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Indiana

Warbler
Warbler
©Charles D. Duncan/The Nature Conservancy
Event: Warbler Migration
Where: Wabash and Ohio River Lowlands
When: May
Neotropical warblers migrate through the lowlands where the Wabash and Ohio Rivers converge in southwestern Indiana.
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
©Harvey Payne
Event: Dragonflies and Damselflies
Where: Blue River
When: May through October
Identifying species and determining the rarity of dragonflies and damselflies in the Blue River ecosytem of southern Indiana indicate the quality of the wetland complex and influence protection and maintenance activities.
Seed collecting
Seed collecting
©Tony Rath
Event: Seed Collection
Where: Northwestern Indiana Prairie Preserve
When: August through September
Volunteers and staff collect seeds from high-quality prairies in northwestern Indiana, including Ivanhoe Dune, Gibson Woods and Kankakee Sands. In the spring, the seed will be planted, restoring other protected prairie land in northwest Indiana.
Fall foliage
Fall foliage
©Janet Haas
Event: Leaves Peaking
Where: Hitz-Rhodehamel Woods and Whip-Poor-Will Woods
When: Mid-October
Yearly, the hills and woodlands of Brown County in central Indiana display their full array of fall foliage.

Open to the public.
Marsh
Marsh
©Harold E. Malde
Event: Sandhill Crane Migrating
Where: Jasper-Pulaski FishandWildlife Area
When: Mid-October through mid-November
About 15,000 to 16,000 sandhill cranes funnel through Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area from their nesting range before continuing their migration to Florida and northern Georgia. At night, most of the birds roost in the marshes of the area, leaving in the morning to feed in surrounding upland fields before continuing their flight south.
Wabash Lowlands
Wabash Lowlands
©Harold E. Malde
Event: Waterfowl Migration
Where: Wabash and Ohio River Lowlands
When: November through February
Ducks, geese and an occasional bald eagle winter in the lowlands of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers in southwestern Indiana. Ducks arrive in late November and geese in mid-December. Both stay until February and March when they return north.

For additional information on a particular location, click on the name of the preserve associated with the event or visit the Indiana site.