Flock to the River Valley Flock to the River Valley For millions of years, the Tennessee River has cut its way through the Cum- North Alabama berland Plateau, carving the Tennes- Birding Trail North Alabama see Valley, one of the most diverse and beautiful landscapes in the south. Dense For more information: (866) 238-4748, Birding Trail woodlands and rich waters originally (866) 23VISIT, www.northalabamabirdingtrail.com attracted prehistoric peoples and started Look for corresponding letter A on map for the nearest local tourist infor- the long history of the area as a com- mation center. For complimentary Visitor Guide with detailed birding and site mercial and cultural crossroads. Civil War information, contact the local tourist information center or ADCNR. battles, engineering breakthroughs, and Bald Eagle/Walt Burch A North Alabama Tourism Association G Florence/Lauderdale Tourism 25062 North St. One Hightower Place trading links throughout the Mississippi Mooresville, AL 35649 Florence, AL 35630 (866) 23VISIT (84748) Phone: (256) 740-4141 Basin have all contributed to a cultural www.northalabama.org (888) 356-8687 Landscapes in the Fax: (256) 740-4142 richness which is complemented by a B Athens/Limestone County www.fl o-tour.org Chamber of Commerce region range from Scissor-tailed Flycatcher/Cornell Lab of 101 Beaty St., PO Box 150 H Greater Jackson County diversity of birds and other wildlife. Ornithology, Greg W. Lasley Athens, AL 35612 Chamber of Commerce Phone: (256) 232-2600 407 E. Willow Street, PO Box 973 Tupelo Swamps to Fax: (256) 232-2609 Scottsboro, AL 35768 www.tourathens.com Phone: (256) 259-5500 As the habitats vary through the valley, (800) 259-5508 blazing fi elds of C Colbert County Tourism & Fax: (256) 259-4447 so do the seasons. Spring is heralded by Convention Bureau www.jacksoncountychamber.com wildfl owers, and 719 US Hwy 72 West, PO Box 740425 the return of neotropical songbirds that Tuscumbia, AL 35674 I Huntsville/Madison County Phone: (256) 383-0783, (800) 344-0783 Convention & Visitors Bureau towering forests of Fax: (256) 383-2080 500 Church Street, Suite 1 utilize the forested hilltops as rest stops www.colbertcountytourism.org Huntsville, AL 35801 oak and hickory to Phone: (256) 551-2230 on their journey northward. Summer is D Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce (800) space-4-U 301 2nd Ave. SW, PO Box 1104 Fax: (256) 551-2324 fi lled with breeding woodland species vast sheets of open Cullman, AL 35056 www.huntsville.org Phone: (256) 734-0454, (800) 313-5114 such as fl ashy Pileated and Red-headed Fax: (256) 737-7443 J Lawrence County Chamber water replete with www.visitcullman.org of Commerce woodpeckers, boisterous Great-crested 12001 AL Hwy 157, PO Box 325 loafi ng waterfowl. E Decatur/Morgan County Convention & Moulton, AL 35650 Visitors Bureau Phone: (256) 974-1658 Flycatchers and Carolina Wrens, and Snow Geese/USFWS, Gary M. Stolz 719 6th Ave. SE, PO Box 2349 Fax: (256) 974-2400 Decatur, AL 35601 www.lawrencealabama.com skulking Kentucky and Swainson’s war- Phone: (256) 350-2028, (800) 524-6181 Fax: (256) 350-2054 K Marshall County Convention blers. In the fall months, migrant water- www.decaturcvb.org & Visitors Bureau 200 Gunter Ave. fowl, Sandhill Cranes, and a variety of F DeKalb County Tourist Association PO Box 711 1503 Glenn Blvd. SW, PO Box 681165 Guntersville, AL 35976 Fort Payne, AL 35968 Phone: (256) 582-7015 raptors return to spend the winter in the Phone: (256) 845-3957, (888) 805-4740 (800) 582-6282 Fax: (256) 845-3946 Fax: (256) 582-3682 valley or at least pass through on their www.tourdekalb.com www.marshallcountycvb.com way farther south. Once winter’s chill Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries is in the air, large roosts of Bald Eagles Alabama Department of Conservation and form and can be found with abundant Natural Resources 64 North Union Street waterfowl and gulls. Montgomery, AL 36130 www.outdooralabama.com
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, Birding opportunities in North Alabama Guntersville State Park/Teaming with gender, national origin or disability in its hiring or employment practices nor in admission to, access to, or operations of Visitor Map Wildlife its programs, services or activities. Funding for this project has been provided in part from the Tennessee Valley Author- compliment other outdoor recreational ity, a federal agency. Information on the equal opportunity obligations imposed as a result of such funding may be ob- tained at http://www. tva.com/moreinfo/ndnotice.pdf. This document is available in alternative formats upon request. activities including hiking, boating, fi sh- ing, and caving.
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