Alabama Audubon Field Trip: Cahaba River Park

Cahaba River Park is a joint venture between the Alabama Forever Wild Land Trust and Shelby County. The county has developed outdoor amenities at the park, including three parking areas and two pavilions with restrooms.

The park’s 1,505 acres are comprised of dry oak and pine forest with recovering clearcuts of pine plantation and moist, steep slopes on the river banks.

The park has approximately one mile of frontage on the Cahaba River. Birds typically found in the bottomland trails include Northern parula, white-eyed vireo, herons, kingfishers, tanagers, and other summer and fall woodland species. We will also be on the lookout for fall migrants.

Photo credit: Northern parula by Debbie McKenzie.