Upcoming Events and Important News for Members

Scarlet Tanager Photo by Gil Patmore
Welcome to our newest Officers and Board of Directors!
 President (Term ends 2025) Kim Ehn.                                                        Vice President (Term ends 2024) Matt Kalwasinski
 Treasurer (Term ends 2025) Angela Clark                                                  Secretary (Term ends 2024) Cookie Ferguson
 Director (Term ends 2026) Julie Bonnema                                                 Director (Term ends 2026) Barbara Endoy
 Director (Term ends 2025) Dan Bariball                                                     Director (Term ends 2025) Greg Hejner
 Director (Term ends 2024) Michael Topp                                                   Director (Term ends 2024) Todd Etzler


​Fall Bird Walks  
                               First Saturday Monthly Winter Bird Walk (November  4 at 8:30am CT: Portage Lakefront & Riverwalk )
                              
                               Third Saturday Monthly Bird Walk (November: Owl Prowl at Kemil Beach Parking Lot)
And Look for our next date and location in our New Neighborhood Birding Series! October
See our Events and Trips page to learn more and to register about an upcoming field trip
Virtual Monthly Program 
Third Thursday each month (except December). November 7:00pm: "Where Birds Thrive, People Prosper: Restoration and Resiliency in the Calumet's Wetlands" presented by Daniel Suarez
See our Upcoming Programs page to check dates and the Zoom link for an upcoming virtual monthly program.

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Helping our Natural Resources

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  Click HERE to learn about the benefits of becoming  both a National Audubon and Chapter member.
Dunes-Calumet Audubon Society Chapter (only) memberships allows more funding to support local projects.
Events and Activities
The Dunes-Calumet Chapter meets monthly for informative presentations. Bird Walks are led to sites that highlight the great diversity of bird-life found on the southern shore of Lake Michigan.  Visit  ACTIVITIES  for more information and registration.
Great Birding Opportunities
The diversity of birding sites in Porter and Lake Counties host more bird species than anywhere else in Indiana.  Many birding sites are National Audubon recognized Important Bird Areas. Read more by visiting BIRDING SITES 

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FEATURE BIRDING SITE

Indiana Dunes State Park
Indiana Dunes State Park occupies 2,182 acres of beach, foredunes, dune forests, dune swamps, prairie, and savanna habitat. This mixture helps support a vast variety of bird species, and supports many migrating birds as they funnel along the lakeshore during migration.
With a variety of trails and road access, birds can be found during every season.,  Trail 2 circles the Great Marsh and traverses it on a mile-long recently re-constructed boardwalk, and is a good spot for nesting wetland birds. Trail 10 follows behind the high dunes, comes back along the beach and features morning warblers and Whippoorwills during summer evenings. 
The Bird Observation Platform (old green tower) is located on a dune west of the West Beach Parking Lot and offers birders a good vantage point for migrating waterfowl, passerines, and hawks. During Spring migration, Kyle Wiktor, monitors and counts thousands of birds almost every morning.
At the Nature Center, park information and recent bird sightings can be found. The Indoor Bird Feeder Windows often hosts early bird sightings and gives good glimpses at some of the more common species.
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​Dunes-Calumet Audubon Society
​P.O. Box 36
Wheeler, IN 46393