Category Archives: Field Trips

Feb. 14 | 9-11 a.m. Please join us for our next monthly bird walk at Mounds State Park on Saturday, February 14.  Meet in the parking lot next to the Visitors Center at 9 a.m.  Binoculars will be provided for those who don’t have their own. The following bird walk will be on March 14, at 8 a.m. NOTE:Continue reading “Mounds State Park”

Feb. 13-16 The Great Backyard Bird Count Gathering planned for February 15 at Jim Flowers’ and Annette Rose’s home has been cancelled, as the heavy snows have made their long, winding drive treacherous. However, the Great Backyard Bird Count will go on! We encourage everyone to do a backyard or local area bird count andContinue reading “Great Backyard Bird Count”

Various dates & locations We’re all invited to join the Indiana Audubon Society (IAS) on any of its January and February eagle watches, at locations where Bald Eagles are known to gather in the winter for feeding and roosting.  Each trip is led by an expert birder from the IAS, and the trips to SalamonieContinue reading “Eagle watching with Indiana Audubon Society”

March 7 | 9-11:30 a.m. For our third annual service trip at Mounds, we’ll return to the area below the fen to remove invasive honeysuckle and burning bush. Join us to continue this rewarding work! Meet in the Friends Shelter parking lot at 9 a.m. Dress for the weather and bring work gloves, loppers, andContinue reading “Mounds State Park service trip”

March 15 | 7:30-8:45 p.m. On Sunday, March 15, we’ll head to Cooper Farm (a Ball State University property) to look for male American Woodcocks performing their amazing aerial mating display.  Meet at Cooper Farm, 5800 W. Bethel Ave., Muncie, at 7:30 p.m.  Please park in the gravel lot next to the house, not by the barn.Continue reading “Woodcocks at Cooper Farm”

April 25  |  8:30-10:30 For this trip, we’ll be in search of wildflowers and migrating songbirds, both of which are found in abundance at Stout Woods in the spring.  The 36-acre state nature preserve, which is owned and protected by Red-tail Land Conservancy, is known as one of the best upland hardwood forests in EastContinue reading “Stout Memorial Woodland”