On the Rocks

You can watch shore birds come and go on the jetty rocks outside a Dauphin Island boat launch.

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

The Sanderling is a small, light-colored sandpiper with a straight, black bill and black legs.

A chunky, small shorebird with medium-length legs, a short neck, and a long bill that is curved toward the tip.

The sanderling is a small plump sandpiper.

Sanderlings are small, plump sandpipers with a stout bill about the same length as the head.