ABAS Event Calendar
Field Trips
Events
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Sparrow Field Trip – Goose Pond FWA
Goose Pond FWA Visitor Center 13540 West County Road 400 South, Linton, IN, United StatesJoin Mike Timmons on a trip to Goose Pond FWA on October 8th, 2016 in search of migrating sparrows. The trip will
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Woodcock Walk – West Park
West Park 2700 W 116th St, Carmel, IN, United StatesJoin Scott Enochs in a walk through West Park in search of American Woodcock. Woodcocks have a very acrobatic mating display that they perform at dusk, and West Park offers an up-close view of this display.
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Owl Prowl and Woodcock Walk
Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesHead to an early spring night hike at the NMP EcoLab to learn about woodcock, owls, and other native Indiana wildlife active in the spring!
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Woodcock Walk – Daubenspeck Community Nature Park
Daubenspeck Nature Park 8900 Ditch Rd, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin Amy Hodson for an evening walk at Daubenspeck Community Nature Park (DCNP), a great spot to view displaying American Woodcocks.
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Goose Pond Field Trip
Goose Pond FWA Visitor Center 13540 West County Road 400 South, Linton, IN, United StatesJoin Mark Welter for a trip to Goose Pond FWA in search of waterfowl.
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Smith’s Longspur Field Trip – Lye Creek Prairie Burn
Lye Creek Prairie Burn – Meet Old Marsh Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin Scott Enochs and Amy Hodson as they lead a trip to the Lye Creek Prairie Burn (The Burn) in search of migrating Smith’s Longspurs.
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Spring Migrant Field Trip
Join Amy Hodson and Brown County State Park Naturalist Kashena Hottinger as they lead you on a hike through Brown County State Park. This hike will target migrating warblers, vireos, tanagers, and flycatchers.
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Goose Pond Area Raptor Field Trip
Goose Pond Area - Meet at Kroger 1930 East Main Street, Plainfield, IN, United StatesJoin Scott Enochs as he leads you to Greene County in search of migrating and wintering raptors. Goose Pond, and surrounding areas, in Greene County has become a prime wintering area, and migratory stop-over, for raptors such as Northern Harrier, Rough-legged Hawk, Merlin, Golden Eagle, and Short-eared Owl. We will spend the afternoon and evening trying to find as many birds of prey as possible. We will remain in the area through sunset in hopes of seeing Short-eared Owls emerge from their daytime roost.
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Winter Lakefront Field Trip
Meet at Dick's Sporting Goods 6030 West 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin Scott Enochs as he leads you to the Indiana Lake Michigan lakeshore in search of wintering gulls, waterfowl, and any vagrants that may be in the area. We will spend the morning and early afternoon visiting various sites around the Indiana lakeshore. Little time will be spent hiking, though some hiking terrain would be considered moderate to rugged. Most of time will be spent travelling to as many sites as possible to scan the lake. Some stops may require travelling on toll roads. Depending on weather conditions, an evening stop to Kankakee Sands could be added to the trip. In that event, we will break for lunch in the Gary/Chesterton area.
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Goose Pond Field Trip with IWF
Goose Pond FWA Visitor Center 13540 West County Road 400 South, Linton, IN, United StatesIndiana Wildlife Federation is partnering with ABAS for a day of birding at one of Indiana's hottest migratory waterfowl viewing locations. Spend the day with expert birders. Hear about the work of the International Crane Foundation in Indiana. Learn how IWF helped in the creation of Goose Pond. Registration required and full details about the trip will be emailed to you closer to the date.