ABAS Event Calendar
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Hoosiers for Whoopers: How You Can Help Whooping Cranes in Indiana
Hoosiers for Whoopers: How You Can Help Whooping Cranes in Indiana
Join Taylor Franklin for an update on the Eastern Migratory Population ow Whooping Cranes. Taylor is a Whooping Crane Outreach Program Assistant with the International Crane Foundation (ICF). Taylor will cover where and when whoopers are in Indiana, how people can help by reporting locations of birds they see, and a protocol for watching them. He'll also cover how to turn in people that are harming them, and other interesting and important information for folks to know about whooper conservation. This will be an online program using Zoom. Participants will register using Eventbrite and there will be a limit of 90.
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Great Backyard Bird Count Caravan
Great Backyard Bird Count Caravan
If you need an incentive to get outside mid-winter, join ABAS Field Trip chair Chuck Anderson as he leads you to several local parks in conjunction with the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) worldwide event. At each park, we will record the species and number of all birds seen and submit that list to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology via eBird. The parks that we plan to visit are Turkeyfoot Nature Park in Zionsville, Starkey Park in Zionsville, Central Park in Carmel, and Daubenspeck Community Nature Park in Indianapolis. The field trip is free but limited to 10 participants. Registration is required. Priority registration is available to local ABAS members through January 10, 2021.
Cool Creek Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Bird Hikes
Join expert birder Keith Starling each Saturday for a hike through Cool Creek.
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Cool Creek Bird Hikes
Cool Creek Bird Hikes
Join expert birder Keith Starling each Saturday for a hike through Cool Creek.
Woodcock Walk – Carmel West Park
Woodcock Walk – Carmel West Park
Join Chuck Anderson, ABAS Field Trip Chair, for a trip to West Park in Carmel. Listen for the “peenting” sounds of a male woodcock as it attempts to court a female during the mating season. Watch the male perform an aerial display and listen to the sound of its twittering wings as it tries to attract a female. Depending on the rules at the time, masks will likely be required for most of the hike. There may be times we can spread out and take a quick break from the masks. Check the ABAS calendar to be sure the hike isn’t canceled.