DeKalb County Public Lake

North Alabama, Northeast Loop | DeKalb | Best Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

DeKalb County Lake (Site #46, Northeast Loop) is a popular fishing spot that also serves as an excellent introduction to northern Alabama’s bird life. Check the open waters of the lake for wintering waterfowl or a family of resident Canada Geese with t …

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DeSoto State Park – Talmadge Butler Boardwalk Trail

North Alabama, Northeast Loop | DeKalb | Best Seasons: Fall, Spring, Summer

DeSoto State Park ‘s Talmadge Butler Boardwalk Trail (previous name-Azalea Cascades Trail) (Site #47, Northeast Loop) allows the birder to enjoy both woodland songsters-Kentucky and Hooded Warblers, Scarlet Tanagers and Yellow-throated Vireos and displ …

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Little River Canyon National Preserve Drive

North Alabama, Northeast Loop | DeKalb | Best Seasons:

As you drive along the rim of this incredibly scenic canyon, listen in the open fields for Yellow-breasted Chats and Prairie Warblers. Farther down in the canyon, Yellow-throated Warblers and Red-eyed Vireos can be heard calling from below while Rough-winged Swallows and Chimney Swifts frolic overhead.

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