Surprise Visit

Yesterday, several hundred birders were treated to a rare sighting.  What looks like either the first or 2nd state record in Alabama, a Painted Redstart got caught up in the massive weather front that rolled across the country and was dropped on Dauphin Island...

Ruddy Turnstone

A BIG Hello from Dauphin Island, Alabama. Tina and I spent our first full day on the island and saw 46 species of birds…. and its really slow with Warblers. DI is one of the top birding spots in the southeast with a record of 347 species of birds having been reported....

Do You Have Spring Travel Plans?

How about a week of some of the best birding in the country and walks on long Gulf Coast beaches?  Dauphin Island, Alabama is one of the top birding spots in the Southeast. An incredible 347 species have been reported on the island. Spring migration is the first...