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Best Birding Spots in Leon County, Florida

Lake Jackson leads Leon County's birding spots with 233 species reported, best in fall. 95 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
Lake Jackson	233	2,387	133	163	124	199
Rohden Cove	178	870	112	102	74	149
Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park	177	1,828	101	138	94	137
Lake Henrietta Park	174	1,017	114	119	74	136
Lake Elberta Park	173	2,091	134	117	69	151
Miccosukee Canopy Road Greenway	158	643	108	132	79	88
Gil Waters Preserve at Lake Munson	155	482	95	84	81	88
Van Brunt Arm	150	812	104	116	73	99
Piney Z Lake	145	781	90	105	79	110
J. R. Alford Greenway	139	638	88	106	71	116
Fred George Greenway	131	380	55	73	54	118
Lake Jackson (Brill Point)	130	483	88	77	65	73
Megginnis Arm	122	552	87	93	56	69
Guyte P Mccord Park	108	571	70	81	46	77
Megginnis Arm (Bellwood Estates)	107	382	59	58	36	78
Carr Lake	107	158	64	61	56	54
Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park	106	293	70	71	38	63
Harriman Circle Park	105	620	67	72	48	76
Apalachee Regional Park	104	110	58	77	35	56
A. J. Henry Park	98	171	66	58	25	47
Holley Pond	96	229	67	62	50	44
Lake Henrietta Park (south)	96	63	70	37	6	56
Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy	96	61	48	73	38	36
Waverly Pond	94	606	64	73	48	50
Debbie Lightsey Nature Park	91	165	55	53	25	67
Little Lake Jackson	88	229	56	61	43	42
Mallard Pond	88	82	41	66	36	14
Lake Kinsale	86	162	59	50	51	50
Lee Vause Park	86	77	46	44	28	32
L. Kirk Edwards Wildlife and Environmental Area	85	134	36	66	54	28
Megginnis Arm (southeast)	85	127	28	30	38	58
Lake Esther	82	159	47	49	36	44
Pedrick Pond	80	267	53	46	39	43
Chapman Pond	79	342	62	52	27	47
L. Kirk Edwards Wildlife and Environmental Area (Wood Sink)	79	98	41	43	44	36
Lake Ella Park	77	372	53	50	36	34
Rohden Cove (Fords Arm)	76	263	46	48	41	40
Lafayette Park & Sue Herndon Mccollum Community Center	76	208	45	55	26	47
Lake Leon	76	118	47	39	21	38
Lake Talquin State Forest (east)	76	90	14	55	47	27
Little Lake Jackson (north)	75	85	44	57	28	21
Lake Hiawatha	73	187	26	53	27	34
Lake Talquin State Forest (east)	72	64	25	27	24	45
Saint Peter	71	66	27	51	29	0
Cascades Park	66	169	34	45	33	30
Carter-Howell-Strong Park	66	98	51	43	15	26
Indian Head Acres Park	66	93	28	43	26	34
Sixmile Pond	65	79	29	51	28	17
Martha Wellman Park	63	68	37	36	18	30
Lee Park	62	85	35	39	29	36