ABAS Event Calendar
Cool Creek Beginning Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Nature Center 2000-1 East 151st Street, 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.
Bird Photography Walk at Eagle Creek
Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin Amy Hodson on a walk at Eagle Creek Park to photograph birds. All levels of photography are welcome, especially beginners! Don’t have camera gear quite yet, but still want to learn? This will be a great opportunity to learn about the basics of bird photography. The group will meet at the Ornithology Center to practice shooting at the feeders. We will then head into the park to look for the famous Barred Owls, Red Fox, and Winter Wrens! Please RSVP for this event by emailing info@amosbutleraudubon.org. Registration is required. Although there is no fee for this walk, park entrance fees apply.
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. This event is free, though a gate fee to Eagle Creek Park applies.
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.
Cool Creek Beginning Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Nature Center 2000-1 East 151st Street, 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.
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. This event is free, though a gate fee to Eagle Creek Park applies.
Birding The Nature Conservancy Properties in Indiana
Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesJoin Matt Williams for our February program. As Director of Conservation Programs for The Nature Conservancy in Indiana, Matt will take us on a virtual tour of some of the Conservancy’s best properties around the state, and show us a photography slide show of some of the bird species that can be seen at these sites. Matt will also tell us a bit about his new book, Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest.
Cool Creek Beginning Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Nature Center 2000-1 East 151st Street, 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.
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. This event is free, though a gate fee to Eagle Creek Park applies.
CILTI Hike at Meltzer Woods
CILTI Meltzer Woods Nature Preserve 1522 South County Road 600 East, Shelbyville, IN, United StatesJoin the Central Indiana Land Trust (CILTI) for a Presidents' Day hike through Meltzer Woods. CILTI’s stewardship specialist Joanna Woodruff will lead participants through this beautiful old growth forest just outside of Shelbyville. We will work on our bark identification and have some fun while learning about the trees at this nature preserve. This is an easy hike over level ground. Joanna is a current board member of ABAS and serves as our Recording Secretary. Space is limited for this hike, so please register.
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!
Cool Creek Beginning Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Nature Center 2000-1 East 151st Street, 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.
Cool Creek Beginning Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Nature Center 2000-1 East 151st Street, 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.
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. This event is free, though a gate fee to Eagle Creek Park applies.
Cool Creek Beginning Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Nature Center 2000-1 East 151st Street, 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.
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. This event is free, though a gate fee to Eagle Creek Park applies.
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. No experience is necessary, and the hike will be led by one of the bird experts at Marian. The only things that are necessary are binoculars and a little bit of patience! We will meet at the St. Francis colonnade just west of Allison Mansion on the Marian campus at 8:00 am every Wednesday during March and April (excluding March 13), and will head into the EcoLab shortly after. Bring water to drink and wear comfortable shoes. No reservation is required.
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.
Woodcock Walk – Carmel 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. We will meet at the northwest corner of the West Park parking lot.
Cool Creek Beginning Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Nature Center 2000-1 East 151st Street, 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.