Upcoming Events and News

SAVE THE DATE:  Member Summer Social and Volunteer Recognition
Sunday, August 9th - 1:00pm CDT
Town of Porter Community Center

 We are seeking volunteers to help with planning and logistics. Please email Kim Ehn, President at [email protected]
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Photo by Gil Patmore
BIRD WALK:  Indiana Dunes State Park
Saturday, May 2nd - 8:00 CDT
Indiana Dunes State Park

Join trip leader Dan Barriball for a special extended bird walk at the Indiana Dunes State Park. The group will leave from the Wilson Shelter lot at 8:00 am and head out on trail 2 and down the trail 2 boardwalk. We will return to Wilson Shelter on trail 10. The walk will be 3 miles long through mostly flat terrain and it will last until the early afternoon. Be prepared for muddy sections of trail and the possibility of mosquitoes. Trail 2 has some of the best migration birding in Indiana Dunes State Park for warblers and other spring migrants. Let's go and find them!

Click HERE to register through Eventbrite.
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Photo by Mark Olsen on Unsplash
PROGRAM:  Breakfast with the Birds
Sunday, July 5 & August 2 - 9:30am to 11:00am CDT
Paul H Douglas Center
100 N. Lake Street, Gary, IN

Every first Sunday of the month, our Outreach Ambassadors will help visitors focus on the birds seen through the bird feeder observation window at the Paul H. Douglas Center, providing help with bird identification and binoculars will be available to use. Each month will also feature and highlight a specific bird species and include its life history and conservation story. This month's bird is the Northern Cardinal.

Beverages and treats will be supplied from Tiny's Coffee Bar (555 S Lake St, Miller) for all to enjoy. This is a FREE event and a National Park parking pass is not required.


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LOOKING AHEAD:
Saturday, May 9 - Global Big Day (with participation giveaways)
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Sunday, July 5 - Breakfast with the Birds at the Douglas Environmental Center in Miller

TBA,  - Painting Birds with Watercolrs at Ancillaerie studio in Chesterton

Sunday, August 2 - Breakfast with the Birds at the Douglas Environmental Center in Miller

​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. 
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 LOCATIONS.
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FEATURED BIRDING SITE

Gibson Woods Nature Preserve

Gibson Woods Nature Preserve
Tucked away in the heart of the industrial region of northwest Indiana is an island of nature with some very unusual features. This 131-acre parcel of virtually "undisturbed" land is known as Gibson Woods Nature Preserve.
Gibson Woods is one of the last sizeable remnant of high quality dune and swale topography remaining in Lake County. Because of the widespread urbanization and industrialization in Northwest Indiana, this type of topography and its associated natural communities have been almost entirely eliminated.  Today over 130 species of birds have been recorded at Gibson Woods.  Typical time to bird site: 30-90 minutes.
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​Dunes-Calumet Audubon Society
​P.O. Box 36
Wheeler, IN 46393