Pre-registration is required by 12 p.m. CST on Friday, January 21st, and space is limited. Visit alaudubon.org/event/2022-01-22 for more information and to register. The deep waters of Guntersville Lake and the Guntersville waterfront are excellent places to search for waterfowl in winter. We will also be hoping to find nesting bald eagles along our birding route down [...]
Pre-registration is requested for planning purposes by 12 p.m. CST on Friday, February 18th. Visit alaudubon.org/event/2022-02-19 for more information and to register. Seasonal bird counts have been a central part of Alabama Audubon’s work ever since its founding in 1946. This year, we’ll continue that tradition with a field trip to the Birmingham Zoo in support of [...]
Pre-registration is required by 12 p.m. CST on Monday, February 28th. For more information and to register, visit alaudubon.org/event/2022-03-01. Spring is just around the corner, and that means bird migration will soon be under way. Join Drew Haffenden for this two-week course designed to bring you either up to speed, or to refresh your dusty memory [...]
Pre-registration is required by 12 p.m. CST on Friday, March 4th, and space is limited. For more information and to register, visit alaudubon.org/event/2022-03-05. The Birmingham Botanical Gardens is a lush, sixty-seven-acre park that houses thirty separate garden installations, numerous water features, and a vast array of native plant life, much of which is of interest and [...]
Pre-registration is required by 12 p.m. CST Tuesday, March 8th. For more information and to register, visit alaudubon.org/event/2022-03-09. Birding in Alabama is a seasonal feast. In spring, neotropical migrants from Central and South America make the perilous trip across or around the Gulf of Mexico, headed north. Some pass through Alabama on their way to the [...]
Pre-registration is required by 12 p.m. CDT Wednesday, April 20th. For more information and to register, visit alaudubon.org/event/2022-04-21. Most people don’t give city pigeons a second look—and that’s a shame, at least according to Rosemary Mosco, author of A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World’s Most Misunderstood Bird. Not only are [...]
Seasonal bird counts have been a central part of Alabama Audubon’s work ever since its founding in 1946. This year, they’re continuing that tradition with the fifty-eighth annual Fall Bird Count Saturday, September 24th. We encourage you to participate at your home feeder, in your backyard, or at a local park! *Click here for detailed [...]
Calling all bird lovers. Alabama Audubon is holding its 3rd annual Black Belt Birding Festival on August 4-5 in Greensboro, Alabama! The Black Belt Birding Initiative is a unique program working to bring tourism to the region. Registration will close on July 31st!
Join Alabama Audubon and the International Crane Foundation for an accessible birding experience at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Wheeler NWR boasts a range of habitat types that offer ideal locations for wintering waterfowl such as Sandhill Cranes and the Endangered Whooping Cranes to feed, rest, and roost. This special event will kick off at [...]
Join Alabama Audubon for the 2nd Annual Bird of the Year Fundraiser! Get ready to spread your wings and celebrate! At this event, we will reveal our 2025 Bird of the Year, one that will will celebrate and learn about throughout 2025. Bird of the Year is an exciting new fundraiser through which ALABAMA AUDUBON [...]