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  • Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes

    Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
    Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Each 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.

  • Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes

    Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
    Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Each 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.

  • Birds of Great Britain

    Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Join Jessica Helmbold, ABAS Education Chair, as she unravels the mystery surrounding birds of Great Britain. How are British birds similar or different from US birds? Hint: it's not their accents! Step into the avian world of our neighbors across the pond.

  • Fall Birding at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge

    Fall Birding at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge
    Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge 12985 East US Highway 50, Seymour, IN, United States

    Join ABAS Education Chair, Jessica Helmbold, for a day of celebrating the best of fall. Enjoy southern Indiana fall colors, fall waterfowl migration, and delicious hot fall beverages along with snacks and lunch at the picturesque Stream Cliff Farm Farm Winery in Commiskey, Indiana. Registration is requested by emailing Jessica at jh_beagle@hotmail.com. Please indicate if you plan to join us for lunch so we can make reservations at the restaurant. For those interested in carpooling, we will be meeting at 7:30 am at the Wal-Mart at County Line and Emerson. It's exit 101 off I-65. If you'd like to meet us at the refuge we'll be there between 8:30 am and 9:00 am.

  • Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes

    Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
    Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Each 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.

  • Holliday Park Bird Hike

    Holliday Park Bird Hike
    Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Join us at Holliday Park for a bird hike through the woods and along the White River. Beginning birders welcome!

  • Volunteer Training Series

    Volunteer Training Series
    Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    ABAS is making it even easier to volunteer with our Volunteer Training Program! Each session will focus on a different topic designed to provide volunteers with hands-on opportunities to gain the knowledge and skills needed to help with chapter programs and events. No experience needed, open to individuals age 16+. This session will be how to lead or assist on a bird hike. Much of the session will be a bird hike led by Dan Boritt, Holliday Park Manager. We are looking for volunteers who want to lead or help on bird hikes.

  • Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes

    Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
    Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Each 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.

  • Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes

    Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
    Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Each 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.

  • Newfields Bird Hike

    Newfields Bird Hike
    Virginia B Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres at Newfields 1550 W 38th St, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    ABAS is excited to partner with The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park at Newfields for bird hikes on this beautiful property along the White River and Central Canal. The first hike will be led by ABAS President Rob Ripma. Meet at Lake Terrace in the Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres. The hike is free and open to the public. Registration is requested by emailing us at info@birdallianceofcentralindiana.org. Join us as we explore the nesting species of this wonderful property.

  • Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes

    Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
    Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Each 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.

  • Antarctica Field Research

    Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Join Dan Boritt, Holliday Park Manager, for an informative discussion of the time he spent doing field research in Antarctica. Weddell Seals inhabit one of the most inhospitable places on earth.  How can they reproduce in such a place?  How do people live there?  Come and learn how these seals survive, how the researchers survive, and some chance encounters with the few birds that call this land home!

  • Beers with Birders

    Beers with Birders
    Metazoa Brewing Company 140 South College Avenue, Indianapolis, IN

    Join ABAS for an evening a Metazoa Brewing Company. We will meet from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm to collectively share our birding experiences and adventures at this informal gathering.

  • 109th Indianapolis CBC

    109th Indianapolis CBC
    Fort Harrison State Park 6000 North Post Rd, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    The Indianapolis CBC, sponsored by the ABAS, takes place within a 15-mile-diameter circle covering the northeast side of Indianapolis, with the center point being in Fort Harrison State Park. If you are a beginning birder, you will be able to join a group that includes at least one experienced birdwatcher. Register to participate by calling John Schaust at (317) 208-4021 or emailing schaust@gmail.com.

  • Eagle Creek Valley CBC 

    Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    The Eagle Creek Valley Christmas Bird Count, sponsored by ABAS, takes place within a 15-mile-diameter circle covering the northwest side of Indianapolis, with the center being in Eagle Creek Park.  If you are a beginning birder, you will be able to join a group that includes at least one experienced birdwatcher. A pitch-in lunch for all participants will be held at the Ornithology Center at noon to tally our bird count.  To participate please register prior to December 9 by contacting Will Schaust at (317) 327-2473, or emailing him at william.schaust@indy.gov.

  • Holliday Park Bird Hike

    Holliday Park Bird Hike
    Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Join us at Holliday Park for a bird hike through the woods and along the White River. Beginning birders welcome!

  • Bird Photography Walk at Eagle Creek

    Bird Photography Walk at Eagle Creek
    Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Join 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 see what lingering spring migrants and resident nesting birds we can find!Registration is required. Please RSVP for this event by emailing info@birdallianceofcentralindiana.org.  Although there is no fee for this walk, park entrance fees apply.

  • Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes

    Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
    Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Each 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.

  • Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes

    Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
    Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Each 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.

  • Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes

    Eagle Creek – Bird Hikes
    Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center 6515 Delong Road, Indianapolis, IN, United States

    Each 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.

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