Birding spots · Louisiana

Best Birding Spots in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (Bayou Cochon) leads St. Tammany Parish's birding spots with 209 species reported, best in fall. 31 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
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (Bayou Cochon)	209	1,384	133	151	100	157
Fontainebleau State Park District I	194	1,161	126	151	85	155
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge	179	1,492	106	136	91	121
Grand Lagoon	179	901	131	138	73	129
Tchefuncte River and Its Tributaries	178	1,001	111	123	81	131
US 90/190 Rest Area St. Tammany	165	794	87	112	76	122
Mandeville Lakefront Park	151	1,193	102	91	81	111
Fontainebleau State Park District I (Green Point)	140	248	75	88	33	90
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (east)	134	172	77	78	28	65
Pearl River Wildlife Management Area	131	505	47	118	70	76
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (east)	128	155	83	92	55	73
Fairview Riverside State Park	124	361	65	87	46	99
Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge	117	268	47	94	60	68
Lake Ramsay Savannah Wildlife Management Area	113	178	78	47	41	62
Money Hill Fee	110	331	52	92	63	63
Cane Bayou	109	105	39	77	18	48
Madisonville	103	209	70	55	38	57
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (southeast)	94	91	49	39	18	58
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (west)	93	107	55	41	4	55
Abita Springs Park	67	51	38	34	28	29
Bogue Falaya Wayside Park	60	74	28	33	22	25
Fritchie Park	53	81	42	16	7	22
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (Lacombe)	48	68	26	26	4	14
Birding spot near Madisonville	161	221	98	103	78	95
Birding spot near Lewisburg	154	859	100	100	49	103
Birding spot near Mandeville	140	591	83	95	60	109
Birding spot near Eden Isle	136	187	85	86	48	71
Birding spot near Covington	96	110	43	62	41	63
Birding spot near Lewisburg (Nott (historical))	95	223	51	62	32	58
Birding spot near Lewisburg (east)	91	111	54	53	39	56
Birding spot near Slidell	74	95	43	40	24	29