Our final installment of the Birder’s Guide takes your love and newfound knowledge of birds to the next level, by birding to help them! Read Bird Safe Indy Outreach Manager Jesse Greene’s best advice here.

Connect with the Bird Alliance with our updated email addresses and social pages.

Cozy season is upon us. After a long day enjoying migratory birds among the crisp autumn leaves, put down the binoculars and pick up a book, with inspiration from longtime Indianapolis birder, Jeff Rothenberg.

Meet Colleen, new Education Chair for the Bird Alliance!

While insects continue to vanish at an alarming rate, the "apocalypse” remains relatively under-the-radar. Two of BACI’s past editors and conservation champions came together to shed light on new research on a killer persisting across lawns.

It’s time again to unveil the winners of our annual Birdathon! Did Second Cycle Birders hold onto first place as species count champs? And did the 2025 fundraising champs keep their spot? Find all the news here.

You don’t need a Ph.D. to study nature. That’s right, I said study—not just observe or enjoy. BACI editor Olivia talks with Indy natives Jack and Kam of the environmental education project, Ecology Amateurs, about Instagram bird blogging, big days, gatekeeping, and real science impact.

So you live in Central Indiana and recently picked up birding. Welcome! Our local experts wrote a four-part guide just for you, on everything you could want to know about our birds and community. In part three, ABAS Editorial Chair Olivia Bautch tells you where you can learn about birds in the region.

Eight birders and their guides enjoyed a morning full of colorful late spring warblers and birdsong, courtesy of ABAS and Friends of Marott Woods Nature Preserve.