Outdoors

Join Alabama Audubon as we partner with the Birmingham Zoo to participate in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count! This fun event will take us "behind the scenes" in the Alabama Wilds section of the Children's Zoo as we look for wintering regulars like White-throated Sparrows and Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Perhaps we may be lucky andContinue Reading ...

See full event details on the website by clicking here! https://alaudubon.org/event/domestic-trips-mississippi-river-flyway-reelfoot-lake-tn-and-missouris-bootheel Monday, February 16 - Friday, February 20, 2026  // Time:  7:30am – 5:30pm daily Final Day to Register: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 Cost: $1285 (single rate); $925 (double rate)  Capacity: 12 (6 minimum)  Join Alabama Audubon for a self-driven tour of northwestern Tennessee andContinue Reading ...

Adults are invited to join us in the Irondale Public Library Community Room on Monday, February 23, 2026, for Dr. Scot Duncan's talk "Gardening for Birds, Bugs, and Biodiversity (And Why It Matters!)" Birds add color, song, and vibrancy to the natural landscape, and are essential to sustaining the ecosystems keeping us alive and supportingContinue Reading ...

Tucked along the water’s edge the Fairhope Pier and Beach Park offer not only iconic views of Mobile Bay, but its birds too! We will meet at the entrance to the pier and start by scanning the waters for gulls, terns, and other waterbirds. While most folks come to this spot to check out theContinue Reading ...

Fort Morgan State Historic Site is a favorite amongst birders for good reason! This location provides easy access to diverse habitat along the Alabama coast. So diverse that it is split into 5 individual stops on the Coastal Alabama Birding Trail. Since we will have limited time before the fort closes we will head intoContinue Reading ...

Today's field trip will take us further afield - to the Coleman Lake/Pinhoti Trailhead area of the Talladega National Forest - where we will spend the first part of our morning gazing skyward, in hopes of finding Golden Eagle(s) soaring overhead. This species is known to winter in the area, and thus we'll plan toContinue Reading ...

Join Alabama Audubon and Cahaba River Coalition on Saturday, March 7, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Perry Lakes Park. ( AL-175, Marion, AL 36756). We’ll kick off the morning with litter pickup, trail clearing, and removing leaves and debris from built structures. Afterward, we’ll sort and weigh the collected litter before wrappingContinue Reading ...