Join Alabama Audubon and special guest, Dr. Joe Gyekis from Penn State University, for an introduction into Night Flight Calls that you won't want to miss!

Join us for an exclusive birdwatching adventure at the Perdido River Preserve in Bay Minette, Alabama. This property is an amazing opportunity to explore diverse habitats along the Florida-Alabama line and is perhaps most well-known for its density of visiting hummingbirds in the fall!

Join Alabama Audubon for this month's Nature at Noon outing at Old Cahawba Archaelogical Park in Dallas County. The park is situated where the Alabama and Cahaba Rivers meet, making it a great location for migrating birds that are moving down the rivers.

Situated where the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers meet to form the Alabama River, this area offers a diverse habitat which attracts a variety of birds and wildlife. We’ll follow a dirt loop trail which meanders past an open field, along the river and through a wooded section. The trail is approximately 1.5 miles. We’ll be traveling at a leisurely pace and expect to spend about 2-2 ½ hours at this location.

Russ Bailey was a long-time member of Birmingham Audubon, and "back in the day" when we held only one field trip per month, Russ would have an impromptu field trip on the Labor Day holiday.

Join Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard for a birding adventure at Monte Sano State Park— one of North Alabama’s most iconic songbird hotspots!

Join Alabama Audubon at one of North Alabama's best songbird migration hotspots for a Big Sit around the legendary water features this August at Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve near Huntsville.

WINDOW COLLISION MONITORING / Volunteer Training
Led by Lianne Koczur, our Science & Conservation Director, this fall you will have the opportunity to become part of a team that collects important data on bird-window strikes, which will be used to help us direct conservation actions. Stand Alone Session 2

Join Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard for a fall migration field trip, specifically in search of tough-to-identify warblers passing through the area this time of year. We will cover the basic field marks, ID tips, and other strategies to help you figure out who you're watching!

WINDOW COLLISION MONITORING / Volunteer Training
Led by Lianne Koczur, our Science & Conservation Director, this fall you will have the opportunity to become part of a team that collects important data on bird-window strikes, which will be used to help us direct conservation actions. Standalone Session 1

The Tombigbee River in west Alabama will be part two of our Birding by the River summer trip series. The beauty of birding west Alabama in late summer – a time of post-breeding dispersal and early migrants – is that one never knows what to expect, and several times we have seen unexpected species.

Join JCG and Alabama Audubon to see birds up close as scientists document Ruffner Mountain’s summer bird community through bird banding—the capture, measurement, and release of wild birds.

Ready to explore one of Tuscaloosa County’s best-kept birding secrets? Join us for a morning on Fosters Loop Road, a scenic mix of paved and dirt roads winding through a patchwork of Alabama habitats—think open fields, shady pine plantations, cypress swamps, and everything in between!

Join Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard for Nature at Noon this July at the James D. Martin Wildlife Park in Gadsden! The park is an important wetland tract of the Coosa River and is home to a variety of birds, including a large egret and cormorant rookery!

Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is one of Alabama's premiere destinations for birding, especially in summer when wading and marsh birds are actively breeding.

Join Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard for a field trip to Hollin's Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Clay County, Alabama in search of some of the birds (and other wildlife) active at night, including nightjars, owls, mammals, frogs, and anything else patroling the forest under July's full moon, which is the moon phase when many nocturnal birds are most active.

Join Alabama Audubon's Program Coordinator, Andrew Lydeard, and Jefferson County Greenways for a special early access field trip at Turkey Creek Nature Preserve in Pinson, Alabama to celebrate Pride Month! Let's Go Birding Together is a National Audubon Initiative that invites birders of all backgrounds to join for a relaxing birdwatching trip.

The Alabama River west of Montgomery has long been a birding destination for a number of the River Region’s specialties, and we’ll focus our efforts on both the north and south sides of the river looking for them!

Join Alabama Audubon's Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard for an online course that covers everything you wanted to know about using eBird and the Merlin app, but were afraid to ask!

Paulette Haywood & Sara Bright, co-authors of Butterflies of Alabama and administrators of the Alabama Butterfly Atlas, (albutterflyatlas@gmail.com), will lead. June is an exciting month to look for butterflies in the Talladega NF Shoal Creek District. Butterfly milkweed should be blooming, and is a nectar magnet for many species, including swallowtails, hairstreaks, and fritillaries.

Join us for a 3-hour birding and biking tour led by Donald Dehm from Alabama Audubon! This tour is perfect for both beginner and advanced birders. Participants should be comfortable riding bikes for an extended period of time. With only 15 spots available, be sure to sign up quickly—this tour fills up fast!  

The honor of your presence is requested at the Annual Meeting of Alabama Audubon.  Please plan on flocking like a Snowy Plover to the Homewood Library (Round Auditorium) on Thursday May 22, 2025.  The event will begin at 6PM with a social half hour.

Shoal Creek Park, located near Montevallo in Shelby County, is an inviting and accessible destination for outdoor enthusiasts. The park features level, easy-to-traverse paths throughout the property, making it user-friendly for most visitors.

This Bullock County nature preserve has a variety of habitats, including a couple of small lakes with swampy edges, mixed woodlands, and some open pine savanna areas. Mid-May should be a peak time here for songbirds.

Join Alabama Audubon for a MEMBERS tour of the new Eco Center for Gulf Shores Center for Ecotourism & Sustainability.

Join Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard for a birding adventure at Monte Sano State Park—North Alabama’s most iconic songbird hotspot!

Let us do the driving, and let's go birding by bus in the Black Belt! We will visit Perry Lakes Park. Early May is when the last wave of migratory birds are pushing through Alabama, so we can expect to see warblers, vireos, and other songbirds!

Join us as we celebrate the birds that depend on the unique and vital habitats only found in Baldwin County. From the songbirds in your backyards to the shorebirds on our beautiful beaches, birds are dependent on the health of area ecosystems for survival, including that of native plants and pollinators. Birds need insects, insects need native plants—and they need you to help protect a future for it all!