Outdoors

Join us for an inaugural birding adventure at the new Flying Creek Nature Preserve in Fairhope! The 108-acre parcel of land between Veterans Boulevard and Fly Creek boasts a diverse forest and riparian ecosystem. Since there haven’t been any reports of birding taking place at this site, we don’t exactly know what to expect! WeContinue Reading ...

Join us for Swift Night Out in Mobile as we enjoy the evening with one of our favorite urban birds, the Chimney Swift. We will meet before sunset to chat about swifts, then watch as hundreds of birds come in to roost for the night and perform their nightly “swiftnado.” The roost at Murphy HighContinue Reading ...

SWIFT NIGHT OUT IN GREENSBOROJoin us us for Swift Night Out in Greensboro as we enjoy the evening with one of our favorite urban birds, the Chimney Swift. We will meet before sunset to chat about swifts, then watch as thousands of birds come in to roost for the night and perform their nightly “swiftnado.”Continue Reading ...

Join Alabama Audubon for a special access field trip to one of Alabama's most diverse prairies, Wild Horse Prairie, located in Geiger, AL. Wild Horse Prairie is owned and managed by Mitchell and Hazel Bell and is one of the pristine locations where our Conservation Team does winter sparrow banding, grassland bird surveys, and hostsContinue Reading ...

Join Coastal Manager Cortney Weatherby and Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard as they lead you through a morning tour of the Clearwater Tract in Upper Delta Wildlife Management Area. The Mobile – Tensaw River Delta is one of coastal Alabama’s best open secrets for birding spectacles in the entire state. It encompasses over 200,000 acres ofContinue Reading ...

Join Alabama Audubon's Program Coordinator, Andrew Lydeard, for a dive into Alabama's ducks as they begin arriving for winter! This course will cover the expected species in the state, where and how to find them, and field tips to help you ID them, even at a distance! Andrew will cover both the diving ducks andContinue Reading ...

Join Alabama Audubon for this month's Nature at Noon outing at Bayfront Park in Daphne, AL. The park is situated along Mobile Bay, making it a great location for waders, shorebirds, and other waterbirds that can be seen fairly easily. We will also search the nearby woods and swamps in search of lingering migratory songbirdsContinue Reading ...

Tuscaloosa Birding: Bowers Park and University of Alabama Arboretum Area (Free!) DESCRIPTION: Bowers Park and the wooded areas near the UA Arboretum attract a good variety of birds. These areas are "migrant traps," where birds passing through find these wooded habitats at the city's edge. Bowers Park has paths through nice mature woods, and an areaContinue Reading ...

COASTAL BIRD BANDING PUBLIC BANDING STATION AT Dauphin IslandJoin us to see migrant birds up close before they continue their southward migration. Bring your cameras and enjoy unparalleled access to the researchers and their work, with up-close-and-personal views of some amazing birds! We will be in the “banding area” that is shown on the kiosk maps,Continue Reading ...

Alabama Audubon will be hosting their fall migratory banding station Monday October 13-Saturday October 18 at the Dauphin Island Audubon Bird Sanctuary. (You can find full details about our fall bird banding station here. https://alaudubon.org/event/coastal/fall-bird-banding-2025) If you are looking to get some birding in before heading to the banding station, come join Coastal Outreach ManagerContinue Reading ...