Dauphin Island Audubon Bird Sanctuary Trails, National Recreation Trail, Alabama. April 1, 2025.

Though I am taking the week off to finish some personal business and therefore am not working on Alabama right now, this National Recreation Trail is not far from where I am currently staying. Decided to take a break from the personal biz today and go do some walking.

I did not see any birds (or alligators) except for one blue heron. The trails were pretty nonetheless. If you want to virtually hike the sanctuary then you can watch the video I posted on Trish Ellis Travels (YouTube).

From the Town of Dauphin Island’s website: “Dauphin Island is classified as a “Globally Import Bird Area” by the American Bird Conservancy, and is well known as one of the best places in the country to observe “neotropical migrants” – a term for those flying south each fall to the tropics, and north each spring…Surround yourself with nature as you trek along a 1,000-foot-long board-walk through swamps, dunes and the Gulf shoreline at the Audubon Bird Sanctuary. Observe nesting platforms and catch glimpses of the hundreds of species of birds that migrate through this island habitat. Explore over 155 acres of maritime forest, marshes and dunes, including a lake, a swamp and a beach.” https://www.townofdauphinisland.org/things-to-do/audubon-bird-sanctuary