Christmas Bird Count
Continue a holiday birding tradition, eighty-four years in the making.
Field Trip: BIRDingham Parks
Join us for a half-day field trip with a sampling of Birmingham’s urban parks featuring a wide array of winter species in both water, open, and woodland settings.
Course: Mastering Winter Water Birds
Greg Harber provides a comprehensive look at all the birds you’re likely to encounter on or near Alabama’s winter waterways. Learn to identify loons, grebes, geese, ducks, and cranes, as well as find reliable populations of these birds in the greater Birmingham area.
Course: Winter Songbirds and Raptors
Paul Franklin explores the many species of songbirds and birds of prey that are present in the colder months when our permanent residents are joined by the multitudes of northern breeders. Enjoy learning about identification, life histories, population trends, and more.
Gosse Nature Walk #26: Birmingham Museum of Art
Take a lunch break with Alabama Audubon Executive Director Ansel Payne as he leads a walking tour of over two millennia of bird-inspired art.
Field trip: City of Guntersville Waterfront Parks
Enjoy winter birding in the beautiful Tennessee River Valley.
3rd Annual MLK Day Habitat Restoration at W. E. Putnam
Help us restore Brown-headed Nuthatch habitat at one of our favorite neighborhood schools.
Field trip: Opelika Wood Duck Heritage Preserve & Siddique Nature Park and Kreher Preserve & Nature Center
Join us for this popular field trip to two birding hotspots in Lee County.
Gosse Nature Walk #27: Mountain Brook Cahaba River Walk
Explore this riparian habitat with Alabama Audubon staff!
Course: Winter Birding by Ear
The ability to bird by ear, identifying various species from their vocalizations, is of invaluable assistance in the field. Learn the winter calls with Paul Franklin!
Tom Imhof Memorial Beginner Bird Walk and Great Backyard Bird Count at the Birmingham Zoo
During the Great Backyard Bird Count, get hands-on birding experience with Alabama Audubon at the zoo.
Great Backyard Bird Count at Ruffner Mountain
The Great Backyard Bird Count returns to Ruffner Mountain.
Gosse Nature Walk #28: UA Arboretum, Tuscaloosa
Join us for our first Gosse Nature Walk in Tuscaloosa with special guest Molly Adams, founder of the Feminist Bird Club!
Spring Audubon Talk: Molly Adams, Founder of the Feminist Bird Club
ALJoin us for our fourth seasonal Audubon Talk with special guest Molly Adams, Founder and President of the Feminist Bird Club as well as Advocacy and Outreach Manager for New York City Audubon.
Field Trip: Fosters-River Bend Turf Farm
Explore the variety of habitats west and south of the floodplain of the Black Warrior River.
CANCELED: Course: Bring Birds Back! Fiber Processes with Douglas Baulos, Session 1
Learn how to create beautiful hand-sewn fabric art utilizing multiple processes with Doug Baulos.
$20
CANCELED: Course: Bring Birds Back! Fiber Processes with Douglas Baulos, Session 2
Learn how to create beautiful hand-sewn fabric art utilizing multiple processes with Doug Baulos.
$20
CANCELED: Field Trip: Fort Toulouse–Fort Jackson, Wetumpka
Visit this historic park, situated where the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers meet to form the headwaters of the Alabama River, where rich riparian habitat makes it especially attractive to birds.
CANCELED: Course: Landscaping for Wildlife Workshop
Learn how to make your yard more inviting for birds, pollinators, and other wildlife, and the importance of planting native species with Paul Franklin for this one-day workshop.
CANCELED: Course: Native Tree Identification
April is perfect for learning native trees! Learn from Henry Hughes, who worked in urban and rural forestry in Alabama for over 25 years.
CANCELED: Gosse Nature Walk #29: P.H. Gosse Birthday Stroll at Audubon-Datnow Forest Preserve and Flora Johnston Park
This event has been canceled.
CANCELED: Field Trip: Poarch Band of Creek Indians Reservation
This event has been canceled.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Birdwatching for Beginners
Master-birder Greg Harber teaches students everything they need to know to get started with their new favorite hobby in our first-ever online course.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Chimney Swifts
Learn all about one of our favorite birds, the chimney swift, from our Science & Conservation Director.
CANCELED: Coastal Bird Banding
Participate in one of the Alabama Gulf Coast's most exciting annual bird events.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Sharing Your Sightings with eBird
Find out about all the ways you can use eBird in the first of a two-part series with Anne Miller, founder of the Alabama Wildlife Center.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Selecting Optics and Field Guides
Join Greg Harber as he teaches students about selecting optics and bird field guides to better see and learn to identify birds.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Locating Birds with eBird
Discover all the ways you can use eBird in the second of a two-part series with Anne Miller, founder of the Alabama Wildlife Center.
RESCHEDULED: Annual Membership Meeting
In order to keep our members safe, the Alabama Audubon Board of Directors has decided not to hold this year's Annual Membership Meeting in April. Click here for more details.
2020 Birmingham Spring Bird Count & Bird-a-thon
It's our Spring Bird Count with a twist! Help us gather important data on our city's breeding and migratory bird populations, or make a pledge for the total number of species counted to support Alabama Audubon.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Snowy Plovers
Join our Coastal Biologist Olivia Morpeth for this course all about snowy plovers, one of our top species of concern we monitor on the Alabama coast.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home—Birding by Ear: The Simple Singers
Learn to identify birds by their songs with Paul H. Franklin.
ONLINE Book Club: Audubon at Home: The Home Place
Join our first-ever online book club with Alabama Audubon's Alliemarie Humphries!
CANCELED: Field Trip: Alabama A&M Farm/Wheeler NWR/Dancy Bottoms
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this field trip has been canceled.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Birdwatching for Beginners
Master-birder Greg Harber teaches students everything they need to know to get started with their new favorite hobby.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Birds of a Feather That Nest Together
Learn what it means to be a colonial nesting species on the Alabama coast from Coastal Biologist Sabrina Cobb.
CANCELED: Audubon Mountain Workshop
Mountain Workshop has been canceled.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home—Birding by Ear: The Robin Song Family
Explore the primary songs of the robin, the tanagers, several of the vireos, and more for what promises to be a lively walk through the realm of native bird songs.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Helping Baby Birds
Discover what to do if you find a baby bird from Alabama Wildlife Center founder Anne G. Miller.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Protecting Birds from Window Collisions
Learn about the second leading cause of bird deaths in North America along with solutions you can do at home to eliminate bird window collisions.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home—Birding by Ear: Mimics and Name-sayers
Learn to recognize and separate the vocalizations of our mimic thrushes and name-sayers with Paul H. Franklin.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home—Birding by Ear: The Simple Singers
Join Paul H. Franklin and learn to identify birds by their songs in the second installment of this online course.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Birdwatching for Beginners
Master-birder Greg Harber teaches students everything they need to know to get started with their new favorite hobby in the third offering of this popular online course.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: The Basics of Bird Banding
Discover why bird banding is so important for their conservation and how to report a sighting of a banded bird with our Science & Conservation Director.
ONLINE Book Club: Audubon at Home: The Overstory
Join our second online book club with Alabama Audubon's Alliemarie Humphries and read a novel about life stories of nine Americans whose experiences with trees brings them together to face the issue of deforestation.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home—Birding by Ear: The Robin Song Family
Explore the primary songs of the robin, the tanagers, several of the vireos, and more for what promises to be a lively walk through the realm of native bird songs in the second installment of this online course.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Birds and Nature Journaling
Join Timothy Joe of the Joe Farm as he teaches techniques on how to paint what inspires us in nature into a journal in the inaugural offering of this online four-week course.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Birdwatching for Beginners
Master-birder Greg Harber teaches students everything they need to know to get started with their new favorite hobby in the third offering of this popular online course.
ONLINE: Let’s Go Birding Together Virtual Bird Walk
Tune into our Facebook page on Wednesday, June 24th, at 9 a.m. CDT for a special Pride month Let's Go Birding Together Facebook Live bird walk!
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: iNaturalist with the Alabama Museum of Natural History
Join Dr. John Friel, Director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, for an overview of the iNaturalist platform and how it can be used to make nature observations.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Alabama SwiftWatch
Learn how you can take action to help conservation efforts on behalf of chimney swifts in this online course with our Science & Conservation Director.
ONLINE: Annual Membership Meeting
Join us online for a night of membership appreciation as we reflect on the last year and look forward to all the great things we've got coming up in the next year.
ONLINE: Virtual Black Belt Field Trip: Prattville-Autaugaville-Lowndesboro
Join us for a virtual field trip to see kites, storks, and more in the Alabama Black Belt.
ONLINE: Virtual Black Belt Field Trip: Greensboro Area Catfish Ponds
Take a a virtual field trip to Alabama’s Black Belt region and learn where you can take your own field trip in the coming weeks to see Mississippi and swallow-tailed kites, painted buntings, wood storks, and more.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Identifying Beach Birds
Beach birds, especially shorebirds, are often difficult even for experienced birders to identify. Join Andrew Haffenden for this new, five-week course!
$50
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Protecting Birds from Window Collisions
Learn about the second leading cause of bird deaths in North America along with solutions you can do at home to eliminate bird window collisions in the second offering of this online course.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Birdwatching for Beginners
Master-birder Greg Harber teaches students everything they need to know to get started with their new favorite hobby in this popular online course.
ONLINE: Virtual Swift Night Out
Don't miss this chance to virtually see migrating chimney swifts downtown.
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Intro to Birds & Birding
Join Greg Harber as he teaches you everything you’ll need to know about your new favorite hobby. This is a more in-depth, seven-week offering expanding on our online Birdwatching for Beginners course.
$70
ONLINE Course: Audubon at Home: Vultures—Bald Is Beautiful!
Learn about the critical role vultures play in the ecosystem, how to identify Alabama’s resident birds, as well as the steep decline in global populations in this new online course from Jessie Griswold.