Bird Watching

Keep an “eagle eye” out and your ears open for these native birds that make their home in the Garden:

• Red Tailed Hawk
• Mockingbird
• Robin
• Chickadee
• Various sparrows
• Blue jay
• Brown thrasher
• Tufted titmouse
• Mourning dove
• Bluebird
• Eastern towhee
• Ruby-throated hummingbird

Top Birding Spots

• Children’s Garden
• Kendeda Canopy Walk and Storza Woods
• Perennial Gardens – a hidden bird feeder attracts sparrows, cardinals and mourning doves
• Fuqua Conservatory – various Quails live in the Tropical Rotunda along with the rarely seen Saffron Finches. In the late spring and summer, look for the adorable baby quails.

Tips and Suggestions

• On a dry summer day, many birds emerge for a refreshing splash in the Garden’s sprinklers.
• Consider coming early after the sprinklers have been turned off to find birds lingering in the leftover puddles.