The Green Key peninsula, located on the west coast of Florida in New Port Richey, has historically accumulated the most  bird species seen in Pasco County. The current count is 243 species according to Ebird (a real-time online checklist maintained by Cornell University) .  The peninsula is comprised of some privately held mangrove lands, some non-deeded parcels, Pasco County, Pasco’s ELAMP property( we call the “Boy Scout” parcel), Florida State owned “Robert Crown Wilderness”, and the Pasco County “Robert E Rees” county park.

Bird diversity is due to the extensive spring and fall migrations through the mangroves along with wintering and nesting species. The nesting birds include the listed Marian’s Marsh Wren, Red-winged Blackbirds, Shiny Cowbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Prairie Warblers, White-winged Doves, Common Ground-doves, Clapper Rails, Downy Woodpeckers, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Chuck-wills-widows, Eastern Screech-Owls, and Gray Kingbirds.

A variety of  birds can be found at Green Key year round.