Birding spots · Alabama

Best Birding Spots in Mobile County, Alabama

Dauphin Island Audubon Bird Sanctuary leads Mobile County's birding spots with 229 species reported, best in spring. 48 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Dauphin Island Audubon Bird Sanctuary	229	2,692	102	204	66	151
Shell Mound Park	216	4,716	74	187	51	168
Coronado Cove	212	383	85	184	57	122
Bayou Aloe	190	2,065	84	171	54	111
Pelican Point	176	648	48	132	24	105
Dauphin Island Public Beach	171	1,054	85	133	76	115
Bayou Second	160	547	50	143	19	70
Joseph N Langan Park	149	590	102	106	68	106
Goat Tree Reserve	146	1,256	18	134	17	90
Oleander Pond	137	415	45	96	36	64
Battleship Memorial Park	136	425	59	112	52	86
Dauphin Beach	126	163	70	85	19	53
Grand Bay Savanna Megasite Fee	109	262	54	90	42	58
Bayou Heron Park	103	158	34	83	14	28
Bayou Como	102	134	44	70	28	60
East End Landing	101	439	37	79	30	39
Cadillac Square Park	101	280	12	94	1	19
Pelican Point (Fort Gaines)	98	408	40	81	29	38
Bayfront Park	98	144	52	46	39	43
Bahlman Lake	95	118	83	42	7	33
Dauphin Island Public Beach (Bienville Beach)	94	138	45	61	23	55
River Delta Marina & Campground	90	123	23	71	49	29
Cedar Point	86	252	58	44	27	33
Dauphin Island Campground	86	107	16	76	18	9
Joseph N Langan Park (Deerwood)	84	125	49	61	27	48
Dauphin Island Public Beach (Pelican Passage)	82	162	43	64	38	53
Oleander Pond (Pelican Point)	80	250	36	59	36	36
Joseph N Langan Park (Municipal Park Lake Number One)	76	68	43	48	24	17
Bellingrath Gardens and Home	74	100	20	58	20	24
Grants Pass	69	108	43	33	17	25
Arlington Park	68	52	12	43	37	26
Dauphin Island Public Beach (Bayou Second)	64	138	23	45	24	40
Aloe Bay Landing Park	64	99	32	47	18	16
Grand Bay Savanna Community Hunting Area	63	62	34	25	22	35
Dauphin Island Audubon Bird Sanctuary (Alligator Lake)	59	112	24	41	15	29
Mobile Landing Park	31	76	10	19	12	13
Birding spot near Chickasaw	216	929	130	170	108	169
Birding spot near Dauphin Island (Pelican Passage)	203	1,881	108	144	93	144
Birding spot near Chickasaw (Shell Bayou)	138	280	67	113	69	78
Birding spot near Dauphin Island (west)	122	482	59	102	56	53
Birding spot near Grand Bay	114	151	73	71	20	59
Birding spot near Bayou La Batre	111	202	24	88	57	56
Birding spot near Mobile	97	239	62	65	44	55
Birding spot near Theodore	89	110	41	54	34	52
Birding spot near Belle Fontaine	86	65	39	47	26	43
Birding spot near Grand Bay (south)	81	67	49	43	19	26
Birding spot near Dauphin Island (west 3)	64	83	24	50	29	47
Birding spot near Dauphin Island (west 2)	62	124	27	46	22	33