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October 2019
Indiana Audubon 2019 Costa Rica Trip II-FULL
Indiana Audubon 2019 Costa Rica Trip II: The Best of Costa Rica’s Caribbean Foothills and Lowlands THIS TRIP IS CURRENTLY FULL In the fall of 2019 Indiana Audubon is hosting the next in what has become a series of international trips for birders. IAS has featured several off the beaten path birding locations in recent years (Cuba, Honduras), and in 2019, this trip will be one of two Costa Rica trips that will feature this ever popular eco-tourism destination. Costa…
Find out more »Fall Birding in the Dunes Trip
The Indiana Dunes is simply great birding in the fall. Waves of migrant songbirds, including late warblers, sparrows, and arriving winter finches make the dunes a funneling point at this time of year. Join IAS Executive Director, Brad Bumgardner for a morning of birding along the lakefront in search of late fall migrants. The exact locations are open depending on weather conditions but will likely take place at prime sites within the Indiana Dunes State Park (entry fees apply) or…
Find out more »Dunes Owl Banding: Behind the Scenes
It’s a special night behind the scenes at the Indiana Dunes owl banding station! These behind the scenes nights help fund this multi year project to explore the migration timing, populations, and life history of this very unique Indiana owl. Registered participants will get to meet before the nets are put up to learn about the program and assist with net set up. Participants will perform hourly net checks with staff and volunteers and get a chance to see owls…
Find out more »November 2019
Audubon’s Night of the Owls
Again in 2019, Indiana Audubon and it's Indiana Project Owlnet partners will host a special night with the owls around the state to learn about and possibly see up close the amazing Northern Saw-whet Owl. On this night, participants may choose from one of FIVE owl banding stations running in Indiana to learn about the amazing migration of our smallest owl, as well as watch in the banding process of these spectacular birds. Participants may choose from the Mary Gray…
Find out more »An Evening with Sandhills and Saw-whets
Explore an exciting evening with Indiana Audubon, in collaboration with the Indiana Dunes National Park. Participants will enjoy the sights and sounds of two amazing fall migration spectacles in one day. This special tour will include presentations on both Sandhill Crane migration spectacle and the elusive nocturnal migration of Northern Saw-whet Owls down the shorelines of Lake Michigan and into the Indiana Dunes area. Participants will have the opportunity to view both in one evening. After a short presentation, we…
Find out more »Universal Mines Field Trip
Join IAS board member, Mark Welter, for a driving tour of the reclaimed Universal Strip Mines in search of waterfowl, raptors and sparrows. Located on the Vigo/Vermillion County line north of Terre Haute, Universal is an important stopover for migrating ducks and geese, and hosts significant numbers of both Tundra and Trumpeter Swans, as well. Several sparrow species, Rough-legged Hawk, Northern Harrier and Northern Shrike can also be found in this area in winter. We will primarily be birding from…
Find out more »December 2019
Audubon Christmas Bird Counts
The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a long-standing program of the National Audubon Society, with over 100 years of community science involvement. It is an early-winter bird census, where thousands of volunteers across the U.S., Canada, and many countries in the Western Hemisphere go out over a 24-hour period on one calendar day to count birds. IAS members can participate in one of the annual Christmas Bird Counts, sponsored by the National Audubon Society. Though Indiana Audubon does not officially…
Find out more »January 2020
Winter Eagle Watch Field Trip
Join Indiana Audubon for a special look at the winter spectacle of eagles along the upper Wabash River and reservoir floodplains. Wintering Bald Eagles have climbed considerably in this area over the last decade, and now this area of northern Indiana hosts as many eagles as many of the other known Indiana wintering sites. Some counts exceed 100 birds in a morning! This special field trip will meet at Salamonie Reservoir on January 25, at 3:00 PM. Registered participants will…
Find out more »IAS Winter UP Tour 2020
Indiana Audubon is pleased to offer another adventure for winter specialties of the northwoods February 2020. The trip is led by IAS executive director, Brad Bumgardner, who has toured the UP area for 6 tours, plus additional time outside of tours, and is familiar with the locations and birding areas around eastern Michigan UP area. The trip is offered for a maximum of 10 people. The trip is shorter and less species rich then the Sax-Zim Bog area of Minnesota,…
Find out more »February 2020
2020 Cuba Birding Trip – FULL
Indiana Audubon 2020 Cuba Birding Tour February 13-22, 2020 Cuba’s Western Mountains, Zapata Peninsula, Northern Archipelago, and Escambray Valley NOTE: THIS TRIP IS CURRENTLY FULL! Email us to inquire about being placed on the list for a possible second tour being planned. You are invited on an exclusive Indian Audubon Society authorized birding tour to Cuba! The program is managed by the US based Caribbean Conservation Trust, Inc. (CCT). In 2020 CCT staff will begin their 24th year of managing…
Find out more »IAS Winter Sax-Zim Bog Tour 2020- FULL
THIS TRIP IS CURRENTLY FULL, VISIT OUR WINTER UP TOUR FOR ADDITIONAL OWL OPPORTUNITIES Indiana Audubon is again leading an out of state tour for members to view the winter specialties of the north woods February 2020. Like the winter UP tours offered the past few years, this car pool tour extends the birding possibilities, to a location where both Great Gray Owl and Northern Hawk Owl are more consistently seen. This year's dates are February 14-17, 2020 and would…
Find out more »2020 Cuba Birding Trip II- FULL
Indiana Audubon 2020 Cuba Birding Tour II February 29- March 10, 2020 Cuba’s Western Mountains, Zapata Peninsula, Northern Archipelago, and Escambray Valley THIS TRIP IS CURRENTLY FULL, MESSAGE TO BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST. You are invited on an exclusive Indiana Audubon Society authorized birding tour to Cuba! The program is managed by the US based Caribbean Conservation Trust, Inc. (CCT). In 2020 CCT staff will begin their 24th year of managing bird conservation and natural history programs in…
Find out more »March 2020
Summit Lake Waterfowl Field Trip
Join Indiana Audubon for a morning of early spring birding among the often productive waterfowl haven found at Summit Lake State Park, in east central Indiana. Summit Lake covers 2,680 acres, including an 800-acre lake. The park is a mix of woodlands, old fields, wetlands, and prairie restoration areas which provide a wide range of flora and fauna. More than 100 species of birds reside in the park, and the area is popular among photographers and bird watchers. The field…
Find out more »June 2020
Indiana Audubon 2020 Ecuador Tour
Indiana Audubon 2020 Ecuador Birding Tour: The Best of Ecuador: Amazon Foothills and Andes Highlands June 2020 UPDATED: This Trip is FULL! In the summer of 2020 Indiana Audubon will host the next in a series of great birding adventures, as IAS takes you off the beaten path to a set of great birding locations in Ecuador. For sheer diversity of birds in a short trip, it’s hard to beat Ecuador. Nowhere else is it as easy to experience such…
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