EVERYONE IS WELCOME You don’t need to be an expert to participate in the CBC – whether your skills are those of a beginner, intermediate, or advanced birder, you are invited to join the count. So if you’re interested, come on out and join us. We’d love to have you!

Join us for our Winter's Speaker Series, featuring Walter F. Coxe Grant recipient and Alabama A&M graduate student, Thomas A. Thompson! Bankhead National Forest (BNF) is one of the Cerulean’s southernmost breeding locations in the U.S. and one of only a few breeding locations in the state.

In collaboration with the Alabama Center for Architecture, we are happy to have Christine Sheppard, PhD, talk about Bird Friendly Building Design!

Join us for bird banding at Ruffner Mountain! Come get an up close look at birds and learn about bird banding.

Join Alabama Audubon and the International Crane Foundation for an accessible birding experience at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).

Join us as we visit Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, winter-time home to thousands of geese, ducks and cranes

Curious about Cuban birds and culture? Alabama Audubon is returning to Cuba in March 2024!

Learn from Executive Director Scot Duncan and Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard about the parks we will visit and the dozens of specialty bird species that we may see, like the Cuban Pygmy Owl and Cuban Tody.

Join Alabama Audubon on a self-driven, half-day field trip to the State Cattle Ranch, now known as the Barnett Lawley Forever Wild Field Trial Area, in Hale County, Alabama to welcome our winter birds back to Alabama! This outing will be led by Executive Director Dr. Scot Duncan and Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard through restored prairies, farmland, wetlands, and forests that smatter the area, and participants will have the chance to experience the fascinating birds and ecology of Alabama's historic Black Belt Region

The reservoir will have cormorants, often a bald eagle, and hopefully some ducks.  The open areas should have sparrows, meadowlark, and perhaps a loggerhead shrike or two. 

Join us for a free talk at the Pell City Public Library!

Bird Call Contest! Join us at Cahaba Brewery for a contest of birding calls including Turkey, Barred owl, Mourning Dove, and Gulls! Free Admission but $10.00 to participate as bird caller. There will be prizes!

Birder’s Open House this November at the Land Trust of North Alabama’s Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve! Land Trust Education Director Tim Gels will enlighten guests about the history of the property and answer questions about how the Land Trust secures and protects land in North Alabama.

Join us to look for fall migrants along the greenway beside the Cahaba River in Trussville. We can expect to see species such as wrens, kinglets, woodpeckers, and chickadees. We will be watching along the water for Great Blue and Green herons and possible kingfishers. Scanning the skies we’ll look for hawks, vultures, and maybe even a passing Bald Eagle.

Daniel Redwine resides in Nashville, TN and is currently a graduate teaching assistant at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN. Daniel is studying the feeding behavior and ecology of wintering White-throated Sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis) in Tennessee and plans on defending his thesis in 2025. He is rapidly rising to be among the most knowledgeable resources for locating some of the more difficult winter species such as Nelson’s, Leconte’s, Henslow’s, and Grasshopper Sparrows in the southeastern birding community.

Come celebrate and learn about the plovers of the Alabama coast at our first annual Okploverfest!

Aldridge Gardens opened in 2002, the 30-acre former property of well-known horticulturist Eddie Aldridge has varied habitats that surround a central lake. Birds we may see include Sapsuckers, Northern Flickers, hawks, Kinglets, Nuthatches, fall migrants, as well as many common year-round residents such as Cardinals and wrens.
If birding is slow we may drive a few miles away to Chace Lake to continue our search.

Join Alabama Audubon in celebrating Birdability Week this year from October 21-27, 2024! This week-long event is dedicated to making birding accessible and enjoyable for everyone, regardless of ability. Black Belt Coordinator Tim Higgins and Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard will host a Big Sit on the beautiful property of Contentment, located in Greensboro, Alabama. Participants are encouraged to join us during the event for as little or as long as preferred. Coffee and light breakfast foods will be provided.

Executive Director Dr. Scot Duncan and Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard will lead a small, wheelchair accessible outing for another celebration of the week at Avondale Park in Birmingham.

Join Alabama Audubon in celebrating Birdability Week this year from October 21-27, 2024! This week-long event is dedicated to making birding accessible and enjoyable for everyone, regardless of ability. Senior Coastal Biologist Olivia Morpeth and Coastal Biologist Shannel Dock will host a Big Sit on Bayfront Park’s pier and lead a roostwatch at sunset at this quaint and accessible park in Daphne. The Mobile Bay is one of the richest ecosystems in the world, and many coastal birds seek shelter in the bottomlands and marshes tucked in away from the coast. Come watch sunset and celebrate Birdability Week with us at Bayfront Park!

Late October is a great time to search wetlands and open water as ducks and waterbirds pass south through our area. Many of the transient songbirds will have passed through but some of our winter warblers like Orange-crowned and Yellow-rumped Warblers love this area in winter.

Late October is a great time to search wetlands and open water as ducks and waterbirds pass south through our area. Many of the transient songbirds will have passed through but some of our winter warblers like Orange-crowned and Yellow-rumped Warblers love this area in winter.

This is a great opportunity to explore rare and declining Longleaf Pine savannahs that used to dominate Alabama’s landscape thousands of years ago. These unique grasslands are some of the most biodiverse worldwide and host unique plant and animal life found nowhere else on the planet. Some target birds will be Red Crossbills, Red-cockaded Woodpeckers, and departing migratory songbirds like Gray-cheeked Thrush and Bay-breasted Warblers in Talladega.

Join Coastal Manager Cortney Weatherby and rising superstar birder Mason Currier as they lead you through a morning tour of the Clearwater Tract in Upper Delta. The Mobile – Tensaw River Delta is one of coastal Alabama’s best open secrets for birding spectacles in the entire state. I

Towering above Leesburg, Alabama (the Paris of the South), Cherokee Rock Village features monumental boulder formations, mature pine-oak-hickory forest, and spectacular views to the east and nearby Weiss Lake. Its fame, to the extent that is a thing, stems from it being a destination for rock climbers, who travel great distances to do bouldering there. But for our purposes, it's a spectacular place for hawk-watching in the Fall, and the woods are generally productive for songbirds, woodpeckers, and the like. We stand a chance at logging several species of early winter visitants, along with the resident species, and we hope, some fall migrants.

The swamp’s edges and dense woodlands should be great for migrating warblers like Hooded, Bay-breasted, and Tennessee but can host a variety of other songbirds as they arrive or depart for winter, including Least Flycatchers or Summer Tanagers. We will also scan the swamp for Wood Ducks, wading birds, and other waterbirds that may be hidden here and take some time to enjoy the crisp fall air before winter.

Don't miss this chance to connect with a leading voice in conservation and gain a deeper appreciation fo Alabama's natural heritage.

In partnership with the Mobile Bay Sierra Club, we are happy to announce a book talk with Dr. R. Scot Duncan! Don't miss this chance to connect with a leading voice in conservation and gain a deeper appreciation fo Alabama's natural heritage.

Join us for a fun evening celebrating one of our favorite urban birds, the Chimney Swift! We will meet at 6:30 PM.

Join us this September for a half-day adventure into Perry County to tally as many species as we can during walks through the Marion Fish Hatchery and Perry Lakes Park.