alabama coastal birding trail

While spending a month in Orange Beach stopped at various Coastal Birding Trail spots. The signs for Coastal Birding along with stop numbers made it fun and interesting. The stops covered a variety of habitats. Since we were there in February we only noted about10 or 12 different birds.

The coastal birding trail always makes me slow down a bit and be patient. I've followed a few of the trails from the guide and it's a great way to show your in town guests around as well...

The birding trail is directly in the path of migrating birds in the spring and fall. With the mild winters, opportunities abound.

So easy to follow the trails of different lengths, so no matter your time/physical limits, you can see things you've never seen in any other area. Loved the signage

I love birds and it was fabulous to be able to either walk or bike along the trail and stop to take pictures of birds en route.

We love taking long walks while on vacation. We go to Jeff Friends trail and the BonSecour nature trails in Gulf Shores. Its a nice pleasant walk

This is a amazing place to visit. The trails go through the marsh to be able to see the different bird nesting areas an goes out to the beach.

Took advantage of traveling to some of the spots here. Maps were well marked. Not a good season to see birds but was good to get out

It was a nice walk, but saw very few birds. I think we saw about 3 the whole trail. Maybe it is a seasonal thing. If you really want to see a big variety of birds, look on the coastal edge and in the water of Dauphin Island. They really put on a fabulous show there.

We sampled several sections of the trail & all were well marked with clear signs & distance markings. Parking is ample & we came across an occasional outhouse (solar powered fans - not that primitive). We didn't really expect to see many birds this time of year, we did enjoy seeing new (to us) types of wild flowers. One tip is that some of the trails traverse sandy areas so case that out before you go as it is much more tiring.

The boat ride was smooth and the water was clear. there were fish in the nets which drew the birds to us. Many dolphins too...Not as many birds as I would of like to see, but there are other trips that I heard was better.

Basically another road along the beach. There were a couple of neat trails but saw very few feathered friends. Did spot 1 indigo bunting

For people who are into birding the state of Alabama has created one spectacular birding trail here along our Gulf Coast. Plenty of signage and a map that takes you from one site to the next. The various species of birds that we have along our Gulf Coast is absolutely unbelievable! I especially recommend Robinson Island in Orange Beach, AL... right down the road from Gulf Shores.

We've walked the trails for 10 of our 14 days here. The trail is clean, well-marked and uncrowded. The names of the various trees are listed. There are mile-markes and benches. Our only criticism would be that there are no trash receptacles along the paths.

Easy signage all along the bay and gulf coast. Baldwin County offers the possibility of seeing hundreds of North America's birds during various times of year. Great spring and fall migration corridor. Annual Birdfest in Ocotber.