As if the Indiana Dunes Birding Festival wasn’t packed enough, this week we’ve added a touch of nocturnal magic to the mix. For the first time this year, our Echoes of the Night Sky NFC microphone was deployed at the Longshore Flight Tower, bringing after-dark migration into the spotlight...
The wind gods couldn’t quite decide who was in charge this morning. We started off with a gentle push from the south, only for the winds to pull a quick U-turn and swing in from the northeast just in time to gum up the works later. The migration faucet...
My wife Abbie and I currently live in Richmond, and I grew up in Liberty, just north of Brookville Lake. I'm currently the program manager for Cope Environmental Center, a nonprofit environmental organization and property focused on conservation, education, and sustainability in our community.
Indiana Audubon opposes the proposal to eliminate the U.S. Geological Survey’s Ecosystems Mission Area, including the shutdown of the federal Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL).
Birding at the observation tower at Indiana Dunes State Park is different than other styles of birding. It’s very much more akin to fishing, sitting, waiting, except we don’t have lures. So in that respect, we’re more like lumbering brown bears waiting on salmon to swim by. But in...
After several days of lackluster flights and north winds slowing things down, migration finally picked up again at the tower on May 6. We kicked off the morning under much better skies and ended with a solid showing across the board. The highlight was a strong Blue Jay movement,...
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