ABAS Event Calendar
Events
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Cool Creek Beginning Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Nature Center 2000-1 East 151st St, Carmel, IN, United StatesJoin our naturalist staff and other guest leaders Sunday and Wednesday mornings and we will learn together. This will be a great opportunity for birdwatchers of all levels.
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Great Backyard Bird Count
Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesThe Great Backyard Bird Count is a free, fun, and easy event that allows bird watchers of all ages and skill levels to count birds. This citizen science event creates a real-time snapshot of bird populations over four days. Click on the event to see the details of exactly when the counts will be done at the Ornithology Center. Come join us!
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Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesEach Sunday year-round at Eagle Creek Park. Meet at 9:00 am at the Ornithology Center.
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Holliday Park Bird Hike
Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin us at Holliday Park for a bird hike through the woods and along the White River. Beginning birders welcome!
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Cool Creek Beginning Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Nature Center 2000-1 East 151st St, Carmel, IN, United StatesJoin our naturalist staff and other guest leaders Sunday and Wednesday mornings and we will learn together. This will be a great opportunity for birdwatchers of all levels.
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Cool Creek Beginning Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Nature Center 2000-1 East 151st St, Carmel, IN, United StatesJoin our naturalist staff and other guest leaders Sunday and Wednesday mornings and we will learn together. This will be a great opportunity for birdwatchers of all levels.
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Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesEach Sunday year-round at Eagle Creek Park. Meet at 9:00 am at the Ornithology Center.
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Cool Creek Beginning Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Nature Center 2000-1 East 151st St, Carmel, IN, United StatesJoin our naturalist staff and other guest leaders Sunday and Wednesday mornings and we will learn together. This will be a great opportunity for birdwatchers of all levels.
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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.
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Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesEach Sunday year-round at Eagle Creek Park. Meet at 9:00 am at the Ornithology Center.
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Strawtown Koteewi Park Beginning Bird Hikes
Strawtown Koteewi Park 12308 Strawtown Avenue, Noblesville, IN, United StatesBirds are fascinating and watching them can be an awe-inspiring experience. Join our naturalist staff and we will learn together.
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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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Cool Creek Beginning Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Nature Center 2000-1 East 151st St, Carmel, IN, United StatesJoin our naturalist staff and other guest leaders Sunday and Wednesday mornings and we will learn together. This will be a great opportunity for birdwatchers of all levels.
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Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesEach Sunday year-round at Eagle Creek Park. Meet at 9:00 am at the Ornithology Center.
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Bubbly Birder Big Year
Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin ABAS Board member Amy Hodson as she shares stories from a whirlwind of a year that got her to 302 species as well as the highlights, the misses, and the stories in between. This program will be conversational, so bring your questions and we will see you there!
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Bird Walks in the Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab
Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesThe Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab is a wonderful place to bird watch, with over 165 different species sightings being recorded since 2002. Meet at the St. Francis statue next to Allison Mansion on the north end of campus at 8 a.m., every Wednesday from March 14 to May 2.
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Cool Creek Beginning Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Nature Center 2000-1 East 151st St, Carmel, IN, United StatesJoin our naturalist staff and other guest leaders Sunday and Wednesday mornings and we will learn together. This will be a great opportunity for birdwatchers of all levels.
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Waterfowl ID Workshop
Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin ABAS Education Chair and waterfowl enthusiast Jessica Helmbold for a crash course on Indiana's Waterfowl. After the course, we will have lunch in the park and explore Eagle Creek Reservoir for waterfowl. Then in following weekends, weather dependent, we will make excursions to Muscatatuck NWR and Goose Pond for further study. Details about the two additional field trip opportunities will be emailed to workshop participants, posted on our Facebook page, and posted on the ABAS web site. You may join us just for the lecture, any of the field trips, or all events. For details, contact jessica.helmbold@indy.gov. RSVPs are appreciated, though not required.
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ABAS Goose Pond FWA Field Trip
Goose Pond Area - Meet at Target 10209 E. US 36, Avon, IN, United StatesJoin Mark Welter for a trip to Goose Pond FWA in search of waterfowl. Located in Greene County just south of the town of Linton, Goose Pond’s 8000+ acres represent Indiana’s largest and most successful habitat restoration project. Since its completion in 2008, Goose Pond has been a magnet for migrating waterfowl, waders, shorebirds, and songbirds. Mid-March can be expected to produce an interesting mix of lingering winter birds and early Spring arrivals.
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Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesEach Sunday year-round at Eagle Creek Park. Meet at 9:00 am at the Ornithology Center.