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Hurricane Creek Park

Central Loop, North Alabama | Cullman | Best Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

Hurricane Creek Park (Site #32, Central Loop) is known for its scenic deep canyon, which is heavily wooded with mature hardwoods. The park offers a number of trails, leading birders through a landscape crisscrossed by streams and waterfalls. As you wal …

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Alabama Birding Trails shared Alabama Wildlife Center's post.

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Talk about food chain! ...

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How’s this for a Wicked Wednesday post?!?!

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Alabama Birding Trails shared 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center's post.

9 hours ago

Do you have a blue bird in your yard that's not a Bluebird? Spring migration is underway and Indigo Buntings are traveling through the area. They wintered anywhere from south Florida to northern South America and may travel as far as Canada to nest. Some of them won't have to go far, however. Some nest in the upper Delta in grassy and brushy areas. It's been a good year for spotting migrating songbirds, so be sure not to miss these and all the other beauties passing through our area. ...

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Alabama Birding Trails shared Lisa Holzapfel's post.

11 hours ago

Rose breasted Grosbeak! Looks like he is sizing up the contents of the feeder! Thanks for sharing!Male Rose-breasted grosbeak ...

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What a great idea! BioBlitz at Turkey Creek Nature Preserve! The week of the BioBlitz is here! We are very excited to have so many wonderful people coming out to what is sure to be an awesome Blitz!

Thank you everyone that has RSVP'd. If you think you will be able to attend and have not yet sent me a RSVP, please do so, it will help a lot with our planning.

Below are some basic details regarding the event. If I have missed anything or if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Registration/Directions:

The main base of operations for the Blitz will be the Thompson Meadow. This is located inside the cattle gate that is just before the entrance gate to the Preserve. There will be directional signs posted. Please plan to park there and register before getting started.

The address is: 3906 Turkey Creek Road Pinson, Alabama 35126.

Camping, registration, food, and all other activities will either take place in the Meadow or they will departure after meeting in the Meadow.

Please keep in mind that this will be a very fluid event, so a lot of the survey activities will really depend on who is here and what they are interested in surveying. We will do our best to keep track of groups when they departure for survey activities, so that late comers can join them.

We will have maps available at registration.

Data Recording:

We are planning to use iNaturalist for a lot of the data collection during this event. If you do not already have iNaturalist, please download it. Please record all observations to the project: 2018 BioBlitz at the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve.

If you do not wish to use iNaturalist or prefer to just record observations by hand, we will have data sheets available at the registration table.

Restrooms:

There are portable toilets located just inside the front gate and at the falls. The Thompson Cabin will not be available for access this year.

Schedule:

Below are some highlights of the activities that are occurring. Keep in mind that these are just the ones that are scheduled, there will be plenty of other taxa groups coming and going that are not necessarily scheduled throughout the event.

April 27th:
Noon - Start of Registration
Noon - 3:00pm - fish seining with Bernie Kahaja
6:00pm (ish) - Dinner-Vegi Chili - Prepared by Anne and James of the Friends of Turkey Creek with the support of the Urban Environmental Studies Dept at Birmingham Southern College
8:30pm (ish) - Mothing (Pete Van Zandt and Grant Gentry)/mist netting bats (Winston Lancaster)/other survey groups (herps/etc)

April 28th:
7:00am - ?? Birding - extra Binoculars will be provided by Birmingham Audubon
7:00am - 8:00am Breakfast
8:00am - 11:30pm: Survey Groups
11:30pm - Noon: Event Wrap up

During the event, if you have any problems and cannot find anyone, please feel free to call my cell number at: 205-317-2913. ...

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RootsRated recently posted this nice article about the Alabama Birding Trails. "With its vast forests and myriad rivers, lakes, streams, and beaches, Alabama is a haven for hundreds of species of birds, including some that are rare and endangered."by Joe Cuhaj

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Traveling the Alabama Birding Trail

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