Birding spots · Georgia

Best Birding Spots in DeKalb County, Georgia

Murphey Candler Park leads DeKalb County's birding spots with 189 species reported, best in fall. 55 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
Murphey Candler Park	189	5,831	97	157	109	163
Constitution Lakes	163	1,998	94	131	93	115
Stone Mountain Park Lake-North	162	1,949	88	139	84	104
Candler Lake	158	2,555	82	123	82	129
Henderson Park	157	2,738	60	133	90	130
Mason Mill Park	138	1,438	67	121	66	105
DeKalb County Greenspace	138	217	70	119	61	61
Lake Erin	134	4,249	61	116	76	114
Glenn Lake Park	131	1,412	67	109	60	106
Lyon's Expansion	129	462	58	117	81	61
Pine Lake Park and Beach	122	601	68	102	65	66
Zonolite Park	121	575	60	95	52	98
Kelley C. Cofer Park	115	948	66	87	50	85
Davidson-Arabia Nature Preserve	111	359	51	93	53	58
Friendship Forest	106	467	51	92	55	90
Turtle Creek	103	995	63	89	52	47
Venable Lake	101	750	51	80	56	78
Twin Brothers Lake	97	328	64	71	36	57
Brownwood Park	96	385	47	83	26	70
Candler Park	93	239	50	64	41	65
Lake Avondale Park/Bess Walker	91	299	62	61	43	48
Stone Mountain Park Lake-North (Little Stone Mountain Creek)	87	746	46	65	54	47
Fernbank Forest	86	272	47	72	39	49
Mason Mill Park (Burnt Fork Creek)	86	233	57	67	49	42
DeKalb County Water Works	82	704	67	63	32	32
Blue Lake	80	182	42	56	41	28
Vaughters Farm	79	85	44	67	45	22
Dunwoody Park	75	190	43	52	33	52
Herbert Taylor Park	75	112	43	57	24	40
DeKalb County Greenspace (Panola Mountain)	74	60	19	67	46	14
Woodlands Park	72	390	51	58	29	35
Peachtree Creek Greenway	71	95	41	61	37	31
Deepdene/Dellwood Park	67	120	35	48	21	38
W. D. Thompson Park	65	144	29	55	21	26
Candler Lake (Glenn Creek)	65	85	31	53	25	21
Forty Oaks Nature Preserve	65	83	30	49	23	18
Brook Run Park	61	161	45	51	28	33
Johns Sanctuary	60	76	27	49	31	22
Milam Park	59	188	37	45	40	38
Blackburn Park	58	99	26	44	30	34
Lake Claire Park	58	57	34	33	15	27
Little Creek Farm	54	89	38	42	18	25
Blue Lake (Doolittle Creek)	54	56	7	45	14	20
Briarlake	52	104	31	30	20	24
Echo Lake	52	96	41	18	0	0
Ramsden Lake	52	88	50	27	0	0
Glen Emerald Park	52	50	34	37	17	29
Candler Lake (Turner Village)	46	60	19	28	18	15
Mary Scott Nature Park	44	68	36	32	5	16
Birding spot near Avondale Estates	172	3,756	86	147	84	145