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- North Alabama Birdwatchers Society
North Alabama Birdwatchers Society
256-679-8332
Hi All. For those of you new to us, the North Alabama Birdwatchers Society (NABS) is an informal group that focuses on birding in northern Alabama. We have been around since 1976 and are the only birding group in our area to offer a set of regularly scheduled trips each year. We visit a variety of areas across this part of the state, most of which are included on the North Alabama Birding Trail. Each summer, NABS trip leaders get together and come up with a schedule like you see here, which we then post on our website (www.northalbirding.com) and send out by email to our members. NABS is open to everyone, including beginners, and especially young folks with an interest in birds; there are no membership dues. If you show up for an outing, you can consider yourself a member.
Our ultimate goal for any NABS outing is to give everyone an opportunity to observe (and hopefully hear) every bird species we encounter. That seldom happens, but we usually get pretty close. Our rules of etiquette are few but the ones we do have are important:
- Be reasonably restrained, as to making noise (no dogs or unruly children);
- While cameras are most welcome, please don’t let pic-taking disrupt the birding (see ultimate goal above);
- Don’t get out in front of the group (flushing the birds before others can see them is not very nice);
- Be reasonably constrained in the use of birdsong apps, pishing, etc. to attract birds, especially breeders;
- Above all, follow the guidance of the trip leader.