North Alabama Naturalist

03/02/2024

Enjoying a small waterfall on a sunny Sunday.

03/02/2024

03/02/2024

🥕🐰 Look who we caught HOPPING into town! The Easter Bunny will be at the park on Saturday, March 23, during our annual Easter Egg Hunt! 🐰 🥕

Take your own picture with the Easter Bunny at NO COST! (Pets wearing their favorite leashes are welcome to get their picture made, too!) 🥰

The Easter Bunny will be onsite from 9 am to Noon, take a bunny break from Noon to 1 pm, and then be on site for pictures again from 1 pm to 3 pm.

Learn more! https://www.facebook.com/events/1518609948714622

03/02/2024

From the Native Americans' homeplace to the flooding of the lake, visit these museums in around Lake Guntersville to learn about our captivating story.

03/02/2024

03/02/2024

Rode 28 miles on the Chief Ladiga Trail from Jacksonville, AL to Piedmont, AL. It was 36 degrees when I started riding and eventually warmed up to 50 degrees.

The 34-mile long Chief Ladiga Trail in Alabama connects to the Silver Comet Trail at the Georgia state line. Together these trails provide 95 miles of continuous, non-motorized, paved surface that is great for walking, bicycling, and dog walking.

The Chief Ladiga (Alabama) and Silver Comet (Georgia) are: Free, Paved, Built on abandoned rail lines, and are Rail-trail projects.

02/12/2024

The 2024 Fins, Feathers and Flowers event at Lakepoint Resort State Park is scheduled for February 16-18. Like the Eagle Awareness weekends held at Lake Guntersville State Park, this event offers a variety of conservation-themed activities for all ages. The park is located at 104 Lakepoint Dr., in Eufaula, Alabama.

Lakepoint State Park is offering a Fins, Feathers and Flowers overnight package that includes lodging for two nights and attendance at the social, dinner, breakfast, lectures, field trips and other presentations. For more information or reservations, call (334) 687-8011 or visit www.alapark.com.

https://www.outdooralabama.com/articles/fins-feathers-and-flowers-event-lakepoint-state-park-scheduled-february-16-18

02/12/2024

The 2024 Great Backyard Bird Count is coming up on February 16-19. Learn how you can participate at https://www.birdcount.org/participate/.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird photo by Brent Eanes

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02/12/2024

BearWise fact: Not all bears hibernate.

Hibernation is driven by several factors, including the amount of daylight, temperatures and the availability of food. In Louisiana, Florida and Arizona, many black bears snooze for just a few days at a time; only pregnant females hibernate. Bears in poor condition without enough fat reserves may hibernate for a short time or not at all.

In areas where there is a bountiful year-round supply of human-provided foods, like garbage, pet foods and bird seed, some black bears no longer hibernate at all, so it’s important to be BearWise year round and help keep bears wild.

Read on: bearwise.org/what-bears-do-in-february

02/12/2024

Not much has changed for our general admission tickets. All details for those options are below! Ultimate Weekend Passes get you inside the event both days and access to the pits during the weekend as well.

At the gate pricing will begin one week before the event. Tickets go on sale March 1, 2024 at 9 a.m.

www.guntersvillelakehydrofest.com

02/05/2024