Coastal Birding Association is located on the Alabama Gulf Coast.  We have field trips throughout the year and promote comraderie among wild bird enthusiasts, the preservation of bird habitat and conservation of wildlife.  If you are interested in the natural wonders of the Alabama Gulf Coast, please join us on one of our field trips!

Winter-Spring 2011

Jan. 22
Gulf Shores Area: Fishing Pier, Lake Shelby, Gulf Shores Sewage Lagoons, and Perdido Pass. Meet at 8:00 AM at Hardee’s on Highway 59 in Foley.  From there we will travel to Gulf Shores State Park to bird the Lake Shelby/Nature Center facility. Afterwards we will head east to Perdido Pass to look for loons and other seabirds. We will also visit the new Gulf Shores State Park Pier (Note: there is a $2 entrance fee to walk onto the pier for birding).  Trip Leader: Howard Horne,e-mail hhorne@earthlink.net, phone 251-605-9043

Jan. 28-30
Guntersville, AL: AOS Winter Meeting. See: http://www.aosbirds.org/documents/Winter2011Registration.pdf  or your Winter AOS newsletter for more information.

Feb. 5
Forever Wild Grand Bay Savannah:  Sparrow stomp, Blackbird roosting, American Woodcocks.  Meet at 2:00PM at the Hardee’s on Hwy 188 in Bayou la Batre. From Hardee’s we will carpool to Alabama’s Forever Wild Grand Bay Savannah Tract for Henslow’s, Le Conte’s, Grasshopper Sparrows and wren species. Be prepared for wet conditions; WATERPROOF BOOTS and warm clothes are advised.  Sunset is at 5:30 so we will begin our blackbird watch around 4:00.  This is an afternoon field trip.  Trip Leader: Chazz Hesselein.

Feb. 26
Mobile Delta, Causeway Birding: Five Rivers area, Meaher State Park, Battleship Park, Blakeley Mud Lakes.  Meet at 8:00 AM at the Five Rivers museum/meeting complex.  Sparrows, nuthatches, rails, waterfowl, shorebirds and more; the Mobile delta bird pallet is varied and surprises may be in store!  We will start birding at Five Rivers and work our way west!  Trip Leaders: Joan and Tom Siegwald, e-mail siegwald@shc.edu, phone 251-605-2989

March 19
Dauphin Island: Early Migrants: Shell Mounds, the airport, Pelican Peninsula, the East End.  Meet at 8:00 AM at the Shell Mounds southern parking entrance.  After birding the Shell Mounds we will go to wherever conditions, scouting and the desires of the group lead us!  Trip Leaders: John Stowers (Sto), e-mail Jwstowers@aol.com, phone 334-399-4498 and Sarah Whitfield, e-mail sarahwhitfield2010@comcast.net, phone 251-344-8158

April 9
Dauphin Island: Peak Spring Migration: Shell Mounds, the airport, Pelican Peninsula, the East End.  Meet at 8:00 AM at the Shell Mounds southern parking entrance.  After birding the Shell Mounds we will go to wherever conditions, scouting and the desires of the group lead us!  Trip Leaders: John Stowers (Sto), e-mail Jwstowers@aol.com, phone 334-399-4498 and Sarah Whitfield, e-mail sarahwhitfield2010@comcast.net, phone 251-344-8158

Attention CBA Members:
We are encouraging all CBA members to sign up for the Coastalbirds Yahoo group listserv for dissemination of timely CBA communication. The benefits of the Yahoo group are: 1) Find out about any last minute schedule changes 2) CBA members can sign up when they want.  3) Group members can select whether they get e-mails in their e-mail box or read them online or even select the type of e-mails they get.  4) Members can join or leave the group or change their group settings whenever they wish. To join this listserv go to the Coastalbirds link.