Schedule:

Thursday, May 11, 2023

6:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Lake County Wetlands & More Van Trip
6:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Dunes Big Morning Van Trip
6:30 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Indiana Dunes State Park Trail 2 Meet Onsite Trip
6:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m: West Beach Pineries and Prairies Van Trip
6:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m: Cowles Bog Carpool Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Bird Banding 101 from the Indiana Dunes Meet Onsite Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Richardson Preserve Van Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Birding the Dunes with Lifer Nature Tours! Carpool Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Lake County Parks and Preserves Van Trip
7:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m: Warblers of Brincka-Cross Gardens Meet Onsite Trip
7:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Pinhook Bog Meet Onsite Trip
7:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Eggers Grove Van Trip
8:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Dunes Heron Rookery Meet Onsite Trip
8:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Beverly Shores Birding Van Trip
9:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Birding with John Audubon Meet Onsite Trip
9:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: National Park Ranger Birding Meet Onsite Trip
11:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m: How We Get Haunted and Taunted By a Lost Woodpecker Headliner
1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m: Welcome to the Darkside: Mothing in Indiana Presentation
1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m: Mobilizing Participation and Engagement for Bird Conservation in West Africa Presentation
2:00 p.m - 2:30 p.m: Birds of Prey Live! Falcons, Hawks, and Owls! Oh My! Presentation
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Pinhook Bog in the Afternoon Van Trip
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Dunes Afternoon Warblers Van Trip
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Great Marsh Afternoon Birding Carpool Trip
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Birding Potpourri Van Trip
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Digiscoping Made Easy Workshop Workshop
2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m: Winter Birding in the Indiana Dunes Presentation
2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m: Joys from Birding Presentation
3:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Woodcock Ornaments with Kristina Knowski Workshop
6:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m: Kickoff Shindig: Bird Trivia & Tales with Audubon Great Lakes Social
7:30 p.m - 9:00 p.m: Woodcock Sky Dance Tour Carpool Trip
7:30 p.m - 9:00 p.m: Dunes After Dark Van Trip
7:45 p.m - 9:15 p.m: Owl Prowl Carpool Trip
8:00 p.m - 9:30 p.m: Mothing Adventures Meet Onsite Trip
8:00 p.m - 9:30 p.m: Whip-poor-will Wander Tour Carpool Trip

Friday, May 12, 2023

5:00 a.m - 10:00 p.m: Sunrise Birding at Michigan City Harbor Meet Onsite Trip
6:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Amy Kearns’ Dunes Big Morning Van Trip
6:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Kankakee Sands Prairie Birding Meet Onsite Trip
6:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m: Indiana Dunes State Park Trail 2 Meet Onsite Trip
6:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m: Michiana Marsh Meander Van Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Meadowbrook Nature Preserve Van Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Pinhook Bog Meet Onsite Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Forsythe Park/Wolf Lake & More Meet Onsite Trip
7:00 a.m - 10:00 p.m: Bird Banding 101 from the Indiana Dunes Meet Onsite Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Richardson Preserve Van Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Birding the Dunes with Lifer Nature Tours! Carpool Trip
7:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Cowles Bog Carpool Trip
7:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Reynold’s Creek Wetlands and Prairie Van Trip
7:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m: West Beach Pineries and Prairies Carpool Trip
8:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Beverly Shores and Great Marsh Van Trip
8:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Miller Woods and Swale Meet Onsite Trip
8:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Dunes Heron Rookery Meet Onsite Trip
8:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve Meet Onsite Trip
8:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Birding Photography 101 Carpool Trip
9:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Birding with John Audubon Meet Onsite Trip
9:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: National Park Ranger Birding Meet Onsite Trip
11:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m: Northern Hawk Owl Winter Movement Ecology Headliner
1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m: At-Risk: A Year Investigating Vulnerability of Bird Populations, Their Vital Places, and Self Presentation
1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m: Is Your Coffee Bird Friendly Presentation
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Shorebird ID Workshop with Geoffrey Williamson Workshop
2:00 p.m - 2:30 p.m: Birds of Prey Live! Conservation Stories Presentation
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Woodcock Acrylic Painting Workshop
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Let’s Just Go Birding in the Afternoon Van Trip
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Beverly Shores Great Marsh Carpool Trip
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Dunes Afternoon Warblers Van Trip
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Dunes Heron Rookery in the Afternoon Van Trip
2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m: Indiana Bird Town: “It’s a Sign!” for Michigan City Presentation
2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m: Nocturnal Flight Counts Presentation
6:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m: Birds and Brews and 7th Annual Bird Calling Competition Socia

Saturday, May 13, 2023

5:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Cowles Bog 100 Meet Onsite Trip
6:00 a.m - 10:00 p.m: Adam Sell’s Big Sit from the Longshore Tower Meet Onsite Trip
6:00 a.m - 10:00 p.m: Berrien County Birding Carpool Trip
6:00 a.m - 10:00 p.m: Little Calumet River Bottom and Mnoke Prairie Carpool Trip
6:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Dunes Big Morning Van Trip
6:30 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Pinhook Bog Meet Onsite Trip
6:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m: Indiana Dunes State Park Trail 2 Meet Onsite Trip
6:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m: Green Birding Challenge: Bike-birding the State Park Carpool Trip
6:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m: 3rd Annual “Naked” Birding Biathlon with the Homoyas Meet Onsite Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Dunes State Park Warblers Meet Onsite Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Bendix Woods Wildflowers & Warblers Meet Onsite Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: DuPont Natural Area Van Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Kankakee Sands Prairie Birding Meet Onsite Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Reynolds Creek Gamebird Habitat Area Van Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Indiana Dunes State Park Carpool Trip
7:00 a.m - 10:00 p.m: Bird Banding 101 from the Indiana Dunes Meet Onsite Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Birding the Dunes with Lifer Nature Tours Carpool Trip
7:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m: Harbor Country Kayak Birding Meet Onsite Trip
7:30 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Richardson Preserve Van Trip
7:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Miller Woods and Swale Meet Onsite Trip
8:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Everglades of the North: Kankakee River FWA Van Trip
8:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Dunes Heron Rookery Meet Onsite Trip
8:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Migrant Traps of Wolf Lake and Forsythe Park Meet Onsite Trip
8:00 a.m - 9:00 a.m: Birding Yoga at the Beach Meet Onsite Trip
8:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Coffee Creek Meet Onsite Trip
9:00 a.m & 10:30 a.m: Explore Birding Hikes at Miller Woods Meet Onsite Trip
9:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m: IDBF Youth and Family Birding Day Public Event
9:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: National Park Ranger Birding Meet Onsite Trip
11:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m: Colombia: Avian Adventures in the World’s Most Bird- Diverse Country Headliner
1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m: Extreme Birding: My biking Big Year Presentation
1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m: Texas Birding Beyond the Border and Coast Presentation
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Heron Rookery in the Afternoon Meet Onsite Trip
2:00 p.m - 2:30 p.m: Owls Alive! Owls of the Indiana Dunes Presentation
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Bird Sounds: Recording 101 Workshop
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Pinhook Bog in the Afternoon Van Trip
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Dunes Afternoon Warblers Van Trip
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Beverly Shores Great Marsh Van Trip
2:00 p.m - 2:30 p.m: Chair Yoga on the Festival Grounds Meet Onsite Trip
2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m: Tracking migration in four warbler species to unravel mysteries of migration. Presentation
2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m: Visiting all National Parks Presentation
5:30 p.m - 9:00 p.m: The Genius of Birds Keynote Event

Sunday, May 14, 2023

5:00 a.m - 10:00 p.m: Sunrise Birding at Michigan City Harbor Meet Onsite Trip
6:00 a.m - 10:00 p.m: Adam Sell’s Big Sit from the Longshore Tower Meet Onsite Trip
6:00 a.m - 10:00 p.m: Cowles Bog Carpool Trip
6:00 a.m - 10:00 p.m: Finches of the Dunes Carpool Trip
6:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Dunes Big Morning Van Trip
6:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m: If You’re Not Sick of Warblers Yet Tour Van Trip
6:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m: Indiana Dunes State Park Trail 2 Carpool Trip
6:30 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Michiana Secretive Marsh Bird Search Van Trip
7:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Kankakee Sands Prairie Birding Meet Onsite Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Coffee with the Birds: Coffee Tasting and Birding Meet Onsite Trip
7:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m: Seidner Dune and Swale Meet Onsite Trip
7:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Spicer Lake Nature Preserve Meet Onsite Trip
7:30 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Indiana Dunes State Park Carpool Trip
7:30 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Warblers of Brincka-Cross Gardens Meet Onsite Trip
7:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Pinhook Bog Van Trip
7:30 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Cowles Bog with the National Park Superintendent Van Trip
8:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Richardson Preserve Van Trip
8:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m: Breakfast with the Birds Meet Onsite Trip
8:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve Meet Onsite Trip
9:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: National Park Ranger Birding Meet Onsite Trip
11:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m: Finch Irruptions, The Finch Research Network (FiRN) and the Winter Finch Forecast Headliner
1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m: Biridng the Americas with Lifer Nature Tours Presentation
1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m: Birds of Prey Live! Supporting Raptors in Our Community Presentation
2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m: Warbler Migration Timing in the Dunes - A Statistical Study Presentation

Date: May 11 - 14, 2023

Location:

Indiana Dunes Visitor Center
1215 North State Road 49
Porter, IN 46304

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