Schedule of Events:

Pre-Festival

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

6am-4pm: Dunes Big Day at Van Trip
6am-4pm: Birding the Best of Chicago’s Migrant Hotspots at Van Trip
6:15am-4pm: Behind the Scenes at the Chicago Field Museum at Van Trip
6:15am-4pm: Kankakee Sands: Prairie Birds and More at Van Trip
6:30am-4pm: Third Coast Birding Journey at Van Trip
6-8pm: Dune Birds In Art: Exhibition Opening Reception at Social
6-6:30pm: Festival Fine Art Reveal Party at Social
6:30-8pm: Flyways Documentary Screening at Social
7:30-9:30pm: Women’s Tour: Dunes After Dark at Van Trip
7:30-9pm: Woodcock Sky Dance Tour at Meet Onsite Trip
7:45-9:15pm: Owl Prowl at Van Trip
8-9:30pm: Mothing Adventures at Meet Onsite Trip
8-9:30pm: Dunes After Dark at Van Trip
8-9:30pm: Whip-poor-will Wander Tour at Carpool Trip

Thursday, May 16, 2024

6-11:30am: Wolf Lake 100 at Meet Onsite Trip
6am-12pm: Dunes Big Morning at Van Trip
6-11:30am: Kankakee Sands at Van Trip
6-10am: West Beach Pineries and Prairies at Carpool Trip
6:30-11am: Michigan Canopy Tour at Van Trip
6:30-10:30am: Cowles Bog at Van Trip
6:30-10:30am: Explore the Dunes with Tykee James at Carpool Trip
6:30-10:30am: Indiana Dunes State Park Trail 2 at Meet Onsite Trip
7-11am: Birding the Dunes with Lifer Nature Tours! at Carpool Trip
7-10:30am: Eggers Grove at Meet Onsite Trip
7-11am: Dunes Bird Banding 101 at Meet Onsite Trip
7-11:30am: Richardson Preserve at Carpool Trip
7-11:30am: Lake County Wetlands at Van Trip
7:30-10:30am: Brincka-Cross Gardens at Meet Onsite Trip
7:30-11:30am: Gibson Woods Nature Preserve at Van Trip
7:30-11:30am: Pinhook Bog at Meet Onsite Trip
7:30-11am: Reynolds Creek at Carpool Trip
8-11:30am: Find the Birds with Birdchick! at Carpool Trip
8-11am: Dunes Heron Rookery at Carpool Trip
8-11:30am: Miller Woods at Meet Onsite Trip
8-11:30am: Beverly Shores Birding Van Trip
8-11am: Chasing the Melody: Wood Thrush (Re)Search at Meet Onsite Trip
8:30-11:30am: Coffee Creek at Carpool Trip
8:30-11:30am: Intro to the Dunes: Accessible Nature Hike at Meet Onsite Trip
9-11:30am: National Park Ranger Birding at Carpool Trip
12:30-1:30pm: Kirtland’s Warbler Perseverance: An Endangered Species Success Story at Headliner
1:30-2:30pm: Live Birds of Prey! The Subtle Differences of Hawks, Owls, and Falcons at Presentation
2-5pm: Birding Potpourri at Van Trip
2-3pm: Great Marsh Restoration Story at Presentation
2-3pm: Monarch Butterflies at Presentation
2-4:30pm: IDSP Trail 2: Mindful Birding at Meet Onsite Trip
2-4:30pm: Pinhook Bog in the Afternoon at Meet Onsite Trip
2-4:30pm: Heron Rookery: Birds & Photography at Carpool Trip
2-5pm: Dunes Afternoon Warblers at Van Trip
2-5pm: Night Heron Watercolor Art Workshop at Meet Onsite Trip
2-4pm: Sparrow ID Workshop with Birdchick at Meet Onsite Trip
2:30-5pm: Great Marsh Afternoon Birding at Van Trip
3-4:30pm: Find the Fungi: Mushroom Walk at Meet Onsite Trip
6-9pm: Dunes Big Evening at Van Trip
6-9pm: Audubon Great Lakes: Trivia Night at Social
7-9pm: Dunes After Dark at Van Trip
7:30-9:15pm: Owl Prowl at Van Trip
7:30-9pm: Woodcock Sky Dance Tour at Meet Onsite Trip
8-9:30pm: Mothing Adventures at Meet Onsite Trip
8-9:30pm: Whip-poor-will Wander Tour at Carpool Trip

Friday, May 17, 2024

5-10am: Sunrise Birding at Michigan City Harbor at Meet Onsite Trip
5:30am-12pm: Illinois Big Morning at Van Trip
6-10:30am: Cowles Bog at Carpool Trip
6am-12pm: Indiana Big Morning at Van Trip
6-11:30am: Kankakee Sands Prairie Birding at Van Trip
6-10am: West Beach Pineries and Prairies at Carpool Trip
6:30-11:30am: Michigan Canopy Tour at Van Trip
6:30-11:30am: Lake County Wetlands at Meet Onsite Trip
6:30-11am: Meadowbrook Nature Preserve at Carpool Trip
6:30-10:30am: Indiana Dunes State Park Trail 2 at Meet Onsite Trip
6:30-10:30am: Warblers of the Dunes with Jim Bull at Carpool Trip
7-11am: Birding the Dunes with Lifer Nature Tours! at Carpool Trip
7-11am: Dunes Bird Banding 101 at Meet Onsite Trip
7-11:30am: Richardson Preserve Carpool Trip
7-11:30am: Michiana Marsh Meander Van Trip
7:30-11:30am: Women Bird the Dunes Carpool Trip
7:30-10:30am: Brincka Cross Gardens Meet Onsite Trip
7:30-11am: Pinhook Bog Meet Onsite Trip
7:30-11:30am: Reynold’s Creek Wetlands and Prairie Carpool Trip
7:30-11:30am: Beverly Shores and Great Marsh Van Trip
8-11:30am: Scholarship Recipient Hike Meet Onsite Trip
8-11:30am: Find the Birds with Birdchick! Carpool Trip
8-11:30am: Dunes Heron Rookery Carpool Trip
8-11am: Miller Woods and Swale Meet Onsite Trip
8:30-11:30am: Birding Photography Up Close Meet Onsite Trip
8:30-11:30am: Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve Carpool Trip
9-11:30am: National Park Ranger Birding Carpool Trip
12:30-1:30pm: Building Bridges With Birds Headliner
1:30-2pm: Live Birds of Prey! Conservation Efforts Supporting our States Raptors at Presentation
2-4:30pm: Dunes Heron Rookery Plants & Birds Carpool Trip
2-5pm: Let’s Just Go Birding in the Afternoon Van Trip
2-4:30pm: Pinhook Bog in the Afternoon Meet Onsite Trip
2-5pm: Dunes Afternoon Warblers Van Trip
2-5pm: Night Heron Acrylic Painting Workshop Meet Onsite Trip
2-4:30pm: IDSP Trail 2 in the Afternoon Meet Onsite Trip
2-3pm: Shrooms of the Dunes: They’re Really Fun(gi)! Presentation
2-3pm: The Birdy Bunch Podcast LIVE with the Festival Planning Team at Presentation
2-4pm: Warbler ID Workshop Meet Onsite Trip
2:30-5pm: Beverly Shores Great Marsh Van Trip
6-9pm: Birds and Brews and 8th Annual Bird Calling Competition at Social

Saturday, May 18, 2024

5am-11:30am: Cowles Bog 100 at Meet Onsite Trip
6am-12pm: Dunes Big Morning at Van Trip
6-10am: The Longshore Tower Big Sit at Meet Onsite Trip
6-11:30am: Kankakee Sands Prairie Birding at Van Trip
6-10am: Little Calumet River Bottom and Mnoke Prairie at Meet Onsite Trip
6:30-11am: Dunes State Park Warblers at Carpool Trip
6:30-11:30am: Berrien County Birding at Van Trip
6:30-10:30am: Migrant Traps of Wolf Lake and Forsythe Park at Meet Onsite Trip
6:30-10:30am: Indiana Dunes State Park Trail 2 at Meet Onsite Trip
6:30-11am: Sauk Trail Birdy Blitz at Meet Onsite Trip
7-11:30am: Bendix Woods Wildflowers & Warblers at Meet Onsite Trip
7-11:30am: Birding the Dunes with Lifer Nature Tours at Carpool Trip
7-11:30am: Cowles Bog at Van Trip
7-11am: Dunes Bird Banding 101 at Meet Onsite Trip
7-11:30am: Everglades of the North: Kankakee River FWA at Van Trip
7-11:30am: Richardson Preserve at Carpool Trip
7:30-10:30am: Brincka Cross Gardens at Meet Onsite Trip
7:30-10:30am: Harbor Country Kayak Birding at Meet Onsite Trip
7:30-11:30am: Gibson Woods Nature Preserve at Van Trip
7:30-11:30am: Indiana Dunes State Park at Carpool Trip
7:30-11:30am: Reynolds Creek Gamebird Habitat Area at Carpool Trip
7:30-11:30am: Beverly Shores and Great Marsh at Van Trip
8-11:30am: Birds & Blooms of the Dunes at Carpool Trip
8-11:30am: Dunes Heron Rookery at Carpool Trip
8-11:30am: Pinhook Bog at Meet Onsite Trip
8-11:30am: Miller Woods and Swale at Meet Onsite Trip
8:30-11:30am: Coffee Creek at Carpool Trip
9-11:30am: National Park Ranger Birding at Carpool Trip
12:30-1:30pm: Today’s Office at Headliner
1:30-2pm: Live Birds of Prey! Owls of Indiana and the Threats They Face at Presentation
2-5pm: Birding Bonanza at Van Trip
2-3pm: It’s A Hurricane of Flamingos! at Presentation
2-3pm: Gardening for the Birds: Native Plants at Presentation
2-4:30pm: IDSP Trail 2 at Meet Onsite Trip
2-5pm: Wilderness Survival for Birding Gone Wrong at Meet Onsite Trip
2-4:30pm: Heron Rookery at Carpool Trip
2-4:30pm: Pinhook Bog in the Afternoon at Meet Onsite Trip
2-4pm: Learn About Trees to Find More Birds! at Meet Onsite Trip
2-5pm: Dunes Afternoon Warblers at Van Trip
2-5pm: Birds and Crafts at Art Barn at Meet Onsite Trip
2:30-5pm: Beverly Shores Great Marsh at Van Trip
6-9pm: From City Kid to National Park Superintendent: An Accidental Birder Story at Keynote Dinner Event

Sunday, May 19, 2024

5-10am: Sunrise Birding at Michigan City Harbor at Meet Onsite Trip
6-10am: Cowles Bog at Carpool Trip
6am-12pm: Dunes Big Morning at Van Trip
6-10am: Longshore Tower Big Sit at Meet Onsite Trip
6-11:30am: Kankakee Sands Prairie Birding at Van Trip
6:30-11am: Michiana Marsh Meander at Van Trip
6:30-11am: Explore the Dunes with Tykee James at Carpool Trip
6:30-10:30am: Indiana Dunes State Park Trail 2 at Meet Onsite Trip
6:30-11am: Beverly Shores at Carpool Trip
7-11:30am: Womens Warbler Tour at Van Trip
7-11:30am: Birding the Dunes with Lifer Nature Tours! at Carpool Trip
7-11:30am: Best of the Dunes at Van Trip
7-11am: Spicer Lake Nature Preserve at Meet Onsite Trip
7-11am: Richardson Preserve at Carpool Trip
7-11am: Seidner Dune and Swale at Meet Onsite Trip
7:30-11:30am: Bike Birding the Indiana Dunes at Carpool Trip
7:30-10:30am: Brincka-Cross Gardens at Meet Onsite Trip
7:30-11:30am: Cowles Bog Birding with the Festival Founders at Van Trip
7:30-11:30am: Reynolds Creek at Carpool Trip
8-11:30am: Find the Birds with Birdchick! at Carpool Trip
8-11:30am: Heron Rookery at Carpool Trip
8-11:30am: Pinhook Bog: Plants & Birds at Meet Onsite Trip
8-11:30am: Miller Woods at Meet Onsite Trip
8:30-11am: Breakfast with the Birds at Meet Onsite Trip
8:30-11:30am: Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve at Carpool Trip
9-11:30am: National Park Ranger Birding at Carpool Trip
12:30-1:30pm: Saving Costa Rica Rainforest, One Dance At A Time at Headliner
1:30-2pm: Live Birds of Prey! Protecting Raptors In Our Region at Presentation
2-3pm: Big Bend Birding at Presentation
2-3pm: The Birding Experience in Uganda at Presentation

Date: May 16-19, 2024

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

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