	50
Hunters Spring Park	80	123	61	55	1	41
Withlacoochee State Forest (northwest)	78	164	55	57	36	45
Crystal River Preserve State Park (south)	74	102	52	52	20	12
Withlacoochee State Trail	73	81	52	52	0	52
Withlacoochee State Forest (northwest)	71	99	51	55	1	28
Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park (west)	70	111	52	45	26	23
Crystal River Preserve State Park (Deer Creek)	68	67	47	44	14	5
Liberty Park	59	55	40	40	20	19
Chassahowitzka	58	64	40	37	2	28
Battle Creek	57	79	41	41	0	14
Crystal River Preserve State Park (south)	55	81	44	40	7	22
Bagley Cove (Miller Creek)	46	59	24	28	3	25
Little Coon Gap	43	58	30	12	1	25
Withlacoochee State Forest (west)	42	54	29	26	6	0
Coon Gap	39	79	29	11	17	18
Birding spot near Lecanto	71	54	63	4	0	28