Birding spots · Louisiana

Best Birding Spots in Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (2) leads Orleans Parish's birding spots with 220 species reported, best in fall. 49 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
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (2)	220	697	147	162	79	169
Irish Bayou Lagoon	217	365	90	129	78	195
New Orleans City Park	215	4,934	113	183	103	177
Irish Bayou Lagoon (Little Irish Bayou)	201	233	96	110	55	173
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge	194	1,184	118	137	72	131
Audubon Park	184	1,757	117	146	68	136
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (Stump Bayou)	184	352	116	136	66	133
New Orleans City Park (southeast)	181	605	108	148	65	124
New Orleans City Park (Demourelles Island)	176	1,449	105	135	66	149
New Orleans City Park (Scout Island)	175	1,216	91	140	63	148
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (Lagoon Maxent)	140	233	91	91	49	78
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (northeast)	139	614	84	99	60	87
Audubon Park (Greenville Bend)	136	371	82	79	50	64
London Park	132	827	59	98	51	89
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 2)	130	225	91	90	32	57
New Orleans City Park (south)	129	808	81	88	55	87
Joe Brown Park	123	300	80	79	31	61
Audubon Park (Greenville)	119	425	72	81	40	72
New Orleans City Park (south 2)	111	457	67	76	28	49
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 4)	108	60	77	64	19	59
Oliver Bush Playground	106	141	75	59	25	69
New Orleans City Park (south 3)	101	366	71	75	37	58
New Orleans City Park (south 4)	100	142	63	62	26	47
Little Woods	97	55	27	0	0	90
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 3)	90	87	51	52	1	47
Audubon Park (south)	85	176	50	65	25	42
Lake Terrace Park	81	92	49	37	33	32
Moon Walk	76	778	42	50	25	40
New Orleans City Park (Lakeshore East)	76	50	56	25	6	25
Crescent Park	75	227	47	48	31	31
Pontchartrain Park & Bartholomew Gc	72	66	46	45	31	24
Algiers Point	71	126	39	50	13	22
Brechtel Park	70	96	45	35	22	38
West End Park	66	102	42	41	39	28
Bayou Saint John	66	79	38	39	24	28
Point aux Herbes	65	102	9	32	20	42
Joe Brown Park (Idlewood)	61	50	45	22	17	4
Louis Armstrong Park	55	261	29	37	25	22
Lakeshore Park	55	80	30	21	20	28
Pike Fort	53	55	30	18	17	11
Lemann Playground 1	32	62	15	17	13	15
Coliseum Square	26	121	6	23	7	6
Lafayette Square	21	91	5	18	8	5
Birding spot near Arabi	169	427	116	111	59	120
Birding spot near New Orleans	112	302	64	68	75	51
Birding spot near Eden Isle (Bayou Cedar)	95	159	13	4	0	87
Birding spot near Violet	90	162	53	68	14	21
Birding spot near Arabi (Camp Leroy Johnson)	80	374	40	53	47	47
Birding spot near Bridge City	31	70	15	21	3	13