Audubon Gosse Nature Walk #27: Cahaba River Walk
Cahaba River Park 3503 Overton Rd, BirminghamREGISTER HERE Come explore this riparian habitat with Alabama Audubon staff, led by our Science & Conservation Director Dr. Lianne Koczur and Outreach & Communications Director Sarah Randolph, as they tour this interesting public park on the banks of the diverse, free-flowing Cahaba River. The details: Meetup is at noon in the park’s main parking lot (3503 Overton Rd., Mountain […]
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area/Round Island Recreation Area
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area ALSwan Creek Wildlife Management Area/Round Island Recreation Area (NABT #21, 22) – 8 February, 2020 (SATURDAY) 8:00 am (NOTE LATER MEETING TIME) We’ll start along Dairy Road in Swan Creek WMA and work our way west, searching for water birds, sparrows and other winter residents or early migrants. Mid- to late-February is a transition period for waterfowl […]
Eagle Watch Weekends
Lake Guntersville State Park 1155 Lodge Drive , GuntersvilleOverview Eagle Awareness turns 35 years old this year at Lake Guntersville State Park. What began as an initiative to pull the bald eagle from the brink of extinction has developed into the experience of viewing eagles in their wild habitat, education through live shows of birds of prey and critters, highlights of our local community, and accommodations to […]
Alabama Audubon Great Backyard Bird Count at Ruffner Mountain
Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve 1214 81st Street South, BirminghamSeasonal bird counts have been a central part of Alabama Audubon’s work ever since its founding in 1946. This year, we’re continuing that tradition with four great counts, including two field trips in support of this year’s Great Backyard Bird Count. The second of these half-day trips takes us to Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve for a fun morning […]
Alabama Audubon Gosse Nature Walk #28: UA Arboretum, Tuscaloosa
UA Arboretum TuscaloosaREGISTER HERE We’re excited to expand our Gosse Nature Walk series to Tuscaloosa! Join our first walk in T-town at the 60-acre University of Alabama Arboretum, which supports the university’s goals of promoting research and providing public education and service. We’ve heard it’s the best location in the immediate vicinity of Tuscaloosa to find woodland songbirds. […]
Alabama Audubon Field Trip: Fosters-River Bend Turf Farm
River Bend Turf Farm 6999-6985 Black Warrior Rd, TuscaloosaThe floodplain of the Black Warrior River west and south of Tuscaloosa hosts a wide variety of habitats, including mature swamp forests, open waters of ponds and oxbow lakes, grassy pastures and croplands, and freshwater marshes. The details: Meetup is at 7 a.m. at the McDonald’s on US 31 in Hoover, located at 1731 Montgomery Highway, just across […]
Wheeler NWR-Limestone Bay/White Springs Dike (NABT #20, 23, 24)
ALOur final trip to White Springs Dike for the season is in its third year, at a time when we are usually taking a break, as waterfowl start moving out of the area, and prior to spring migration. Duck numbers are still usually good, but with less variety, with migrating Blue-winged Teal moving through, good […]
CANCELLED: Wheeler NWR Spring Migration Count (NABT)
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge 2700 Refuge Headquarters Rd., DecaturThis event is Cancelled. The format for this count is similar to Christmas Counts – identify and count all birds seen or heard from dawn to late afternoon; different groups bird different parts of the refuge and nearby areas. Birders of all skill levels are welcome and needed, as we are usually short-handed for migration […]
CANCELLED: William B. Bankhead National Forest (NABT #14)
William B. Bankhead National Forest 3713 Alabama 33, MoultonBankhead National Forest (BNF) in northwestern Alabama is 180,000 acres of mesic hardwood, mixed pine-hardwood, shortleaf pine, oak-hickory, hemlock-white pine and mountain longleaf pine forest, with many limestone bluffs, swift flowing streams and waterfalls; the 26,000-acre Sipsey Wilderness is also found here. Migration birding this time of year is usually quite productive in BNF and […]
CANCELLED: Guntersville Trip
Guntersville Area GuntersvilleNABS has actually led a few trips to the Guntersville area during spring and fall migration, but it’s been a long time and we are overdue for an outing there. We’ll visit several places we’ve birded before, including the south side of Guntersville Dam, the Guntersville City waterfront and Guntersville State Park. We should see […]
CANCELLED: Leighton Area, Town Creek (NABT #4, 5)
Leighton/Town Creek 1074 Fennel Road, ALWe will explore the Leighton area and Town Creek, targeting shorebird migrants, whose movement through our area should be strong at this time of year. Our success will depend largely on water levels and weather. We’ll meet at the Ingalls Boat Harbor Pavilion in Decatur. From the direction of Huntsville, cross the river bridge and […]
CANCELLED: Winfred Thomas Agricultural Research Station (WTARS, NABT #27)
Winfred Thomas Agricultural Research Station 372 Walker Lane, Hazel GreenWTARS is Alabama A&M University’s research farm; it is a 970-acre property with lots of open grassland and pasture areas, plus small patches of forest. It is one of the best places in the state to observe open country birds and always makes for a great trip (our most popular). Species we’ll likely see or […]