ATLnature is your guide to Atlanta's trails and other rad nature stuff in the city. Live in the city but miss hiking on the weekends? Don’t have time (or a car!) for a trip to north Georgia? Did you know there are over 30 nature trails inside the perimeter of 285 alone?

Bobolinks, male and female

Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Pole Bridge Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility (limited access), DeKalb County, May 7, 2017
Uncommon in spring; rare in fall

Red-winged Blackbird, female

Agelaius phoeniceus
Zonolite Park, DeKalb County, March 9, 2019
Abundant year-round

Red-winged Blackbird, male

Agelaius phoeniceus
Zonolite Park, DeKalb County, March 9, 2019
Abundant year-round

Red-winged Blackbird, nonbreeding male

Agelaius phoeniceus
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, December 16, 2018
Abundant year-round

Eastern Meadowlark, nonbreeding

Sturnella magna
Garrard Landing Park, Roswell, Fulton County, October 18, 2018
Uncommon year-round

Rusty Blackbird

Euphagus carolinus
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, December 30, 2017
Uncommon in winter and spring; rare in fall

Rusty Blackbird, nonbreeding female

Euphagus carolinus
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, December 16, 2018
Uncommon in winter and spring; rare in fall

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula
Chattahoochee Nature Center, Roswell, Fulton County, February 26, 2017
Abundant in spring and summer; common in fall and winter

Brown-headed Cowbird, male with female

Molothrus ater
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, April 7, 2019
Common in spring and summer; uncommon in fall and winter

Brown-headed Cowbird, female

Molothrus ater
Lullwater Preserve, DeKalb County, March 30, 2019
Common in spring and summer; uncommon in fall and winter

Orchard Oriole, female

Icterus spurius
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, July 24, 2018
Uncommon in spring and summer; rare in fall

Orchard Oriole, male

Icterus spurius
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, April 22, 2017
Uncommon in spring and summer; rare in fall

Baltimore Oriole, female

Icterus galbula
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, January 16, 2018
Uncommon in spring and fall; rare in winter

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