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  • September Lake Watch Experience Field Trip

    Marquette Park 7132, Oak Avenue, United States

    Join ABAS and Bill Sharkey for a morning of birding at the Lakeshore, and a chance to witness to aerial power of Jaegers.

  • Eagle Creek Park Fall Migrant Field Trip: Full

    Eagle Creek Park Marina 7602 Walnut Point Rd, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Full: Join birders Randy and Lisa Vanderbilt at Eagle Creek Park to look for fall migrants. Free with park admission but limited to 10 participants. Early registration for ABAS members until August 15.

  • Lye Creek Prairie Burn Field Trip

    Lye Creek Prairie Burn 240 East County Road 650 North, Cherry Grove, IN, United States

    Join 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.

  • Fall Birding at Goose Pond: FULL

    Goose Pond FWA Visitor Center 13540 West County Road 400 South, Linton, IN, United States

    Join 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.

  • Lake Michigan Winter Field Trip

    Michigan City Washington Park Beach On the Lake, Michigan City, IN, United States

    Join experienced hike leader Richard Garrett for an exciting day exploring the winter birding hotspots along Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline

  • Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)

    Hazel Landing Park 10601 Hazel Dell Parkway, Carmel, IN, United States

    Show your love for birds at our annual Great Backyard Bird Count caravan led by Becky Heck, where we’ll count birds at three Carmel parks. Free but limited to 10 participants. Early registration for ABAS members until January 14.

  • Lye Creek Prairie Burn for Smith’s Longspur and other Spring Migrants

    Lye Creek Prairie Burn 240 East County Road 650 North, Cherry Grove, IN, United States

    Birder Nick Kiehl takes us back to the Lye Creek Prairie Burn for a springtime trip in search of migrants like Smith’s Longspur. Free but limited to 12 participants. Early registration for ABAS members until March 15.

  • Carpenter Nature Preserve Field Trip (ABAS Exclusive Entrance)

    Carpenter Nature Preserve 601 S. 900 East, Zionsville, United States

    Be some of the first to explore Zionsville’s new Carpenter Nature Preserve in this ABAS-exclusive field trip, led by Jonathan Bontrager. Free but limited to 10 participants. Early registration for ABAS members until April 15.

  • Global Big Day at Prophetstown SP with Thirty, Birdy & Thriving

    Prophetstown State Park 5545 Swisher Road, West Lafayette, United States

    Your trusty TBT leader Olivia Bautch is taking you out of the region to meet up with outstanding Tippecanoe County birder, Vivek Govind Kumar, who will lead this field trip at Prophetstown State Park. Limited to 12 participants. Free, but bring $2 to contribute to state park per-vehicle gate fee. We will meet at nearby shops and carpool to lower gate fee.

  • Ritchey Woods Spring Migration Field Trip

    Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve 10410 Hague Rd, Fishers, IN, United States

    ABAS Board member Olivia Bautch brings birders back to Ritchey Woods to find late-spring migrants and summer breeding species. Free but limited to 10 participants. Early registration for ABAS members until April 1.

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