Huntsville/Madison County Madison County contains exceptional birding sites providing diverse landscapes of lakes, creeks, rivers, open fields and woodlands. Within this environment resides a great diversity of bird life throughout all seasons. Birding Trail All sites are within a 30 minute drive from the Visitor Center in downtown Huntsville at 500 Church Street. For more information, call 256-533-5723 or visit huntsville.org. Pileated Woodpecker Huntsville/Madison County Birding Sites Site Park Featured Birds Season Terrain Hours For additional information on 1 Big Spring International Park Water Fowl, Gulls Sp, S, F, W 1, 4, 5 Dawn-Dusk local birding areas, visit: hsvcity.com/recreation North Alabama Birdwatchers Society 2 Burritt on the Mountain* Migrating Songbirds, Juncos Sp, S, F 5 9:00am-5:00pm www.northalbirding.com burrittonthemountain.com North Alabama Birding Trail 3 Monte Sano State Park Pileated Woodpecker, Sp, S, F 5, 7 7:00am-Dusk northalabamabirdingtrail.com (**NABT #29) Summer Tanager, Indigo Bunting, www.northalabamabirdingtrail.com alapark.com/MonteSano Migrating Songbirds Alabama Ornithological Society 4 Wildflower Trail on Monte Sano Nature Preserve Migrating Songbirds, Sp, S, F 3, 5, 7 Dawn-Dusk www.aosbirds.org landtrustnal.org Louisiana Water Thrush Land Trust of North Alabama 5 Huntsville Botanical Garden* Purple Martin Colony, Sp, S, F 1, 4, 5 9:00am-5:00pm www.landtrustnal.org hsvbg.org Summer Tanager, Indigo Bunting, Great Crested Flycatcher Huntsville City Parks 6 Tennessee River Greenway at Ditto Landing Migrating Songbirds, Gulls, Sp, S, F, W 2, 5, 7 Dawn-Dusk www.hsvcity.com/recreation hsvcity.com/recreation Herons, Shorebirds Huntsville Botanical Garden 7 Green Mountain Nature Trail Migrating Songbirds, Ducks Sp, F, W 1, 5, 7 8:00am-5:00pm www.hsvbg.org madisoncountyal.gov/services/naturetrail.shtml 8 Hays Nature Preserve Red-headed Woodpecker, Sp, S, F 1, 2, 4, 8:00am-5:00pm Summer Tanager northalabamabirdingtrail.com (**NABT #30) Barred Owl, Prothonotary Warbler, 5, 6, 7 Special thanks to Herb Lewis for his extensive hsvcity.com/recreation Pileated Woodpecker, assistance in the preparation of this brochure. Great Blue Heron Rookery, Migrating Songbirds Photography by local Huntsvillians Herb Lewis and Jerry Green. 9 Flint River Greenway Migrating Songbirds, Herons, Sp, S, F 2, 4 Dawn-Dusk hsvcity.com/recreation Red-headed Woodpecker Visitor Map 10 Madison County Public Lake Migrating Songbirds, Sp, S, F 1, 6, 7 Dawn-Dusk northalabamabirdingtrail.com (**NABT #28) Ducks, Herons 11 Winfred Thomas Agricultural Research Station Dickcissel, Sp, S, F 1, 4 8:00am-5:00pm northalabamabirdingtrail.com (**NABT #27) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Lark Sparrow, Meadow Lark 12 Harvest Square Preserve Black-crowned Night Heron Sp, S, F 1, 4, 5 Dawn-Dusk landtrustnal.org Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau 13 Indian Creek Greenway Migrating Songbirds, Sp, S, F 3, 5, 7 Dawn-Dusk 500 Church Street NW, Suite One hsvcity.com/recreation Herons, Ducks Huntsville, Alabama 35801 800-843-0468 • 256-551-2230 huntsville.org Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau *Discount coupons at Huntsville/Madison County Visitor Center Terrain Code: 1. Lake/Pond 2. River 3. Creek **North Alabama Birding Trail Site # 4. Fields 5. Walking Trails 6. Wetlands 7. Woodlands 11 12 Visitor Center Chase Road Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 500 Church Street NW, Suite One Dickcissel 256-533-5723 53 Moores Mill Sites within 20 minutes from Visitor Center: Green Heron Jordan Lane Ryland Pike 10 Lark Sparrow 231 72 1 Big Spring International Park Black-crowned Night Heron Pulaski Pike 431 200 Church Street NW Sparkman Dr. Jeff Rd. 2 Burritt on the Mountain Oakwood Meridian 3101 Burritt Drive Ave. 256-536-2882 72 Bankhead Washington Church Pkwy. Way Monte Sano State Park 3 Andrew 3 Pratt Jackson Nolen Ave. 4 5105 Nolen Avenue University Dr.Dr. 256-534-3757 MADISON 1 13 20 4 Wildflower Trail on Monte Sano Nature Preserve Holmes Ave. California Balch Rd. Research Park Blvd. Wall Triana Wall Hughes Rd. Clinton Monte Sano Blvd. minute Northern end of Cleermont Drive Browns Ferry Ave. 2 Sparkman drive Governors Dr. Burritt Dr. Indigo Bunting 5 Huntsville Botanical Garden Slaughter Rd. 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue County Line Rd. Bob Wallace Ave. Browns Ferry Old Madison Pike 5 Drake Ave. Dug Hill Rd. 30 256-830-4447 Gate minute Mill Rd. 9 Drake Ave. Dr. drive 565 Gate Sites within 30 minutes from Visitor Center: 8 Whitesburg 20 Ferry Leeman Carl T. Jones Dr. 6 Tennessee River Greenway at Ditto Landing Johnson Airport Gate Rd. Rd. 293 Ditto Landing Road, off Hobbs Island Road Patton Rd. 10 Blvd. Triana Sullivan St. Madison Blvd. 7 Green Mountain Nature Trail 431 5000 Nature Trail Road, off Shawdee Road Rideout Rd. Four Mile Post Cecil 256-883-9501 Ashburn Dr. Zierdt Rd. Glenn REDSTONE ARSENAL 8 Hays Nature Preserve Hearn Blvd. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Martin Rd. Old Hwy. 431 Prothonotary Warbler Hays Nature Preserve Trail, off Old Hwy. 431 AMCOM Gate 1 Sutton Wall 256-427-5116 Triana LIMITED ACCESS AREA James Whitesburg Dr. 9 Record Rd. Martin Rd. 9 Flint River Greenway Martin Rd. Bailey Cove Rd. Gate Weatherly Rd. Hays Nature Preserve Trail, off Old Hwy. 431 Blue Grosbeak 7 8 256-427-5116 Green Madison County Public Lake 10 Old Big Cove Rd. Mountain Rd. 2501 County Lake Road, Gurley 256-776-4905 Redstone Rd. 11 Winfred Thomas Agricultural Research Center Gate 3 Alabama A&M University 231 372 Walker Lane, Hazel Green 256-828-2100 7 Green Cove Rd. 12 Harvest Square Preserve Barred Owl Highway 53 and Jeff Road Hobbs Island Rd. Ditto Indian Creek Greenway 13 Marina Parkway Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Towhee Tennessee 6 Old Madison Pike near Slaughter Road River Red-headed Woodpecker.