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Best Birding Spots in Okaloosa County, Florida

Mattie Kelly Park and Nature Walk leads Okaloosa County's birding spots with 109 species reported, best in spring. 27 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
Mattie Kelly Park and Nature Walk	109	322	69	80	36	68
Destin Harbor	92	215	60	59	37	64
Cinco Bayou	89	275	18	45	10	81
Henderson Beach State Park	88	338	45	51	32	46
Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park	75	175	58	40	15	43
Timber Lake	71	120	53	39	5	40
Trout Lake	69	171	48	33	31	35
White Point	67	102	40	45	10	24
Timber Lake (southwest)	64	91	24	30	5	27
Karick Lake	63	57	44	28	16	24
Twin Hills Park	57	104	39	37	23	38
Fort Walton Beach Park	51	105	32	23	16	16
Anderson Pond	49	60	19	22	4	31
Clement Taylor Park	48	70	22	23	24	17
Preston Hood Athletics Complex	47	93	42	13	0	28
Oak Tree Nature Preserve	38	50	10	24	9	10
Birding spot near Wright	206	1,815	121	147	94	175
Birding spot near Cinco Bayou	201	1,858	100	181	63	137
Birding spot near Wright (west)	150	602	98	86	63	102
Birding spot near Wright (southwest)	126	89	59	79	35	75
Birding spot near Destin	108	644	53	45	56	71
Birding spot near Wright (northwest)	85	128	45	26	13	74
Birding spot near Cinco Bayou (northwest)	59	69	32	32	14	18
Birding spot near Cinco Bayou (southeast)	45	91	16	27	23	13
Birding spot near Cinco Bayou (south)	36	115	23	16	19	24
Birding spot near Cinco Bayou (Fort Walton Beach)	34	64	21	22	12	3
Birding spot near Crestview	17	60	8	10	8	4