Chattahoochee State Park
Chattahoochee St Park sits along the Florida State line. The park is managed for timber, but contains extensive water in the form of a lake, a swamp, and several other wetland areas. There is excellent birding all year, with breeding Anhingas, Purple galinules, Common moorhens, Least bitterns, King rails, kites, and many wetland songbirds. Wintering birds are numerous. Best place in the state for a stray Limpkin or Short-tailed hawk. Waders are common all year.
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Omussee Creek Park and West Bank Recreation Area
This complex of two riverfront parks offers nesting Anhingas, Moorhens, Misissippi Kites, and multiple wetland-loving songbirds. Omussee Creek and the West Bank Dam make a very fine half-day jaunt and couple well with Chattahoochee State Park, just 20 minutes south along AL 95.
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Dothan Area Botanical Gardens
The garden is free and open year-round. The paved paths pass through manicured lawns, a rose garden, open pine woods, mixed hardwoods, and small ponds. The gardens are easy to bird, with excellent access, and very good sight lines. The gardens are one of the best locations in the immediate Dothan area to see spring and fall migrants, and should host decent numbers of wintering songbirds.
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Landmark Park
There are three sections of this park that are of interest to birders. The entrance area contains a small farm plot, a home site, outbuildings, and several late 19th-century buildings. There is an upland wooded section with woodland trails, and an elevated boardwalk around a severely overgrown bottomland and wetland area. Sightlines are difficult in the wooded and wet portions; this is a site for birding by ear. Birding is easiest in the winter when the hardwoods are bare and birds are more visible in the more heavily wooded portions of the park.
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