Lakeshore Park is a 45 acre public recreation area managed by the Dalton Department of Parks & Rec. Land-cover is low-intensity urban with the majority of the park being designated for tennis, soccer, track, a dog park and community gardens. The bordering properties are residential. The main birding attraction is Threadmill Lake with a walking trail that encircles it. There's few obstructions, so the lake surface can be viewed from most of the areas along the trail. The western portion of the trail runs along the border of a remnant hardwood woodland that can be decent for spring and fall migrants.There is also a marshy section of the lake that could produce species that prefer that type of habitat. The lake itself doesn't typically host waterfowl other than the resident Canada Geese. There's the occasional duck that stops in. The lake's shoreline does have consistent vegetation, so there's the probability of skulking species hiding here. The creek that runs out of the lake has some brushy/woody borders that can be worth checking......but it abruptly goes over into private property.

This site isn't a Destination Hotspot, so it is typically covered by birders that are traveling through between other birding locations. It is mostly birded by locals and is currently averaging less than one visit per month(as of 10/12/22). This is probably due to the lack of birding habitat.

What to expect: A quick (less than one hour) birding experience that produces a checklist of mostly common resident species with an occasional highlight. No checklist has exceeded more than 40 species(including some with a duration of more than an hour). 

No true Target Species, but some occasional highlights: Snow Goose, Ross's Goose, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Marsh Wren, Cerulean Warbler

Rusty Blackbirds have been observed several times here and in the vicinity(winter & migration) 

Tree Swallows use the bird boxes for nesting during the summer months.