Valley Audubon Society. If you're interested in getting out to see some of the wildlife, then take a look at our local birding spots. You'll find maps, directions, and some representative photos of most of the parks. Links are included to:
• Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
• The Givens Interpretive Center
• Blackwell Swamp
• Beaverdam Creek Boardwalk
• Blowing Wind Cove Wildlife Refuge
• Buck's Pocket State Park
• Guntersville State Park
• Madison County Nature Trail
• Aldridge County Greenways Trail
• University of Alabama Duck Pond
• Rock Springs Park
• Guntersville Dam

of wonderful places to go birding. This site, from the Birmingham Audubon Society, assembles a list of sites here that are favorites of members.

of myriad riches. There are sparkling blue waters, magnificent snow-white beaches, and fertile coastal marshes. There are nineteenth century forts, shaded picnic areas, winding nature trails, and comfortable campgrounds. Diverse and abounding with wildlife, the park is not a single block of land but a mosaic. It includes 11 separate units stretching eastward 150 miles from West Ship Island, Mississippi, through Alabama, to the eastern tip of Santa Rosa Island, Florida.

grounds and funnel back into the United States. En route, many cross the Gulf of Mexico. The first land some of these birds see, after traveling more than 600 miles across open water, is Alabama's inviting coastline.

Jackson, Alabama

to information on: 
• Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
• Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge
• Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge
• Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
• Blowing Wind Cave National Wildlife Refuge
• Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge
• Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge
• Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge

including
• Weeks Bay Estuarine Reserve
• Grand Bay Savannah
• Rabbit Island
• Desoto Woods
• Pratt's Ferry

Louisiana and Dauphin Island, Alabama. April 8-14, 1997 by Doug and Arlene Ripley. This was not a trip for lifers, instead it was perhaps, the birding experience of a lifetime. Our first visit to Grand Isle, Louisiana, and Dauphin Island, Alabama, will remain etched in our memories for many years to come. 

from Blake Maybank's "Birding the Americas - Trip Report and Trip Planning Repository".

....Eagle Awareness Weekend - January 7-9, 2000. Contact: Joe

Wheeler State Park, 201 McLean Drive, Rogersville, AL 35652. Call (256) 247-5466 for more information.

Lake Guntersville State Park, 190 Campground Road, Guntersville, AL 35976: (256) 571-5445.

Eufaula, AL. Sunrise boat tours to see Bald Eagles, Ospreys, wading bird rookeries and alligators; evening programs and banquet with speaker. Call (334) 687-4065 for information.