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Dr. Lianne Koczur will be talking about why window collisions happen and what we can do to prevent them. She will also talk about Alabama Audubon's Project Safe Flight initiative and what the project has accomplished during the last two years.
The Pinhoti Trail/Coleman Lake Campground area of the Talladega National Forest is an excellent location to search for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers and Red Crossbills, which are our target birds for this free Saturday field trip!
Join Alabama Audubon and Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard for a Beginner Birder Field Trip to Wood Duck Heritage Preserve (also known as Siddique Nature Park) as we explore winter birding in Lee County, AL. We will be joined by local birding expert and Alabama Audubon board member, Barry Fleming!
Are you a nature photographer looking to travel? Join Alabama Audubon for a self-driven, self-catered long weekend along the Mississippi River in northwestern Tennessee and southeastern Missouri as we explore one of North America’s most important migratory flyways!
Join Coastal Programs Manager Cortney Weatherby and local birding expert, Mason Currier, on a winter trip to one of Alabama's best locations for shorebirds, the Blakeley Mud Lakes in Mobile!
Join Alabama Audubon as we participate in this year’s Great Backyard Bird Count on February 15th at the Birmingham Zoo—it offers a variety of habitats and no less than 30 species can typically be seen on our walk, including hawks, woodpeckers, winter warblers, wrens, blackbirds, finches, and many other songbirds.
Each February, for four days, the world comes together for the love of birds, spending time in favorite places, watching and counting as many birds as can be found while reporting their observations—citizen science at its best. You can contribute to the science and conservation of the birds near you and across the globe with thousands of other birdwatchers.
Join us this February on this special bus tour to the Black Belt region of western Alabama to see the winter birds and waterfowl that spend the cooler months in this area.
Tucked along the waters edge the Fairhope Pier and Beach offers not only iconic views of Mobile Bay, but its birds too!
Join Alabama Audubon for our monthly Nature at Noon outing, this month in Tuscaloosa at the Tuscaloosa River Walk! Our resident birds begin tuning up for the breeding season around this time, and many birders in Alabama recognize signs of early spring by hearing Northern Cardinals, Cardinal Wrens, and Pine Warblers practicing for attracting a mate for spring.
This trip takes us to Harrison Lake in Maplesville, a large pond near a river which attracts winter waterfowl and year-round species. The area around the pond has an unobstructed view of the entire site and is an excellent spot for bird spotting.
Join Alabama Audubon as we approach springtime with special guest speaker and acclaimed author, Randi Minetor!
The Nature Conservancy’s 3,000+ acre Splinter Hill Bog Preserve is home to scattered stands of sandy upland longleaf pine forest and coastal blackwater streams and includes some of the most intact seepage bogs remaining along the Gulf Coast.
Join us for our monthly Nature @ Noon event with our friends at Ruffner Mountain! Every month, we offer an opportunity to participate in an hour-long, Friday lunchtime walk that explores different locations of the state and its nature each month.
This free Saturday field trip will feature one of Birmingham's oldest city parks, Avondale Park, and if time permits, one of its newest, WC Patton Park located a short drive away!
Alabama Audubon will be returning to Cuba for our third time March 16-23, 2025. This trip will once again be with our trusted friends at Conservancy Travel. Registration for the trip will open soon!!
Birding has been aptly described as the gateway drug to butterflies! Oak Mountain State Park’s Green Trail is one of the premiere spring butterfly sites in Alabama! If the weather cooperates, we expect to see common species like Eastern Tiger, Zebra, Pipevine, and Spicebush Swallowtails as well as specialties like Falcate Orangetips and Yucca Giant-Skippers.
Join us for our monthly Nature @ Noon event with our friends at Red Mountain this April! Every month, we offer an opportunity to participate in an hour-long, Friday lunchtime walk that explores different locations of the state and its nature each month.
Join Coastal Programs Manager Cortney Weatherby and Program Coordinator, Andrew Lydeard, on a coastal spring trip to one to Alabama's best locations for shorebirds, the Blakeley Mud Lakes in Mobile!
Our banding station is one of the few in the US open to the public. Join us to see migrant birds up close after their journey across the Gulf of Mexico. We’ll also offer bird and nature walks, tabling by allied organizations, and more. Bring your cameras and enjoy unparalleled access to the researchers and their work, with up-close-and-personal views of some amazing birds!
Get ready to spread your wings and celebrate! Join us for a fun and exciting reveal of Alabama’s Bird of the Year.
Who will our mysterious friend be?
Mark your calendars—we can’t wait to see you there!
5 Rivers Delta Resource Center is a popular birding hot spot located at the top of Mobile Bay at the gateway to the Mobile-Tensaw Delta.
Curious about the mid-February domestic trip to the Tennessee and Missouri's section of the Mississippi River Flyway? Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard and Executive Director Dr. Scot Duncan will lead a brief online information session about the locations we'll visit and birds we are likely to encounter during this long-weekend adventure, including the possibility of Short-eared, Long-eared, and Barn Owls, thousands of ducks and geese, American Tree and LeConte's Sparrows, and many more incredible winter birds!
Join us for bird banding at Ruffner Mountain! Come get an up close look at birds and learn about bird banding.
Alabama Point East in the winter is a unique birding experience thanks to the fast moving waters around Perdido Pass.
Lake Guntersville is always a productive place to visit. We expect to see Bald eagles, of course, but there is much more to entertain a birder there -- Loons and horned grebes in numbers, the chance for both diving and "puddle" ducks, gulls, Kingfishers, and "quality" songbirds.
Join us this January for another bus trip, this time to Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in North Alabama!
Wheeler NWR is among the most popular birding destinations in all of the southeastern United States as thousands of ducks, geese, and especially cranes descend on the area during the cooler months of the year.
We are excited to join forces with our partners and hosts of this event, Meaher State Park. All birders with any level of experience are welcome to take part in this program.
Join Ava Lyerly for a Kids Bird Walk at Delano Park ages 5-18!
Join Alabama Audubon for the first guided trip on the coast of 2025! For our first journey, we’ll explore Baldwin County, starting at Weeks Bay for an incredible spectacle of gull, wader, and duck morning flights known in the area! Watch thousands of birds depart from their roost in the bay
Join us for a lunchtime nature excursion at one of Baldwin County's birdiest parks! This is a free event and no registration is needed!
Join us for a winter adventure in one of Huntsville’s many pristine natural areas, Hayes Nature Preserve, led by Executive Director Dr. Scot Duncan!
Join Dr. R. Scot Duncan for a captivating book talk on his latest work, Southern River! Presented in partnership with Madison Greenways and Trails and the Madison County Library.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME You don’t need to be an expert to participate in the CBC – whether your skills are those of a beginner, intermediate, or advanced birder, you are invited to join the count. So if you’re interested, come on out and join us. We’d love to have you!
Join us for our Winter's Speaker Series, featuring Walter F. Coxe Grant recipient and Alabama A&M graduate student, Thomas A. Thompson! Bankhead National Forest (BNF) is one of the Cerulean’s southernmost breeding locations in the U.S. and one of only a few breeding locations in the state.
In collaboration with the Alabama Center for Architecture, we are happy to have Christine Sheppard, PhD, talk about Bird Friendly Building Design!
Join us for bird banding at Ruffner Mountain! Come get an up close look at birds and learn about bird banding.
Join Alabama Audubon and the International Crane Foundation for an accessible birding experience at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).
Join us as we visit Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, winter-time home to thousands of geese, ducks and cranes
Curious about Cuban birds and culture? Alabama Audubon is returning to Cuba in March 2024!
Learn from Executive Director Scot Duncan and Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard about the parks we will visit and the dozens of specialty bird species that we may see, like the Cuban Pygmy Owl and Cuban Tody.
Join Alabama Audubon on a self-driven, half-day field trip to the State Cattle Ranch, now known as the Barnett Lawley Forever Wild Field Trial Area, in Hale County, Alabama to welcome our winter birds back to Alabama! This outing will be led by Executive Director Dr. Scot Duncan and Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard through restored prairies, farmland, wetlands, and forests that smatter the area, and participants will have the chance to experience the fascinating birds and ecology of Alabama's historic Black Belt Region
The reservoir will have cormorants, often a bald eagle, and hopefully some ducks. The open areas should have sparrows, meadowlark, and perhaps a loggerhead shrike or two.
Join us for a free talk at the Pell City Public Library!
Bird Call Contest! Join us at Cahaba Brewery for a contest of birding calls including Turkey, Barred owl, Mourning Dove, and Gulls! Free Admission but $10.00 to participate as bird caller. There will be prizes!
Birder’s Open House this November at the Land Trust of North Alabama’s Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve! Land Trust Education Director Tim Gels will enlighten guests about the history of the property and answer questions about how the Land Trust secures and protects land in North Alabama.
Join us to look for fall migrants along the greenway beside the Cahaba River in Trussville. We can expect to see species such as wrens, kinglets, woodpeckers, and chickadees. We will be watching along the water for Great Blue and Green herons and possible kingfishers. Scanning the skies we’ll look for hawks, vultures, and maybe even a passing Bald Eagle.
Daniel Redwine resides in Nashville, TN and is currently a graduate teaching assistant at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN. Daniel is studying the feeding behavior and ecology of wintering White-throated Sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis) in Tennessee and plans on defending his thesis in 2025. He is rapidly rising to be among the most knowledgeable resources for locating some of the more difficult winter species such as Nelson’s, Leconte’s, Henslow’s, and Grasshopper Sparrows in the southeastern birding community.
Come celebrate and learn about the plovers of the Alabama coast at our first annual Okploverfest!
Aldridge Gardens opened in 2002, the 30-acre former property of well-known horticulturist Eddie Aldridge has varied habitats that surround a central lake. Birds we may see include Sapsuckers, Northern Flickers, hawks, Kinglets, Nuthatches, fall migrants, as well as many common year-round residents such as Cardinals and wrens.
If birding is slow we may drive a few miles away to Chace Lake to continue our search.
Join Alabama Audubon in celebrating Birdability Week this year from October 21-27, 2024! This week-long event is dedicated to making birding accessible and enjoyable for everyone, regardless of ability. Black Belt Coordinator Tim Higgins and Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard will host a Big Sit on the beautiful property of Contentment, located in Greensboro, Alabama. Participants are encouraged to join us during the event for as little or as long as preferred. Coffee and light breakfast foods will be provided.
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