NATURE@NOON
A BIRDWALK IN BIRMINGHAM’S RED MOUNTAIN PARK
FREE WITH REGISTRATION / SPACE IS LIMITED
REGISTRATION CLOSES WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 11PM
Join us for our second Nature@Noon walk for the 2023 fall season. Every month, we offer an opportunity to participate in an hour-long, Friday lunchtime walk that explores different locations of the state and their birds each month.
The October walk will be led by our Executive Director, Dr. Scot Duncan, and our Program Coordinator, Andrew Lydeard as we visit Birmingham’s own Red Mountain Park. This park is one of Birmingham's best urban birding locations and offers a mix of trails featuring woodland streams, hardwood forests, and restored prairies. It can be one of the best locations to find migrating warblers, thrushes, and other songbirds and hosts some of our favorite resident birds like Eastern Towhees, Brown-headed Nuthatches, and Northern Cardinals.
We will start by quickly checking the brushy slopes and goldenrod patches near the parking area for late-season migrants and scan the horizon for migrating hawks before working our way up a path in search of woodland songbirds. We will then make our way to the old iron mill for birds such as Palm Warblers, Eastern Bluebirds, and Brown Thrashers before scanning more of the forest edges for winter residents like Orange-crowned Warblers or Ruby-crowned Kinglets.
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET Andrew Lydeard
TRIP LEADERS
The leader for this trip Scot Duncan / 205-876-6068 and Andrew Lydeard / 703-606-8956. Please contact by phone on the day of the trip only.
NEED-TO-KNOW
REMEMBER As always, remember to bring plenty of water and wear seasonally appropriate attire.
DETAILS Parking is free at the Venice Road entrance and parking lot on the northwestern side of the park. This will be a brief one-hour walk where we will remain in the open areas of the park, not venturing into the woods. Restrooms are not available.
REQUIRED Participants must complete the mandatory online waiver when registering. Please do not request registration for others when submitting your request.
ACCESSIBILITY Much of this walk will be on gravel pathways, but some will also be off the trail on a hillside with a gentle slope that some people may find challenging.
CANCELLATION In the event of inclement weather, or if you need to cancel at the last minute, please text your trip leaders, as the main office will be closed.
WHERE TO MEET & WHEN
MEETING POINT
Red Mountain Park
Venice Road Entrance and Parking Lot
2019 Venice Road
Birmingham, AL 35211
MEETING TIME
The group will meet promptly at 12PM.
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
Through more than seventy-five years of conservation work in one of our nation’s most ecologically rich states, Alabama Audubon has seen firsthand how diversity strengthens natural communities. This same principle applies to human communities, which is why our organization is committed to providing equitable and inclusive opportunities for all Alabamians to learn about and enjoy wild birds, their habitats, and the natural world. One of the best ways to support that belief is by valuing and actively seeking to strengthen diversity among our staff, our board, and our membership. To that end, Alabama Audubon welcomes everyone to participate in our work, and strives to make our programs, classes, and events welcome, inclusive, and accessible to all.