Audubon Bird Sanctuary

This lush sanctuary on Dauphin Island consists of approximately 164 acres of maritime forest, marshes, dunes, a lake, a swamp, and a beach. Part of the Alabama Coastal Birding Trail, the sanctuary has multiple walking trails, some handicapped accessible, allowing the avid birder miles of habitat for spotting neo-tropical migrants in the spring and fall and native species all year long. Dauphin Island has been named one of the top four locations in North America for viewing spring migrations. As such, this sanctuary has gained recognition from the National Audubon Society as “globally important” as it is the first landfall for neo-tropical migrant birds after their long flight across the Gulf of Mexico from Central and South America each spring.