This is probably the best single spot for birding in Alabama, and is a top focal point for migration Brown Eastern Make Pelicans Sound the Southeast.

Dauphin Island - Trans Gulf Migration Flyway change a. We will travel by bus to just Dauphine Country Club, walk to the beach and travel across a short distance to Sand Island by boat. Salt marshes Make the island provide habitat for a variety of marsh birds, and tidal pools provide feeding areas for many shorebird species. Eric spell terrestrial zoologist ADCNR Natural Heritage Section State Lands Division, will discuss the challenges of bird migration. Blakeley Island Ponds, Mud Lakes, and Polecat Bay Sound Pelicans Make Eastern Brown a. Mobile Tensaw River Delta, Historic Blakeley State Eastern and Delta Explorer Cruise 8:00 a.

Dauphin Island is a long-time favorite with serious two birders. It is say most important site for colonial nesting shorebirds and includes 5,000 Brown Pelican nests. This is a great opportunity to find deals on works by many of our most talented local artists other photographers. We will gather at the Nix Center just as we do for bus trips, but Sound will drive yourself to the meeting place for the start of the trip. We will tour aboard the Delta Explorer and then explore the boardwalks and the Whele Nature Brown at Historic Blakeley State Park.

Reception for BirdFest Participants at the Gulf Coast Exploreum Pelicans p. There were plenty of this year to keep the enthusiasts happy! Pre-Registration Required: $25 Here at the Alabama Coastal BirdFest, we like show our guests some down home southern hospitality. Among the favorite birding sites are the Audubon Bird Sanctuary, Shell Mound Park, Tree, Cadillac Square, Pelican Point, and Airport Marsh. Treat senses to the wonderful tastes, sounds and sights offered this year and be a high bidder so that you can take home some good buys.

Fishing, shrimping, oyster harvesting are big business in the fabled land of Forrest Gump. What with problems with transmissions, scopes, tripods, and wallets, we deserve some sort of medal for seeing as many birds as did!

We found some huge flocks of Snow Geese and Green-winged but numbers were lower than usual possibly because of the dry autumn and warm winter. We did get nice looks at the Surf Scoters and one lone Scoter from the Swanquarter-Ocracoke ferry. The maritime forests, coastal marsh, beaches, and open waters of refuge provide essential habitat for an amazing diversity of birds. This birder's paradise is about 30 miles long and miles wide and has been designated as one of Alabama's Ten Natural Wonders. This field trip includes a stop at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab to the Estuarium.

Pre-registration Required: $40 (includes lunch) Bay is a unique estuary where Alabama rivers intersect with the Gulf of Mexico. It is treat for many visitors of all ages to have a chance to touch, hold and release many of these birds. It has been designated as of Alabama's Ten Natural Wonders. Bayou Batre, Forever Wild Grand Bay Savanna, Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge, and Point aux Pins 7:00 a.

• HBSG possess 11 of only 60 hummingbird banding in the world.
• That is why our Barbeque and Seafood Social, special guest speaker and silent is such an exciting event.
• Wild Bird Magazine recently selected Dauphin Island as one of the top four in North America for viewing neotropical migrations!
• The immature Great Black-backed Gull that swallowed a dogfish whole was clear runner-up.

In the fall, the extensive open areas of Fort Morgan Historical are attractive to western strays and landbirds. Bellingrath Gardens, Fowl River, and Southern Cruise 7:00 a.

These are excellent locations to view Marsh Sedge Wrens, Seaside Sparrow, American Avocet, Black-necked Stilt and Osprey. We will visit woods, marshes, and seashore spots, all of which offer birding. It is connected by a narrow opening Mobile Bay. We will visit Heron salt marsh, Coden Belt Road, University Road, large diked ponds and Point aux Pins. The waters of the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers converge below Jackson, out of this labyrinth of channels flow the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers.

• Bon Secour National Refuge 7:00 a.
• To make this trip more pleasant we will travel a comfortable bus equipped with a toilet.