Birmingham Audubon

Alabama’s Gulf coast is known as a haven for migratory birds and a favored spot for birdwatchers. But, it’s the west part of the state’s Black Belt region may draw up to two hundred “birders” for an annual event held by the Alabama Audubon Society. The “Black Belt Birding Festival” is expanding to close to six counties this year including Marengo and Lowndes. This part of the state is considered a “hidden gem” for observing the state’s feathered tourists.

The Alabama Coastal BirdFest is a great opportunity to go birdwatching as over 300 different species of birds will be making their way through south Alabama during their fall migration.

A new campaign by the Alabama Tourism Department is about to take wing. The agency has decided to focus its campaign on birding. Organizers say that the state of Alabama is home to over four-hundred-thirty species of birds.

A new study finds that climate change is threatening more than half the bird species in the United States. The National Audubon Society studied 588 bird…