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Pasco County Bird Watching at its Best

Ask this member a question. PascoCVB With nearly a dozen spots on the Great Florida Birding Trail, Pasco County is an excellent birding destination.
May 22, 2008
4.5 of 5 stars based on 1 vote
Pasco is home to more than 100,000 acres of public land to access and explore, with more than 325 species of birds. Pasco's coastal areas are an important resting and feeding area for migratory birds because so much coastline to the south has been developed. Public areas include county and state parks, Florida state trails and water management district recreational lands.
  • Category: Best of
  • Traveler type: Sightseeing, Active/Outdoors, Never been before
  • Appeals to: Singles, Families with small children, Families with teenagers, Large groups, Students, Active/adventure, Tourists
  • Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Tags: Birding, Parks, Rivers, Wilderness, Bird-watching
1. Crews Lake Wilderness Park
http://www.pascocountyfl.net/menu/index/parkindex.htm
With a tower overlooking Crews Lake, this park is a "must see" for viewing wintering waterfowl such as sandpipers, ring-necked ducks and migratory songbirds. There are bike trails, canoe access, a fishing pier, boardwalk and tent camping.
2. Werner Boyce Salt Springs State Park
http://www.floridastateparks.org/werner-boyce/
Encompassing nearly 3,500 acres, including four miles along the Gulf of Mexico, this vast park offers monthly bird walks, where visitors can observe shore birds, wading birds, raptors and migratory songbirds. There are trails and a boardwalk is planned.
3. Withlacoochee River Park
http://www.pascocountyfl.net/menu/index/parkindex.htm
This beautiful park features sandhill bluffs overlooking the Withlacoochee River. There are picnic shelters, restrooms and areas of prairie marsh and wetlands, as well as canoe and fishing access, nature trails and tent camping.
4. Green Swamp West
http://myfwc.com/recreation/cooperative/green_swamp.asp#west
This 37,000-acre site protects the Green Swamp and the Withlacoochee River. There are 42 miles of marked trails for biking and horse riding and more than 50 miles of the Florida National Scenic Trail pass this area. Primitive camping is available.
5. Robert K. Rees Park at Green Key
http://www.pascocountyfl.net/menu/index/parkindex.htm
With clapper rails, egrets and roseate spoonbills year-round, this peninsular park is a bird-lover's paradise. The park has 45 acres with a boardwalk, canoe and fishing access and beach area. In spring, there are remarkable songbird landfall events with the entrance gate being a key spot for hordes of birds in April.
6. Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park
http://www.pascocountyfl.net/menu/index/parkindex.htm
More than 8,000 acres of wilderness with bike and equestrian trails. The best birding is along the paved bike trail. Seasonal bird walks on the first Saturday of each month in good weather. Loaner optics are available at the nature center.
7. James E. Grey Preserve & Pithlachascotee River
This fairly new 100-acre park has a canoe launch and trail along the river with great views of eagles and osprey nests. Yellow-crowned night herons and limpkins can be seen by the water. Migrant birds like cedar waxwings can be seen in the tree canopy.
8. Key Vista Nature Park
http://www.pascocountyfl.net/menu/index/parkindex.htm
A small park with hiking trails through sand pine uplands, with observation tower and picnic areas. The tower overlooks mudflat areas where shorebirds and waders feed at low tide. Good spot to see wintering waterbirds.
9. Anclote Gulf Park
http://www.pascocountyfl.net/menu/index/parkindex.htm
Beach access with a long fishing pier, great for viewing wintering ducks, shore and wading birds, as well as terns, gulls, loons, grebes and kingbirds.
10. Anclote River Park
http://www.pascocountyfl.net/menu/index/parkindex.htm
The flats and shallows of the Anclote River are great for spotting egrets and plovers. Osprey and great horned owls next here as well.
11. Additional Resources
http://floridabirdingtrail.com/sites_west.htm
Or visit the Pasco County Tourism Office at www.visitpasco.net
 

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