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Best Birding Spots in Indian River County, Florida

Sebastian Inlet State Park leads Indian River County's birding spots with 205 species reported, best in fall. 47 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
Sebastian Inlet State Park	205	2,023	91	145	76	168
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (Spratt Creek)	192	694	130	142	75	129
Captain Forster Hammock Preserve	148	668	58	116	32	95
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge	142	743	106	98	45	66
Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area	135	485	104	100	67	86
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (Spratt Point)	129	341	97	96	26	56
Flinn Tract Conservation Area	126	384	88	69	28	97
Blue Cypress Conservation Area	126	372	96	89	68	76
Round Island South Conservation Area	124	257	59	53	15	98
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (north)	120	208	85	72	14	57
St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park (southeast)	108	402	84	71	39	65
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (South Hole)	93	208	63	72	17	31
Blue Cypress Conservation Area (southeast)	92	168	66	55	34	61
Friendship Park	88	355	65	56	30	42
Sebastian Stormwater Park	86	180	44	57	13	61
Veterans Memorial Island Sanctuary	78	261	50	54	22	44
Wabasso Scrub Conservation Area	76	243	47	49	23	24
Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area	67	129	39	45	14	29
South Beach	64	167	38	40	25	24
Pine Island Bay	62	322	44	24	26	25
South County Regional Park (north)	58	116	24	38	31	7
Turtle Pen Slough	58	87	36	34	31	31
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (Collins Hole)	58	56	31	38	24	26
Wabasso Island	57	82	34	26	9	33
Easy Street Park	54	136	42	35	29	33
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (2)	54	65	28	25	23	24
Blue Cypress Conservation Area (southwest)	52	50	38	32	7	1
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (Egret Islands)	50	79	21	28	30	25
Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (Crawford Point)	46	73	23	18	11	17
Jaycee / Conn Beach	44	104	29	25	14	21
Spratt Creek	43	168	22	22	4	23
Humiston Beach	42	118	29	26	5	21
Round Island Oceanfront Park	42	76	22	11	15	10
Golden Sands Park	39	68	17	16	1	20
Wabasso Beach Park	38	128	19	18	0	23
Michael Creek	37	66	22	18	8	8
Macwilliam Boat Basin	35	62	19	14	11	11
Birding spot near West Vero Corridor	140	917	123	117	51	86
Birding spot near Florida Ridge	124	1,001	71	94	53	94
Birding spot near West Vero Corridor (east)	111	435	80	78	54	75
Birding spot near Fellsmere (southeast)	99	198	66	54	45	79
Birding spot near Florida Ridge (south)	76	307	59	44	44	46
Birding spot near Fellsmere (east)	73	84	62	35	23	41
Birding spot near Wabasso Beach	68	148	46	33	24	48
Birding spot near Indian River Shores (Indian River Narrows)	64	55	41	41	26	32
Birding spot near Yeehaw Junction (Blue Cypress Creek)	57	56	40	21	16	26
Birding spot near Wabasso	36	78	20	24	14	18