On June 17, 2023, The Dunes-Calumet Audubon hosted a field trip led by Julie Bonnema, with experienced birders Angie Archer and me, among the fifteen participants. It was a beautiful day for birding, filled with old and new birding friends. The day at Kankakee Sands offered perfect weather, with...
“There’s no way we are going to find this thing.” I was sure of it. The trails were packed with tourists, hiking noisily all over the mountain side, completely oblivious to the possibility of a Sooty Grouse—and that there was such a thing as a Sooty Grouse. “Let’s just...
I recently moved from Franklin, Indiana, to a cabin in the woods in Nashville, Indiana. I live here with my husband of almost 12 years and a senior brown tabby cat who showed up on our porch shortly after we moved. I have worked for the Indiana State Bar...
For Hoosier birders, doing an Indiana Big Year has become synonymous with joining the “300 Club,” but seeing 300 or more species in the state within a single year is a goal that fewer than 35 people have actually achieved.
I had always been fascinated in the features and colors of the birds in my backyard when I lived in California. I often saw Western scrub-jays and White-crowned sparrows before I moved to Indiana.
To commemorate our 125th anniversary, we challenged you to seek out 125 bird species in 2023 and submit your sightings via our online form to get a free anniversary logo sticker. Here are some of the entries we got, highlighting favorite species and noteworthy memories.
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