Audubon Bird Sanctuary

Audubon Bird Sanctuary gives Dauphin Island’s eastern landscape a different pace from the fort and aquarium. The municipal description follows a three-mile trail network through maritime forest, marsh, dunes, lake, swamp and beach. Those contrasting habitats make the walk useful even when the visitor cannot identify every bird encountered.

The island’s position on migration routes explains the sanctuary’s attraction, especially during spring passage. Birds arriving from across the Gulf use stopover habitat; seasonal presence and weather shape what a particular visit reveals. No list of observed species establishes guaranteed sightings on a chosen date, and a migration destination is not an animal show with scheduled appearances.

The Alabama Birding Trails program provides a further institutional reference for the site. Use the current town information to plan trail access, and treat older trail maps as orientation rather than a report of today’s surface conditions. Planning the outdoor walk in daylight is practical advice, not a claim that an officially verified sunrise-to-sunset opening schedule has been published.

The visitor address is 211 Bienville Boulevard. The recorded telephone is the town’s information contact, not an independently verified sanctuary switchboard. Published acreage differs between institutional pages, so no single area figure is asserted here. Choose the walk for its habitat transitions, bring time to observe, and check the current route when mobility or trail conditions determine the outing.

Google review excerpts: Two displayed reviews praise the trails, scenery and connection to the beach. One reports clear paths on a past visit; that observation does not establish today’s trail conditions.

Verified: 2026-09-27 · Official website · Address: 211 Bienville Boulevard, Dauphin Island, AL 36528 · Phone: +1 251-861-5525 · Google Maps · Google: 4.6/5 · 837 reviews · Town of Dauphin Island information office

Sources: AUDUBON BIRD SANCTUARY | TownofDauphinIsland · Alabama Tourism: Gulf Coast birding · Alabama Birding Trails · TOWN DIRECTORY | Town of Dauphin Island · Google Maps: Audubon Bird Sanctuary