ABAS Event Calendar
Featured Events
Events
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Woodcock Walk – Daubenspeck Community Nature Park
Daubenspeck Nature Park 8900 Ditch Rd, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin DCNP Board member Brian Cunningham for an evening walk at Daubenspeck Community Nature Park (DCNP), a great spot to view displaying American Woodcocks. Woodcocks have a very acrobatic mating display that they perform at dusk known as the sky dance. While waiting for woodcocks, we will check the prairie and nearby woods for birds that may be going to roost in the park for the evening.
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Woodcock Walk – Robey Park
Robey Park 8700 W 30th St, Clermont, IN, United StatesPlease join the Friends of Robey Park, Inc. and Amos Butler Audubon Society for an evening looking for Timberdoodles, otherwise known at American Woodcock.
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Woodcock Walk – Carmel West Park
West Park 2700 W 116th St, Carmel, IN, United StatesJoin Chuck Anderson, ABAS President, for a trip to West Park in Carmel. Listen for the “peenting” sounds of a male woodcock as it attempts to court a female during the mating season. Watch the male perform an aerial display and listen to the sound of its twittering wings as it tries to attract a female.
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Laura Graham: Owl Adaptions
Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesLaura Graham has a background in conservation and ecology, her presentation is about how owls are adapted to be excellent hunters
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Woodcock Walk – Strawtown Koteewi Park
Strawtown Koteewi Park 12308 Strawtown Avenue, Noblesville, IN, United StatesUnusual, weird, romantic, and unique are all words used to describe the American Woodcock. Come experience this rite of spring for yourself as male woodcocks perform their aerial courtship displays for the females in the prairie at dusk! An indoor presentation will take place inside the Taylor Center to start.
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Lye Creek Prairie Burn – FULL
Lye Creek Prairie Burn 240 East County Road 650 North, Cherry Grove, IN, United StatesJoin Laurie Voss, ABAS Recording Secretary and experienced bird hike leader, on a field trip to the Lye Creek Prairie Burn, aka “The Burn”, in search of migrating Smith’s Longspurs and spring migrants. The Burn is located in Montgomery County and is the most reliable place for viewing Smith’s Longspurs in Indiana.
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Zoë Morgan and Michelle Morton, Black Birders Week
Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin the organizers of Indiana's first Black Birders Week, Zoë Morgan and Michelle Morton, for a presentation focused on intentionally inclusive nature programs.
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Fern Station Hike
CILTI Fern Station 123 Main St, Greencastle, IN, United StatesJoin Amos Butler Audubon Society and Central Indiana Land Trust for an invitation only hike at CILTI’s recently purchased Fern Station in Putnam County
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Mark B. Hamilton: Birds in the Mind of a Poet
Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin Mark, an eco-poet and environmentalist, in this public reading from his works and selected videography, focused on the riparian habitats along the Ohio and Missouri Rivers.
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September Lake Watch Experience Field Trip
Marquette Park 7132, Oak Avenue, United StatesJoin ABAS and Bill Sharkey for a morning of birding at the Lakeshore, and a chance to witness to aerial power of Jaegers.
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Lina Rifai: Saw-Whet Owls
Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin Lina Rifai for a presentation about the ongoing research on Northern Saw-whet Owls at Eagle Creek Park.
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Thirty, Birdy, and Thriving
Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesHas making friends after college been more difficult than finding a Baird’s Sandpiper in a flock of Leasts? Well look no further, because Amos Butler Audubon Society has got just the place for you to find your peeps.
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Lye Creek Prairie Burn Field Trip
Lye Creek Prairie Burn 240 East County Road 650 North, Cherry Grove, IN, United StatesJoin hike leader Nick Kiehl for a field trip to the Lye Creek Prairie Burn, aka “The Burn”, in search of fall sparrows, migrant waterfowl and possibly shorebirds.
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Randy Patrick: De-extinction
Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin Randy Patrick, retired Deep Time geologist and taxonomist specializing in species extinction, for a talk on “De-extinction is it the way to go.”
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Bird Safe Indy Downtown Walkabout
City-County Building 58 Alabama St, Indianapolis, United StatesExplore first-hand the dangers birds face downtown Indianapolis and learn about practical solutions with Wes Homoya and Bird Safe Indy. Free but limited to 15 participants.
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Thirty, Birdy & Thriving – Wingspan Game Night
Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesYoung adult peeps- you asked for a birdy game night, so Amos Butler is hosting one in November at Holliday Park! This free Thirty, Birdy & Thriving event is for ages 20-40 and is limited to 24 participants, so registration is required.
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Fall Birding at Goose Pond: FULL
Goose Pond FWA Visitor Center 13540 West County Road 400 South, Linton, IN, United StatesJoin ABAS and experienced hike leader Richard Garrett for an afternoon field trip to Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area in search of late/fall sparrows, waterfowl, cranes, and raptors.
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Jonathon Bontrager: Big Day & Birdathon Programs
Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin Indiana Big Year record-holder Jonathan Bontrager as he unpacks the art and adrenaline of competitive "Big Days," sharing field-tested strategies and tales from his quest to perform one every month this year.
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David Rupp: A Birder’s Guide to Goose Pond
Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesIndiGo Birding Nature Tours owner David Rupp, an Amos Butler board member a LONG time ago, will give an interactive presentation on the history of the property and the birds that can be found there.
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Greenfield CBC
Abbrev: INGR Circle ID: 59892 Compiler: Adam Wilson Email: nikonbirdhunter@gmail.com Location: (39.793654, -85.772475) Count Date: 12-14-2025 Comments: Welcome to the Greenfield Birders