Saturday, February 04, 2012

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Indiana Audubon Society's mission is to stimulate interest in birds and their protection; to serve the needs of youth, civic, church, schools and other groups by providing information concerning birds; and to educate the public concerning the necessity for conserving and preserving Indiana's natural heritage, its unique flora and fauna.
  
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2/4/2012 7:00 AM Eagle Trip
2/6/2012 IAS Cuba Survey
4/6/2012 Prairie Chicken Trip
5/4/2012 1:30 AM Spring Birding Festival
6/8/2012 7:30 AM Kirtland's Warbler Foray
6/9/2012 7:00 AM North Dakota Trip

  
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OHIO VALLEY BIRDING FESTIVAL

In or around Evansville April 21-22 and April 25-29?  Consider attending the Ohio Valley Birding Festival through the Evansville Audubon Society in partnership with the Wesselman Nature Society and John James Audubon State Park. 

More information can be found at the link here.
 

Remember Birding Ethics in 2012

In today's age of instantaneous bird reporting, new birders being converted from many sources of media, and the increase in digital photography, it's important to step back and remember why so many of us discovered the passion for birds and birding.  These amazing feathered animals of flight deserve our respect and admiration.  Please remember to make 2012 a year to be awed by birds and respect the practices of birding set forth by the ABA Code of Ethics.  The Indiana Audubon Society encourages everyone to re-familiarize yourself with the code and make a pledge to follow the code in the coming year.

To read the ABA Code of Ethics, please visit the link here.
 

BIRDING LIST REPORT FORM

We encourage all members of the Indiana Audubon Society to make use of the birding list report form found under the Activities tab. Whether your list is 1 or 100, you are welcome to report your sightings.

Please read the form itself for more information by visiting the link here.
 

Gull Workshop Full

Amos Butler Audubon and the Indiana Audubon Society are pleased to offer a gull identification workshop followed by a field trip to Lake Michigan to view gulls.  The gull identification workshop will be led by John Kendall, a fixture of lakefront birding in Indiana, on January 21 at Cool Creek Park, Hamilton County.  One week after the workshop, we will travel to northwest Indiana to put our new found gull knowledge to the test.

The workshop is currently full, but for more information, visit the link here.
 

IAS joins the American Kestrel Partnership

Indiana Audubon is beginning a partnership with The Peregrine Fund, headquartered in Boise, ID, to  initiate a new citizen science program, the "American Kestrel Partnership," to address widespread declines in American Kestrel populations across North America. The declines are poorly understood, so they are asking amateur researchers (both adults and students) around the continent to install and monitor kestrel nest boxes to produce a large dataset that can be used to better understand kestrel demographics and management.

American KestrelHere's how you can get involved. First, visit the website http://www.peregrinefund.org/american-kestrel to learn more about the project. Note that they provide downloadable Kestrel Nest Box Instructions in the right column. Second, contact Jeff Canada at jeffcanada11508@comcast.net.  Jeff will be the point of contact, as IAS Conservation Chair.
 

Bird of the Month

Calliope HummingbirdFor me personally, 2011 proved to be a year of wonderful birds and wonderful people.  Sometimes the paths of those wonderful birds and wonderful people intersected.  This intersection happened not only to me on a personal level, but in many ways it was an intersection on a historical level for the state. This brings me to the Bird of the Month: the Calliope Hummingbird, the smallest bird in all of North America.

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Update - newport chemical depot

Phil Cox and the Wabash Valley Audubon Society have been working for years to preserve the tall grass prairie as the Newport Chemical Depot is turned over to the county reuse authority. They are now poised to let it become farmland instead. He gives the latest report about this dispiriting move on our conservation page.
 

 

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