Upcoming Events and News

MEMBER MEET-UP:  Summer Social
Meadowbrook Nature Preserve - Picnic Shelter
Sunday, July 27th @ 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm CST

Join us for our summer get-together. All Dunes-Calumet Audubon Members are welcome. Free food provided and catered by Strack and Van Tils. Bring your own beverage and water will be available. Program includes get-to-know-you and trivia games, highlights of our Volunteer activities, and logo prizes. Bring along money for the Silent Auction and Grant Fund Magnets fundraisers. Embroidered caps also for sale. Wingspan game demonstration, Bird Journaling or a Bird Walk may interest some members.
 
*Alternate location in case of inclement weather: Bertha Wood Meeting Room, Westchester Public Library, 200 W Indiana Ave, Chesterton (1:30pm)
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This meet-up is free to members and $5 for guests of members, but registration is required.​

​Helping our Natural Resources

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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  UPCOMING PROGRAMS 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 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