Audubon Bird Guide Mobile App – FREE
Photo by Camilla Cerea for National Audubon Society. The award-winning field guide at your fingertips, now FREE. Visit Audubon’s website for details. Nothing beats Audubon mobile field guides. With...
View ArticleRestoring Alabama’s Native Prairies
Purple Aster at Limestone Park, AL. By Boris Datnow. The Bird Call Blog by Clare Datnow My first inkling that prairies once flourished in our state began with the writing of my eco mystery about...
View ArticleOctober Off-Grid Birding
The Bird Call Blog by R. Scot Duncan Photos by Debbie McKenzie & Greg Harber Indigo Bunting by Debbie McKenzie. Unable to join the migration of birders to the coast for the Alabama Ornithological...
View ArticleBirds of Railroad Park Celebration
Birds of Railroad Park Celebrated October 13 in Downtown Wildlife Oasis Railroad Park Birds, October 2015. Railroad Park visitors now have another reason to stop and learn with the installation of “The...
View ArticlePlant a Meadow!
The Bird Call Blog by Michelle Reynolds November/December 2015 Hummingbirds slurping, bees buzzing, hover flies hovering, butterflies drinking, caterpillars munching, and finches and warblers picking...
View ArticleSessions Sanctuary Report
The Bird Call Blog SESSIONS NATURE SANCTUARY REPORT: September/October 2015 By Ellen McLaughlin The Birmingham Audubon Sessions Sanctuary is located on three acres donated by Diane and Tram Sessions,...
View Article2015 Annual Fund: Walter Coxe Research Grants
Walter Coxe, right, with Dr. Dan Holliman of Birmingham-Southern College Walter F. Coxe was an engaging Birmingham Audubon Society leader who helped a small group of birders and naturalists grow into...
View Article2 1/2 Birders, 3,384 Photographs, and 1 Lifer
The Bird Call Blog by Scot Duncan. Photos by Charles Grisham. I recently promised to write up the account of our finding the Little Gull. I got kinda’ carried away. Here ’tis, anyway… 249. How could...
View ArticleBirmingham Audubon Seeks Teaching Naturalist
Immature yellow-crowned night heron. Photo by Greg Harber Are you a passionate conservation professional who is excited by the opportunity to interpret the connection between conservation of birds,...
View ArticleAudubon in 2015: Alabama Audubon Chapter Leaders Meeting
Alabama Audubon Chapter Leaders Meeting September 29, 2015 Faulkner State Community College Fairhope, AL Representatives: Birmingham Audubon: Hans Paul, board member; and, Suzanne Langley, Executive...
View ArticleHabitat: Why it Matters
By Suzanne Langley, Executive Director Before joining Birmingham Audubon more than three years ago, I completed what I refer to as an extended education in what matters. My days were spent, for five...
View ArticleAlabama Audubon Coastal Bird Spring Survey
Alabama’s ACBS spring surveys will soon be underway! Volunteers will be surveying Alabama coastal bird populations in Mobile and Baldwin counties from March 20 to May 30. These data are critical in...
View ArticleState Park Memories & Mama
By Joe Watts, President-Elect The falls at Chewacla State Park, Joe Watts’ mother There’s really no other way to say it. When I think of the views off of Cheaha Mountain or the rush of the water over...
View ArticleTime to Dig!
The weather is warming up, wildflowers are blooming, and the birds are busy. It is time to start planting our habitat gardens! A habitat garden for birds should have four essential elements — water,...
View ArticleTRIP REPORT – Turkey Creek Nature Preserve 3-5-16
The Saturday, March 5th field trip to Turkey Creek was attended 20+ people who enjoyed the morning walking the road along the rapidly flowing creek. Before the walk started, we gathered in the museum...
View ArticleMarch Flicker Flashes
Red-eyed Vireo by Debbie McKenzie. Current Issue: March 2016 Flicker Flashes
View ArticleBluebird Nest Boxes: East Lake Park, Avondale Park, and Sherman Heights
Bluebird Nest Boxes Added to East Lake Park, Avondale Park, and Sherman Heights Eastern Bluebird with mealworm (male). Debbie McKenzie. Through Birmingham Audubon’s promotion of urban wildlife habitat,...
View ArticleAlabama Coastal Bird Stewardship Program receives funding through National...
Least Tern, John Borom March 10, 2016 – The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has approved $1.46 million through the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund for the Alabama Coastal Bird...
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