Blue Springs State Park
Blue Springs is a small park on AL 10 in Clio. It presents a small lake and scattered copses of mostly mature hardwoods. It’s used for swimming and picnicking by local residents. The springs themselves are now contained in concrete, but the park’s small lake does attract swallows, a few waders, and some songbirds. The woods here can be good for migrant songbirds in spring and fall, and check the skies for soaring hawks and vultures, especially in later spring and fall.
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Lakepoint State Park
The state park is adjacent to Eufaula NWR. It is situated on the shoreline of Lake Eufaula, and incorporates a marina, lodge, golf course, meadows, pine woods, grassy fields, and water treatment lagoons. You can find birds ranging from bluebirds and juncos to nesting Ospreys, Bald Eagles, Brown-headed Nuthatches. There are also waders, shorebirds, and wintering waterfowl. Any visit to the Eufaula NWR should include time to bird the state park.
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Eufala National Wildlife Refuge
Eufaula NWR has three units: Upland and Kennedy off US 431, and the Bradley on the Georgia side of the river. Upland has a motor trail which winds through pine woods, grassy fields, and marshy areas. It is excellent for waterfowl, sparrows, and raptors in winter, and grassland species and some waders in the warm months. Kennedy is composed of marshes and sloughs south, and the lake north. It can be spectacular for wetland songbirds and waders, including bitterns and waterfowl in winter. Access to the extensive marshes in the Kennedy is by foot only – a five-mile round trip.
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Old Creek Town Park
An interesting mix of easy-to-access habitats in an easy-to-reach, “civilized” park setting, Old Creek Town Park can yield excellent looks at a good number of species in a short time. Loggerhead Shrikes breed here. Ospreys, Anhingas, and good varieties of waders, swallows, and numerous songbirds are generally present and active. Be sure to check out all the habitats – grassy fields, inlets, deep-water lake, and hardwood and pine forests – to maximize your sightings.
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Yoholo Micco Trail
Yoholo Micco Trail is a 3.2 miles-long, paved, level walking trail in downtown Eufaula. It passes through a variety of woodland habitats, along the shoreline of Lake Eufaula and the backyards of residential properties, eventually joining Lake Drive at Old Creek Town Park. Expect to see woodland species, nesting Bald Eagles and Ospreys, and various waders most of the year, and gulls and perhaps waterfowl in winter.
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