Auburn University will be the site of the Winter, 2020 AOS meeting, presided over by incoming AOS President Geoff Hill, an evolutionary and behavioral ecologist and ornithologist in Auburn’s Department of Biological Sciences.  Highlights of the meeting include a tour of the Southeastern Raptor Center, field trips to Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge and West Point […]

Counts for Alabama and nearby GA/FL/TN  Waterloo, AL – December 14, 2019, Damien Simbeck (256-856-3079;tnbarredowl@aol.com) Dauphin Island, AL – December 14, 2019, Howard Horne (251-605-9043, hhorne@bvaenviro.com    Teams cover Dauphin Island as well as part of the south Mobile County mainland Wheeler NWR, Decatur, AL – December 14, 2019, Dwight Cooley (256-565-6239, sabrewing@earthlink.net) See NABS […]

Bob Reed is a freelance author and photographer. He has been birding for about 25 years, although one of his earliest memories is of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird drinking from an Abelia Shrub in Centreville, Alabama.   He holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Auburn University and a Master’s in Business Administration from […]

An urgent call to bird-lovers from AOS/DIBS

Three members of Cornell’s Team Alabama joined with seven AOS members . . .

There were some counties with fewer than 30 eBird checklists. . .

To really experience a bird. . . go to its environment.

All annual AOS memberships are due in January for the coming year.

The latest Checklist of Alabama Birds is now available online.