This Birding Corridor is a collaboration between the Audubon Society of Louisiana, City Park, and Grow Dat. The wheelchair-accessible overlook and gravel trail through a section of bottomland hardwood and cypress trees provide an important island of habitat for native and migratory birds.

As part of the creation of this project in 2013, Grow Dat removed over 1,000 invasive tallow plants. We have planted native species like American beauty berry, lantana, buttonbush, Turks cap, parsley hawthorne to encourage birds, insects, and other animals to make their homes on our site. Grow Dat’s emphasis on stewarding the many uncultivated areas on our site, farming in a way that protects water quality, and refraining from using pesticides and nitrogen fertilizer ensures a diverse community of organisms can make their home on this land. Learn more about the 50+ bird species you can spot here.

We hope the birding corridor provides a place for visitors to experience a sense of wonder as they share a moment with the red-shouldered hawks, blue herons, great egrets, alligators, turtles, and rabbits that make their home here. In an era of ecological emergency, we know the importance of creating and maintaining spaces like this in urban environments, both as habitat but also educational space to understand our interconnectedness with the natural world.