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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
We are seeking members to volunteer as Outreach Ambassadors, Science Surveyors or Program/Trip Greeters. All events are listed on our page at Volunteer Local. Use the link to the right or go to dunescalumetaudubon.volunteerlocal.com |
First time users to our volunteer page are asked to fill out the Volunteer Application.
If you have any questions about these volunteer opportunities, please email us at [email protected]. |
April 2026 Eastern Bluebird Day Volunteers at Coffee Creek
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Board Member, Dan Barriball, at an Outreach event
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A Purple Martin House:
We are currently monitoring the activity at a Purple Martin house located at Coffee Creek Preserve (Northeast corner of I-80/90 and IN 49, on Village Point road) near the big pond. The PM house was recently replaced and our Bluebird Monitoring Team checks on it now. We need someone who is interested in taking over his project now, as the first birds are setting up their nests. Weekly checks involve lowering the house to inspect the cavities and removal of unwanted nesting materials. Our Bluebird Team will provide the first orientation and the Board will provide other support. Please email us at dunes.calumet@gmail with your questions!
Plants For Birds Projects:
Native Plant Demonstration Gardens at Forest Heights Community Garden, Hammond - Two garden beds will be planted on Saturday, May 23 which will need to be watered on a weekly basis. We are looking for volunteers to sign up for this watering opportunity through the summer weeks. Water and close-in birding is provided. Please email us at [email protected] with your questions. Dunes-Calumet Audubon member and FHCG Director, Shawn Manner, is coordinating the weekly watering.
Native Plants in Containers Gardening, Hammond Area - In July, we would like to present 3 programs to encourage using native plants where digging in the ground is not possible. Detailed planning for this project will be completed in June. Presentation locations will include Gibson Woods Nature Center. We are looking for volunteers to help with the planning and at the events. Please email us at dunes.calumet@gmail with your questions.
Outreach Ambassadors:
Talking to the public about birds and our chapter programs is a fun way to help us promote birding in the community. Other organizations provide the events for us to be at, like Humane Indiana Wildlife's Festival of Owls, or Highland Sustainability Committee's Migration Celebration. The chapter displays, give away materials including stickers, and interactive matching games or coloring crafts are provided by the Board. We would like to expand the events we participate in, like the Monarch Festival in New Chicago and the Lowell Public Library's NatureFest. Orientation to becoming an Outreach Ambassador will be scheduled online this summer. Please email us at [email protected] with your questions.
We are currently monitoring the activity at a Purple Martin house located at Coffee Creek Preserve (Northeast corner of I-80/90 and IN 49, on Village Point road) near the big pond. The PM house was recently replaced and our Bluebird Monitoring Team checks on it now. We need someone who is interested in taking over his project now, as the first birds are setting up their nests. Weekly checks involve lowering the house to inspect the cavities and removal of unwanted nesting materials. Our Bluebird Team will provide the first orientation and the Board will provide other support. Please email us at dunes.calumet@gmail with your questions!
Plants For Birds Projects:
Native Plant Demonstration Gardens at Forest Heights Community Garden, Hammond - Two garden beds will be planted on Saturday, May 23 which will need to be watered on a weekly basis. We are looking for volunteers to sign up for this watering opportunity through the summer weeks. Water and close-in birding is provided. Please email us at [email protected] with your questions. Dunes-Calumet Audubon member and FHCG Director, Shawn Manner, is coordinating the weekly watering.
Native Plants in Containers Gardening, Hammond Area - In July, we would like to present 3 programs to encourage using native plants where digging in the ground is not possible. Detailed planning for this project will be completed in June. Presentation locations will include Gibson Woods Nature Center. We are looking for volunteers to help with the planning and at the events. Please email us at dunes.calumet@gmail with your questions.
Outreach Ambassadors:
Talking to the public about birds and our chapter programs is a fun way to help us promote birding in the community. Other organizations provide the events for us to be at, like Humane Indiana Wildlife's Festival of Owls, or Highland Sustainability Committee's Migration Celebration. The chapter displays, give away materials including stickers, and interactive matching games or coloring crafts are provided by the Board. We would like to expand the events we participate in, like the Monarch Festival in New Chicago and the Lowell Public Library's NatureFest. Orientation to becoming an Outreach Ambassador will be scheduled online this summer. Please email us at [email protected] with your questions.