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!

We're doing summer cleaning and have discovered some amazing treasures we'd love to share.

Join us at our office in Highland Park at 2835 Highland Ave, for our first-ever Feathered Flea Market and Audubon Open House. Browse a collection of vintage birding books from around the world, perfect for coffee tables, collaging, decorating, or adding to your personal library.

The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is one of the most iconic birds of North American prairies, including the Alabama Black Belt and is our Bird of the Year for 2026. The species is in steep decline across nearly its entire range.

Join Alabama Audubon and Jefferson County Greenways for special early access to Turkey Creek Nature Preserve for Let's Go Birding Together! 

Our destination this day is Bull's Gap, in the southern reaches of the Talladega National Forest east of Sylacauga.

Join Alabama Audubon and the University of Alabama - Birmingham Libraries co-host a special guest speaker as part of Alabama Audubon's Speaker Series! This June's speaker, Robin Lloyd, is a recent recipient of the Alabama Audubon Walter F. Coxe Award and will be discussing his research on Gopher Tortoises in Alabama.

The Cahaba River Park is a very large Shelby county park along the Cahaba river and has many birds to see.

Please join us for our 2026 Annual Meeting on the evening of Thursday, May 14, in the large auditorium at the Homewood Public Library.

Join us as we explore the TVA Muscle Shoals Trail Complex in Northwest AL!

Curious about the birds around you? Wanna know what they are? This hands-on workshop is a fun way to find out. 

Join us for our Spring Bird Count, as we work to tally as many birds as we can in Jefferson, Shelby and St. Clair counties.

Join us for an Alabama Coastal BirdFest Social Night at Braided River Brewing Company from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM!

Join us for a Coastal Social Night at Fairhope Brewing Company from 5–7 PM!

Alabama Audubon is the proud host of the Alabama Coastal BirdFest! We strive to uphold the festival’s 20+ year legacy and invite birders from all over to join us!

You don't have to travel far or know anything about birds to begin.

Shoal Creek Park covers 167 acres of mostly open lands with wooded margins, with Shoal Creek running through the property.

In partnership with the Jefferson County Greenways Commission, join us for a BioBlitz bird banding demonstration and guided bird-watching walk at Red Mountain Park.

It's time for spring migration in North Alabama! Tag along with Alabama Audubon this spring at one of North Alabama's best songbird migration hotspots at Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve near Huntsville.

Under the watchful eye of Alabama’s most famous statue, we’ll head down the Vulcan trail, a stretch of wooded area running through the hillside, enjoying great views of the city and Vulcan himself, all while searching for migrants in this hidden gem of a birding area.

Celebrate the beauty of spring with Alabama Audubon at Shoal Creek Park during the 2026 Great Spring Bird Count!

Join us for our monthly Nature at Noon event with our friends at Ruffner Mountain!

Oak Mountain State Park is Alabama's largest park, with over 10,000 acres of woods and lakes to explore.

Black Creek Park is a hidden gem for year-round birding in the Birmingham area. Beautiful natural areas are set among pavilions and well-maintained ball fields.

Biking and birding along 5 Mile Creek Greenway: (Bike required.) The 5 mile creek greenway is about 8.5 miles long, connecting Fultondale to the outskirts of Brookside in Jefferson county.

Join Alabama Audubon and Cahaba River Coalition on Saturday, March 7, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Perry Lakes Park. ( AL-175, Marion, AL 36756).

Today's field trip will take us further afield - to the Coleman Lake/Pinhoti Trailhead area of the Talladega National Forest - where we will spend the first part of our morning gazing skyward, in hopes of finding Golden Eagle(s) soaring overhead.

Fort Morgan State Historic Site is a favorite amongst birders for good reason! This location provides easy access to diverse habitat along the Alabama coast. So diverse that it is split into 5 individual stops on the Coastal Alabama Birding Trail.

Tucked along the water’s edge the Fairhope Pier and Beach Park offer not only iconic views of Mobile Bay, but its birds too! We will meet at the entrance to the pier and start by scanning the waters for gulls, terns, and other waterbirds.

Adults are invited to join us in the Iorndale Public Library Community Room on Monday, February 23, 2026, for Dr. Scot Duncan's talk "Gardening for Birds, Bugs, and Biodiversity (And Why It Matters!)"