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.
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.
Participate in our Fall Bird Count from your home feeder or backyard!
Don't miss this chance to virtually see migrating chimney swifts in downtown Birmingham!
Fall is perfect for learning native trees! Learn from Henry Hughes, who worked in urban and rural forestry in Alabama for over 25 years.
Learn about Alabama's owls in this new, online course from Anne Miller, founder of the Alabama Wildlife Center!
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 second offering of this online, four-week course.
Join us for a panel talk with Christian Cooper, Dr. Rashidah Farid, Chris Joe, Dr. Drew Lanham, Corina Newsome, and Jason Ward as we hold a lens to the Deep South’s specific needs for a more inclusive future in birding.
Learn techniques on how to paint birds in a loose painting style using soft pastels in this new online three-week course from Timothy Joe.
Learn to identify loons, grebes, geese, ducks, and cranes you’re likely to encounter on or near Alabama’s winter waterways.
Join us for an evening with Ben Raines as he explores Alabama’s extraordinary biodiversity, while chronicling the past and present hazards—from dams to pesticides to clear-cut logging to lax environmental regulation—that threaten the future of this priceless natural resource.
Take a virtual tour of the Audubon Mural Project in Harlem, highlighting the beautiful artwork of many bird species threatened by climate change.
Discover birding through the seasons with Anne Miller, founder of the Alabama Wildlife Center, and learn about the amazing new tools now available for observing and understanding birds.
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.
Join Drew Haffenden for this two-week course designed to bring you either up to speed, or to refresh your dusty memory from a year ago, in identifying migrating shorebirds.
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 online course from Jessie Griswold.
Interested in exploring the most misunderstood birds in North America? Join Martha Harbison and Purbita Saha of the Feminist Bird Club and Galbatross Project for an intro on how to fundamentally change the way you bird.
Learn how to create a bird-friendly backyard and find out why it's the mess that's best.
Visit native forests through photographs and learn common and scientific names of over sixty prevalent native tree species with Henry Hughes and Michelle Blackwood.
Join Alabama Audubon’s Coastal Biologist, Sabrina Cobb, as she facilitates this important conversation with researchers from across the Gulf Coast on how climate change is impacting coastal systems and the birds that rely on them for this special Earth Day event. This event will coincide with our Annual Membership Meeting.
Seasonal bird counts have been a central part of Alabama Audubon’s work ever since its founding in 1946. This year, we’re continuing that tradition with three great counts, culminating in our fifty-seventh annual Spring Bird Count Saturday, April 24th.
Experience first-hand nature journaling with this demonstration by artist Timothy Joe and then join him for a full-length workshop to practice doing it yourself.
Take a deep dive with Paul Franklin into the wonder and delight of the birds' songs as they put on their concert for us.
Hummingbirds inspire an unmistakable sense of devotion and awe among bird lovers. Lifelong birder John Shewey provides all you need to know to entice these delightful creatures.
Habitat can give you a clue to birds you might be seeing. In this course, Greg Harber discusses details of several bird habitats found in Alabama, from deciduous and pine forests to beaches and shores.
Learn all about one of our favorite birds, the chimney swift!
Tune into our Facebook page for a special Pride month "Let’s Go Birding Together" Facebook Live bird outing in the Black Belt with Sarah, Meg, and Doug.
Join Anne Miller on a journey that will open your eyes to little-known aspects of how birds choose their mates, build their nests, and raise their young.
Whether you're interested in a full day or just a half day field trip, we've got you covered! Join us not far from Montgomery for a unique birding experience.
Have you ever noticed those little bands on some birds' legs? Learn all about banding and what you can do if you see a banded bird.
And now the second of two great summer trips exploring Alabama’s Black Belt—in advance of our inaugural Black Belt Birding Festival.
Join us for a celebration of Black Belt culture and ecology, so much of which happens to revolve around birds and habitat. With offerings lined up around ornithological history, Black history, Indigenous history, Black Belt prairie ecology, photography and art, and, of course, lots of birding—this will be an event to remember!
Alabama’s amazing diversity of flora and fauna includes a combined 166 species of cold-blooded reptiles and amphibians. Join Scott and Leah for an exploration of Alabama’s rich diversity of reptiles and amphibians, including a focus on common species, endemics, charismatics, and venomous.
Join us for our always popular coastal bird identification walk on Dauphin Island.
Join us for our first "swiftnado" viewing party of the year in Montgomery!
Celebrate the legacy of Birmingham birder Russ Bailey with a beginner-friendly field trip to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
Join Drew Haffenden for this course focusing on the changes we see in identifying fall shorebirds and terns.
Come prepared with all of your questions as Greg Harber helps you get started with your new favorite hobby!
Swift Night Out is coming to Greensboro! Join us as we enjoy the evening with one of our favorite urban birds, the chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica). All ages and abilities welcome!
Cahaba River Park is a new destination for our field trips, and we can't wait to see what we find.
Do you give a WHOOP? Educators from the International Crane Foundation will teach you the basics about whooping cranes and sandhill cranes.
Swift Night Out is coming to Fairhope! Join us as we enjoy the evening with one of our favorite urban birds, the chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica). All ages and abilities welcome!
Seasonal bird counts have been a central part of Alabama Audubon’s work ever since its founding in 1946. This is our fall count with a competitive twist!
As migration is at its peak, we'll be looking for a variety of warblers, tanagers, and vireos in the park's forested trails while enjoying magnificent views from the overlook at Monte Sano State Park.
Swift Night Out is back in Birmingham! Join us downtown as we enjoy the evening with one of our favorite urban birds, the chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica). All ages and abilities welcome!
Take a lunchtime nature break with us at the Treetop Nature Trail at Oak Mountain State Park.
The Cahaba River Greenway at the Trussville Sports Complex is a fully accessible bird outing for all levels and abilities of birders. We're excited to be partnering with Birdability to ensure knowledgeable accessibility. It's sure to be a nice time for all!
Fall is an excellent time to learn to identify native trees by their leaves, fall color, buds, fruits, branch and bark patterns, and site and soil preferences. The class will be organized around the beautifully illustrated new book, Trees of Alabama, by Lisa J. Samuelson with photographs by Michael E. Hogan.
Join our coastal biologists for a trip to Bon Secour NWR. Wind your way through a variety of habitats including maritime forests, salt and freshwater marshes, lagoons, and sand dunes along the Pine Beach Trail.
Special guest Mercedes Maddox, Nongame Wildlife Biologist with the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division of ADCNR, joins us as we explore this wildlife management area in northwest Alabama.
This beautiful bird sanctuary is part of the Alabama Birding Trails and is located off Hwy 411, behind the Gadsden Mall.
Join Alabama Audubon for a day of outdoor work and service at the Audubon-Datnow Forest Preserve at Birmingham’s W.E. Putnam Middle School.
Considered the easternmost national wildlife refuge of the Mississippi Flyway, Wheeler NWR annually supports Alabama’s largest concentration of wintering waterfowl.
Our January half-day field trip will be a sampling of Birmingham’s urban parks—including Avondale, W.C. Patton, and East Lake—with a wide array of winter species in both water, open, and woodland settings.
Greg Harber provides a comprehensive look at all the birds you’re likely to encounter on or near Alabama’s winter waterways.
We are partnering with special guests from Black Warrior Riverkeeper as we have a wintertime exploration of Moundville Archaeological Park.
The deep waters of Guntersville Lake and the Guntersville waterfront are excellent places to search for waterfowl in winter.
Explore the impacts of climate change on our state's bird populations with Dr. R. Scot Duncan.
Experience first-hand nature journaling with this demonstration by artist Timothy Joe and then join him for a full-length workshop to practice doing it yourself.
Don't miss this unique Hale County experience as the State Cattle Ranch requires advance permission for entrance.
