Wheeler NWR – Cave Springs
Site #31 Central Loop Description: The Cave Springs Cave has been popular for thousands of years. The combination of shelter, fresh water, and abundant food has attracted humans and other wildlife to its safety. The cave’s current residents include several thousand Gray Bats, an endangered species whose population stronghold is in northeastern Alabama. Where the [...]
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BP-Amoco Environmental Trail
Site #18 Central Loop Description: In the middle of the extensive agricultural fields that lie just west of Decatur, BP-Amoco has preserved a corner of prime woodland and marsh habitat. This area is worth stopping to check for marshland residents such as Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Yellowthroats during spring and summer months. At other times [...]
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Wheeler NWR – Dancy Bottoms Nature Trail
Site #33 Central Loop Description: Dancy Bottoms is an excellent area to visit during spring migration when dozens of warblers, vireos, tanagers, thrushes, orioles, and grosbeaks fill the trees. The area is also good for breeding species, including Barred Owl and Redheaded Woodpecker. Louisiana Waterthrush can be heard singing along the trail as early as [...]
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Site #16 Central Loop Description: Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge’s (NWR’s) showpiece Visitor Center serves as the gateway to the North Alabama Birding Trail. The Visitor Center hosts a series of interpretive exhibits that explain the refuge’s numerous residents, the ecology of these organisms, as well as information on the early human residents of the Tennessee [...]
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Mallard Fox Creek Wildlife Management Area
Site #1 Northwest Loop Description: This 1,483-acre Wildlife Management Area (WMA) along the southern shore of Wheeler Lake provides access to a number of habitats, including grasslands, agricultural fields, wildlife openings, and hardwood forest. This site offers numerous opportunities for viewing waterfowl, wading birds, and woodland and grassland songbirds. Scan the water for Wood Ducks [...]
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