Birding Sites and Checklist
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Birding Sites in Hernando County is designed to help local and visiting birders by indicating the localities and times of year when birds are most likely to be found in Hernando County. The guide also describes the area's principal habitats and provides directions to the places where birds can generally be observed.
The information was compiled by Hernando Audubon Society members. You can download a PDF copy of Birding Sites in Hernando County by clicking on the icon at the left.
Printed copies are also generally available at our meetings or from:
Florida's Adventure Coast Visitors Bureau
205 E. Fort Dade Ave., Brooksville, FL 34601.
The bureau's telephone numbers are: 352-754-4405 and 800-601-4580.
If you see any unusual birds in this area, please report to eBird at https://ebird.org/home, or email hernandoaudubonpresident@gmail.com with details about the species, location, and date of the sighting.
Ron Smith has compiled a comprehensive list of the bird species that have been reported in Hernando County. His sources include eBird submissions (through mid-July 2026), Stevenson & Anderson’s TheBirdlife of Florida (1998), An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the WeekiwacheePreserve (C.Black, reports through February 2011), and information gleaned from the results of the 2016 Hernando County Breeding Bird Atlas (Florida Ornithological Society, 2016). This list is up to date through July 2026. You can download a PDF copy of this list by clicking on the graphic at the right.
