Tern Island Birds

This year is the first year that the Alabama Coastal Birdfest is sponsored by Alabama Audubon. The Tern Island trip … More

Birding Trip to Tern Island

The Alabama Coastal Birdfest offers opportunities to visit places you would never have the ability to visit without owning a … More

I’m not the best when identifying shore birds, so I hope Google got it correct on the sandpipers. Tern Island … More

A shorebird you can see without going to the beach, Killdeer are graceful plovers common to lawns, golf courses, athletic fields, and … More

Semipalmated Plovers are visual hunters. They run a few steps, pause, and then lunge at prey on the ground, grabbing … More

The Black-bellied Plover is the only American plover that has a hind toe on its foot. The hind toe, however, … More

Black-bellied Plovers are supreme aerialists, both agile and swift, and are readily identified at great distance by black axillaries (“armpit” … More

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