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?

Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, February 16, 2019
Abundant year-round

Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla
Rogers Bridge Trail, Johns Creek, Fulton County, December 29, 2018
Common year-round

Fox Sparrow

Passerella iliaca
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve, DeKalb County, January 27, 2019
Uncommon in winter and spring; rare in fall; not present in summer

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, January 17, 2018
Abundant in winter; common in spring and fall

White-throated Sparrow, white-striped

Zonotrichia albicollis
Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, DeKalb County, November 18, 2017
Abundant in winter and spring; common in fall

White-throated Sparrow, tan-striped

Zonotrichia albicollis
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, February 23, 2019
Abundant in winter and spring; common in fall

Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis
Rogers Bridge Trail, Johns Creek, Fulton County, December 29, 2018
Uncommon in fall, winter, and spring

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia
Pine Lake, DeKalb County, January 20, 2018
Abundant year-round

Lincoln's Sparrow

Melospiza lincolnii
Rare in fall, winter, and spring
McDaniel Farm Park, Gwinnett County, November 10, 2018

Swamp Sparrow

Melospiza georgiana
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Fulton County, October 13, 2018
Common in fall, winter, and spring

Eastern Towhee, male

Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Pine Lake, DeKalb County, January 20, 2018
Abundant year-round

Eastern Towhee, female

Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Clyde Shepherd, DeKalb County, December 16, 2018
Abundant year-round

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