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WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD – March 2/March 9 Bobcats/Mt Lions/Coyotes – – Scott Johnson – LNC
Changing Seasons/No Child Left Inside – Sam Postlethwait & Mary Cutler –
LNC
March 6 – Sunday – Timberdoodles Ahoy! A field trip to see/hear displaying American Woodcock at the Purdue Wildlife
Area. We will look and listen for these “timberdoodles” at dusk. Meet at Celery Bog* at 6 PM to carpool
or be at the Purdue Wildlife Area on the N side of SR 26 west of 750 W at 6:30 p.m.
March 10 – Thursday – PROGRAM: “Avian Auditory Processing: The Other Side of Song”. Jeff Lucas, Biology Professor
at Purdue. Seasonal variations in what birds hear and the songs they sing. 7:15 p.m. Lilly Nature
Center, Celery Bog Nature Area, WL. (dinner at 6 p.m. see above).
WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD – March 16 – Indiana Rocks and Minerals – Debbie Dale/Other? LNC
WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD – March 23 – 1-3pm Bird Nests & Wren House Workshop – Mary Cutler & Brenda Moore –
LNC
March 26 – Saturday – Migrating Waterfowl Field Trip. Looking for ducks, geese and swans (among other waterbirds) at
Celery Bog and other local wetlands. Some early spring migrants such as Yellow-rumped Warblers
might be present too. Meet at the gravel parking lot at Celery Bog* at 8:30 am.
WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD – March 30 – Ecology of Invasives + ID’ing & Managing – Mike Jenkins & others LNC
WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD – April 6 – Chickadee Language/Bird Song – Jeff Lucas – LNC
April 14 – Thursday – PROGRAM “Streams and Aquatic Fauna in Indiana”. Michael Litwin, Fishery Biologist, US Fish
& Wildlife Service, Bloomington. Learn about all the critters living in our waterways. The presence or
absence of aquatic fauna reflects a water’s quality. 7:15 p.m. Lilly Nature Center, Celery Bog Nature
Area, WL. (dinner at 6 p.m. see above).
FOR MORE INFORMATION or TO HELP WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD,
contact: Mary Cutler 765-567-2993,
Joan Mohr Samuels 765-567-7023 or mohrsamuels@comcast.net