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Best Birding Spots in Fulton County, Georgia

Cauley Creek leads Fulton County's birding spots with 185 species reported, best in spring. 72 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
Cauley Creek	185	1,380	105	155	90	154
Azalea Park	172	2,471	101	119	96	128
Piedmont Lake	168	4,171	86	150	87	138
Morgan Falls Overlook Park	161	1,240	81	122	89	125
Cauley Creek (southwest)	158	610	74	114	81	126
Big Creek Greenway	157	822	70	145	82	112
Chattahoochee Nature Center	139	971	71	103	67	99
Rockdale Park	130	518	66	96	72	96
South Bend Park	130	481	71	102	65	65
Burger Bowl Field	129	1,887	56	102	52	112
Bull Sluice Lake	129	660	63	95	73	100
Thornton Shoals	126	528	57	103	68	95
Greenspace Program Acquisition	119	527	64	108	64	77
Fulton County Greenspace III	118	142	40	113	48	57
Martin Lake	116	410	65	86	56	65
Big Creek Park	116	312	61	101	55	89
Chochran Shoals	116	213	53	69	44	84
Grant Park	113	513	54	105	48	61
Birmingham Park	113	270	43	86	52	93
Centennial Olympic Park	112	1,033	35	88	27	85
Martins Landing Lake	111	393	58	86	55	74
Shakerag Park	110	287	68	88	62	63
Bartenfeld Lake	110	114	63	72	75	76
Morningside Nature Preserve	103	542	60	77	49	84
Piedmont Lake (Ansley Park)	103	446	54	91	46	61
Providence Outdoor Recreation Center	102	150	55	76	52	60
Emma Lane Greenspace	101	324	52	89	43	80
Ormewood	98	427	53	75	49	68
Dominey Lake	96	89	48	87	42	52
Garrett Lake	95	271	64	69	34	53
Lake Windward	93	522	78	73	13	40
Riverkeeper Creek	92	422	55	79	42	60
Beecher Hills	92	155	44	77	37	52
Chastain Memorial Park	91	249	48	76	40	57
Jlw Development	91	247	55	66	42	63
Big Creek Greenway (Preston Ridge)	91	96	58	62	36	53
Union Hill Park	90	98	43	63	55	54
Roswell Park	88	316	51	69	50	48
Orme Park	88	215	40	85	16	52
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (Hog Wallow Creek)	87	161	49	63	47	50
Cascade Springs Nature Preserve	87	140	37	72	34	53
Lake Palmyra	87	112	65	57	43	42
Leita Thompson Memorial Park	86	194	39	71	43	35
Atlanta City Water Works Reservoir Number One	84	475	67	60	21	49
Willeo Park	82	181	56	55	51	52
Azalea Park (east)	80	153	48	59	42	33
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (Big Creek)	77	74	26	66	17	41
Copen Hill	76	159	43	61	32	43
Lost Corner Preserve	76	117	30	47	18	57
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (Jones Bridge Shoals)	75	87	43	56	32	39