Indiana Audubon will host a free Youth and Family Birding Day on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CT at the Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education in Gary, Indiana. This event extends the popular Youth and Family Birding Day offered annually as part of...
I grew up in Shelbyville, Indiana, and now live in rural Shelby County. My husband, Doug, and I have been married for 32 years and have three wonderful daughters and a great son-in-law. Our family also includes our beloved poodle, Sammy, and grandcat, Luna.
This spring, seven curious Indiana Audubon members ventured into the dark world of birding: nocturnal flight call recording of migratory birds for the pilot launch of the organization’s Echoes of the Night Sky Project. While we slept (and passively birded), our recorders captured the ebb and flow of migratory...
Nothing defines ‘Birding 201’ like flycatcher identification. Despite the issues that come with warbler, thrush, and sparrow ID, none compare to identifying Empidonax flycatchers. This unique genus within the tyrant flycatcher family is widely regarded as one of North America’s toughest challenges for birders. So, I was thrilled to...
With nesting season in full swing and biodiversity restricted to breeding species, summer is the perfect time for birders to brush up on their identification skills before the fall. In this article, we will focus on a particularly challenging group of birds for most birders to identify: shorebirds! Specifically,...
Pay close, dedicated attention. Take a behavior/event and create a project from it to learn all you can through observation, research, and then document it with sketches, photos, and words.
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