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Best Birding Spots in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands leads Miami-Dade County's birding spots with 216 species reported, best in fall. 181 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
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	216	3,835	159	160	85	179
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	210	2,510	113	157	79	158
Crandon Beach	206	3,699	139	173	102	145
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands (west)	205	1,717	157	139	56	166
A D Barnes County Park	184	3,421	108	114	68	160
Hammock Lake	183	1,766	129	132	67	131
Everglades National Park (west 2)	175	1,212	134	117	78	121
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands (northeast)	172	1,393	129	101	43	131
Enchanted Lake	165	1,558	83	108	66	144
Deering Estate	165	982	103	96	72	127
Black Point Park and Marina	162	1,626	109	124	75	93
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands (north)	160	546	125	92	67	93
Brewer Park	159	2,938	106	128	67	104
Everglades National Park	157	3,780	129	126	59	93
Lake Catalina	157	1,015	85	90	65	124
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands (north)	155	551	107	94	74	129
Southern Glades	155	311	83	72	71	109
Republic Lake	148	1,790	98	84	66	128
Pinewoods Park	143	2,253	108	106	55	89
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden	136	1,243	91	105	48	103
Everglades National Park (west 3)	134	831	95	87	40	76
Everglades National Park (west 7)	134	256	92	65	72	84
West Lake	132	836	85	89	68	100
Amelia Earhart Park	132	317	66	79	59	110
Everglades National Park (west 4)	131	382	101	52	53	69
Everglades National Park (southwest 6)	130	243	93	67	49	89
Virginia Beach	128	469	92	93	64	85
Everglades National Park (northwest)	127	1,151	90	87	43	63
Mahogany Hammock	126	1,720	83	95	36	86
Everglades National Park (west 5)	126	324	98	65	35	77
Everglades National Park (west)	125	1,328	83	89	67	71
Everglades National Park (southwest 2)	124	1,103	98	77	27	73
Oleta River State Park	122	803	75	90	54	79
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	121	243	79	54	46	83
Kendale Lakes Park	120	665	79	70	50	107
Convoy Point	119	785	78	73	52	73
Coral Reef Park	116	820	77	79	48	73
Kendall Green Park	115	581	78	65	53	92
FIU Nature Preserve	114	345	62	56	40	89
Castellow Hammock Preserve	113	1,035	76	63	29	84
Snapper Creek Lake	111	988	87	83	50	67
South Point Park	111	513	79	60	42	72
Parachute Key	109	937	73	83	41	61
Robert King High Park	108	227	65	60	40	85
Everglades National Park (Paradise Key)	107	737	73	69	15	54
University Lake	105	529	78	68	45	75
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	104	274	68	65	45	82
Country Walk	103	222	66	55	36	69
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness Area	101	1,088	63	66	37	57
Pouratis Pond	101	983	76	74	29	31