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?

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve, DeKalb County, April 2, 2018
Uncommon in spring and fall

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve, DeKalb County, April 2, 2018
Common year-round

Great Egret

Ardea alba
Roswell Riverwalk, Roswell, Fulton County, July 8, 2018
Common in fall; uncommon in summer and winter; rare in spring

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula
Sam’s Club, DeKalb County, May 31, 2017
Rare in summer and fall

Little Blue Heron, immature

Egretta caerulea
Georgia Lane Wetland, Alpharetta, Fulton County, July 8, 2017
Uncommon in summer; rare in spring and fall

Green Heron

Butorides virescens
Georgia Lane Wetland, Alpharetta, Fulton County, April 8, 2017
Common in summer; uncommon in spring and fall

Black-crowned Night-heron

Nycticorax nycticorax
Lullwater Park, DeKalb County, February 3, 2019
Rare in spring and fall

Black-crowned Night-heron, immature

Nycticorax nycticorax
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, October 7, 2017
Rare in spring and fall

Yellow-crowned Night-heron

Nyctanassa violacea
Georgia Lane Wetland, Alpharetta, Fulton County, April 29, 2018
Uncommon in summer; rare in spring and fall

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja
Roswell Riverwalk, Roswell, Fulton County, May 26, 2018
Rare year-round

White Ibis, immature

Eudocimus albus
White Ibis, Alpharetta, Fulton County, July 8, 2017
Rare in summer and fall

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