Birding spots · Florida

Best Birding Spots in Marion County, Florida

Pine Oaks Preserve Disc Golf Course leads Marion County's birding spots with 159 species reported, best in fall. 49 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
Pine Oaks Preserve Disc Golf Course	159	1,648	115	123	78	133
Orange Creek Restoration Area	159	480	93	102	86	133
Carter Pond	155	1,678	101	117	89	134
Ocklawaha Prairie Restoration Area	148	317	100	108	73	107
Carney Island Recreation and Conservation Area	137	397	89	76	59	104
Sunnyhill Restoration Area	130	366	96	98	52	101
Heagy Burry Park	129	453	99	64	58	87
Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area (southwest)	126	269	93	86	65	88
Price's Scrub	123	468	63	86	62	97
Big Sun Youth Soccer League	118	255	71	76	50	78
Tuscawilla Park	109	533	76	83	56	62
Silver River State Park	105	460	69	84	57	77
Rainbow Springs State Park	103	319	63	74	50	63
Rainbow Springs State Park (southeast)	102	245	73	80	40	56
Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area	99	273	21	57	35	83
Ocala Regional Sportsplex	98	290	80	52	37	77
Silver Springs	97	490	69	72	46	61
Blue Run of Dunnellon Park	87	150	62	72	30	47
O'Nello Lake	86	452	49	68	42	55
Hopkins Prairie	86	111	65	51	0	43
Rotary Sportsplex	76	66	51	35	19	42
Rainbow Springs State Park (southeast)	73	90	55	27	9	47
Silver River State Park (northeast)	71	100	50	43	34	35
Hampton Beach	67	71	45	8	3	50
Ray Wayside Park	66	69	33	38	27	19
Indian Lake (west)	66	55	28	32	13	37
Ross Prairie	62	77	41	25	22	28
Ocala National Game Refuge	60	147	38	45	26	32
Moss Bluff Pond	60	58	36	44	13	0
Salt Springs	58	122	45	32	17	34
Paddock Park	56	80	20	16	0	47
Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area (Ocala Waterway)	55	134	37	28	28	29
Ocala National Game Refuge (Juniper Springs)	55	111	31	43	7	16
Ocala National Game Refuge (Silver Glen Springs)	55	81	39	29	5	30
Coehadjoe Park	53	56	26	31	20	30
Ocala National Game Refuge (southwest)	44	62	26	29	7	22
Silver Glen Springs	43	52	27	23	9	12
Birding spot near McIntosh (Hixon Island)	176	1,005	110	112	93	146
Birding spot near Ocala Estates	162	582	69	101	88	110
Birding spot near Belleview	105	337	71	55	45	79
Birding spot near The Villages (northwest)	101	270	78	78	54	61
Birding spot near Lady Lake (north)	93	213	68	54	27	60
Birding spot near Ocala	88	371	72	54	51	47
Birding spot near Ocala (northeast)	85	191	55	53	42	57
Birding spot near On Top of the World	77	156	49	41	33	37
Birding spot near Silver Springs	75	132	30	29	40	54
Birding spot near Ocklawaha	74	123	45	42	39	38
Birding spot near Ocala Estates (north)	68	67	17	19	28	42
Birding spot near Silver Springs (south)	39	59	0	37	0	12