Indiana Dunes Birding Festival

Indiana Dunes Birding Festival
Saturday, May 18, 2024 from 5:00am to 9:00pm
Indiana Dunes Visitor Center
1215 North State Road 49
219-928-6905

Schedule of Events:

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


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