Field Trips

Join accomplished birder Richard Garrett as he leads us on a field trip to Goose Pond Fish & Wildlife Area (FWA) in search of waterfowl and raptors.

If you need an incentive to get outside in mid-winter, join Chuck Anderson, ABAS Field Trip chair and President, as he leads you to three local parks in conjunction with the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) worldwide event.

Join Matthew Krohn for a field trip to Celery Bog Nature Area. This will be a great opportunity to view early season waterfowl and year-round resident birds.

Join 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. FULL - Standbys accepted - email Chuck Anderson at chucka1999@aol.com for information on waiting list.

Join ABAS Education Chair Jessica Helmbold as she leads you around Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge in Seymour, Indiana. Muscatatuck NWR is 7,724 acres and is one of the largest tracts of greenspace in Indiana. This south-central Indiana refuge is a flat to gently rolling mix of bottomland and upland forest, wetland, brushland and grassland habitat.

CANCELED - Join Katelyn Rae Garrett, Field Coordinator for Hardwood Ecosystems Experience (HEE) Purdue Forestry & Natural Resources, for a morning of birding and exploring Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood State Forest.

Join ABAS Recording Secretary and experienced bird hike leader Laurie Voss on a field trip to the Lye Creek Prairie Burn, aka “The Burn”, in search of fall sparrows, migrant waterfowl, and possible shorebirds.

Join Brittany Mullins and International Crane Foundation Whooping Crane Outreach Coordinator Stephanie Schmidt on our annual trip to view the Sandhill Crane migration at Jasper Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area on November 20 and 21.

FULL - Join field trip leaders Logan and Kristina Lakins for an afternoon field trip to Goose Pond Fish & Wildlife Area in search of waterfowl, cranes, and raptors. Just before dusk, Short-eared Owls will likely appear. Contact Chuck Anderson to register for this event.