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sasin79 April 8th, 2008
Early Bird Hikes at Horticulture Park
Early Bird Hikes will start the first Thursday in April (the 3rd) and go throughout April & May. Meet at the parking lot in the birch trees at the east end of the park (on McCormick Road across from the Purdue West Shopping Center). Starting times will be adjusted depending on daylight saving time & sun up, but will start at 7:30 am for the remainder of May. Usually lasting one hour.
- We have wrapped up our programs for the spring, and will take the summer off. We’ll start our regular meetings again in September. Our first meeting will be a group effort. Carry a camera with you for the summer and capture those special nature shots so that you can share them with us at the September meeting. Slides, Prints, Digitals and Videos are welcome. Put together about 10 minutes worth of your best. We’ll see you in September.
- Thursday, September 11, 2008 Member Program: The best of your summer. Slides, prints, digitals and videos from our members and guests summer vacations. Bring about 10 minutes of photos to share with the others at the meeting. 7:15 PM in the Lilly Nature Center in West Lafayette.
You are invited to join other members for a carry in dinner before the meeting. 6:00 pm at the Lilly Nature Center.
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Sycamore Audubon Society
Dear Neighbors.
My name is Dave Gevers. I manage a small farm south of Lafayette called Timberhouse Farm. We are upgrading a 60 acre plot of land that has been kept as wildlife habitat for about 30 years. We are adding several feeding plots for dear and some more cover for pheasants. In this plot and around the surrounding farm we have about 2 miles of trails, parts of which are being cleared further to have vehicle access.
Last summer, an Audubon lecturer from the Boston area (Dr. John Togut) recorded the following list of 67 varieties of birds seen or heard on our farm. This list includes a family of Pileated Woodpeckers that have been here for many years.
My question to the local Audubon Society is: Are you interested in using our area for any bird counts, outings, events, etc.? You are welcomed to come down and scout the place out. We are on E 950 S. between S. 200 E. and Concord Road (E. 350 S.). It is also called Timberhouse Aero Estates, as we have subdivided some of the farm into a “flying community” (home lots for sale adjacent to a grass runway).
Feel free to call me for more information or a tour.
Dave Gevers
2251 Staggerwing Lane
Lafayette, IN 47909
765-404-6736 (cell)
765-364-6212 (work)
765-523-2182 (home)
Black Bird, Red Winged
Bluebird
Bob White
Bunting, Indigo
Cardinal
Catbird, Gray
Cedar Waxwing
Chickadee, Black Capped
Cowbird, Brown Headed
Creeper, Brown
Crow
Cuckoo, Yellow Billed
Dickcissel
Dove, Mourning
Duck, Mallard
Finch, Gold
Finch, House
Finch, Purple
Flicker
Flycatcher, Great Crested
Goose, Canada
Grackle, Purple
Grosebeak, Eastern
Hawk, Red Tailed
Hawk, Sparrow
Heron, Great Blue
Hummingbird, Ruby Throated
Jay, Blue
Junco, Slate Colored
Killdeer
Kingbird
Martin, Purple
Maryland Yellow Throat
Meadowlark, Eastern
Mockingbird
Nuthatch, Red Breasted
Nuthatch, White Breasted
Oriole, Western
Owl, Barred
Owl, Eastern Screech
Pewee, Wood
Pheasant
Phoebe
Robin
Sparrow, Chipping
Sparrow, Field
Sparrow, Fox
Sparrow, House
Sparrow, Song
Starling
Swallow, Barn
Tanager, Scarlet
Thrasher, Brown
Thrush, Wood
Titmouse, Tufted
Towhee, Eastern
Turkey, Wild
Vireo, Red Eyed
Vireo, Warbling
Vulture, Turkey
Warbler, Yellow
Woodpecker, Downey
Woodpecker, Hairy
Woodpecker, Piliated
Woodpecker, Red Bellied
Woodpecker, Red Headed
Wren, Carolina
Wren, House
Yellowthroat, Eastern