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Don Gorney & Chad Williams Receive Conservation Awards from the Robert Cooper Audubon Society
Congratulations to former Amos Butler Audubon board members Don Gorney and Chad Williams for receiving conservation awards from the Robert Cooper Audubon Society on November 13. Don received the Robert H. and Esther L. Cooper Award for conservation activities and Chad Williams (with son Ceth) accepted the Charles D. Wise Youth Conservation Award on behalf of the Indiana Young Birders Club. Woo hoo! All the award winners rock!
LifeLines Nov/Dec 2014
Christmas Bird Counts; November Program: Young Birders; December Program: Bird Banding in the Tropics; Upcoming Bird Walks
Aldo Leopold’s Classic 1947 Essay on the Passenger Pigeon
Read Aldo Leopold's classic essay, written in 1947, on the occasion of the dedication of the Passenger Pigeon Monument in Wyalusing State Park in Wisconsin.
LifeLines Sept/Oct 2014
Birdathon 2014 Impressive Results; September Program: Dragonflies; October Program: Bird Banding in the Tropics; Fundraiser at Granite City; ◦Upcoming Fall Field Trips
LifeLines May/Jun 2014
Birdathon 2014; May Program: Proposed Mounds Reservoir; Spring Bird Walks; Morgan-Monroe State Forest Field Trip; Online Survey
LifeLines Mar/Apr 2014
Rusty Blackbird Blitz; Thanking Don Gorney; Remembering Mary Lu Spencer; March Program: Wildflowers of Holliday Park; April Program: Raptor Rendezvous; Waterfowl and Shorebird Field Trips
LifeLines Jan/Feb 2014
Bill Murphy Receives Donna McCarty Volunteer Service Award; Prosecution of Wind Company for Killing Birds: Learn Your Ducks Workshops; January Program: Birding Through the Eyes of a Photographer; February Program: The Secret Love Life of Birds; Goose Pond Sandhill Crane Field Trip
Hummingbirds & Snowy Owls: An Odd Wintery Mix
The irruption of Snowy Owls from Canada into the Northeast and Great Lakes that began in late November is garnering a lot of attention. After the breeding season, waves of hummingbirds that nest in the western U.S. make their way eastward and appear in Indiana and elsewhere.
LifeLines Nov/Dec 2013
Christmas Bird Counts; Birding 101 and Owl Prowl; A Banded Peregrine Falcon; November Program: Bird Safari in Africa; December Program: Lake Erie Pelagic Birding