Events

Explore the state's far most northeastern Birding Trail site for a fun morning of birding Indiana's Lake Country.  The ACRES Land Trust Wing Haven, and dedicated nature preserve has both cultural and natural history beauty as spring blooms on the preserve. The lower lakes host the nesting return site of Sandhill Cranes in Indiana, and high quality ravine woods that […]

Join us in Indy for a morning of spring migrants with Rhiannon Thunell. By this date, we should be seeing much in the way of warblers, as well as an interesting wave of first arrivals should be appearing. We’ll be focused on seeking out Hermit Thrushes, kinglets, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Fox Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows, creepers, and the first wave of warblers. […]

Join us for great summer birding in far eastern Indiana. Both the Limberlost Swamp Wetland Preserve and the Loblolly Marsh Nature Preserve are part of what once was the 13,000 acre Limberlost Swamp that was made famous by author and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter and their conservation efforts today are building a large bird list. Participants will meet at the Limberlost Historic […]

Join Indiana Audubon in the deep south of the state for a morning of birding at Lincoln State Park.  Warblers, vireos and thrushes pour through the park in early and mid-May on their spring migration, with many breeding species into the summer months.  The park also boasts one of the first, if not the first, Mississippi Kite populations around. Regular […]

Visit summer birding in the west part of the state this morning!  We'll be near our own Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary to take advantage of the great birding in the Whitewater valley.  Join local avid birder and photographer, Jeremy Proeschel for a look at forest birds, and lakeside birding.  Much of the full songbird song should still be in good […]

Late summer  birding can remain active in the deep forests of Indiana's first state park and this amazing Indiana Birding Trail site, McCormick's Creek State Park.  Join local birder and state park naturalist, Wyatt Williams, for an early morning of birding near Bloomington. Registered participants will meet at the McCormick's Creek State Park Nature Center.  Park entrance fees apply. Terrain […]

IAS is returning to Lake Michigan for a late summer tour for some prime shorebirds along the lakefront. Registered Participants will meet at the Miller Beach, Lake St. beach parking lot at 7am CT/8am ET time for a morning of shorebird pursuit, with the early, larger shorebirds being the target species of the morning. We’re in the window for a […]

Spend an enjoyable morning on the grounds of the Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary as we explore the late summer butterflies and birds on our amazing property. While mid-summer birding can be slow and difficult during the summer doldrums, there are still plenty to find for the nature enthusiast in search of something new. As breeding birds begin to quiet down, […]

Connecticut Warbler by Shari McCollough. Join Indiana Audubon for a fall morning of peak neo-tropical migrant migration at West Lafayette's Celery Bog.  Celery Bog is an outstanding Indiana Birding Trail site who's 4 miles of trails circle a complex of marsh and swamp habitats that host both treetop warblers, but ground skulkers as well.  Several observation decks also allow for […]