Mississinewa Audubon Club - Marion and Grant County Indiana

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Bird watching, wildlife watching, conservation, and fellowship in Marion, Indiana and surrounding counties. We offer field trips throughout the year.

We meet most months of the year at the Marion Public Library at 6pm on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Please visit our page often for information regarding upcoming field trips, meeting dates and times along with speakers and topics. This is great way to learn what birds are being seen in Marion or Grant County, IN. PLEASE let us know if you see any rare or uncommon birds. you can email us at [email protected] and we will get the word out.

10/05/2026

The EPA has proposed a rule that would exempt 86% of freshwater wetlands in the US and 79% of streams from Clean Water Act protections. This leaves critical – and dwindling – wetland habitats in Indiana open to pollution and development without mitigation.

In less than one minute, stand up for our nation’s wetlands. Use the Natural Resource Defense Council’s handy tool to submit a public comment opposing this rule: https://tinyurl.com/bdztfspp

Learn more from our blog post: https://www.hecweb.org/2026/09/16/proposed-rule-could-exempt-virtually-all-wetlands-without-permanent-water-from-protection/

10/05/2026

We just need your help, your voice. It takes 60 seconds or so.

Wetlands are in danger – but you can take action https://ow.ly/FOnU50ZUivg

The EPA has proposed a rule that would exempt 86% of freshwater wetlands in the US and 79% of streams from Clean Water Act protections. This leaves critical – and dwindling – wetland habitats in Indiana open to pollution and development without mitigation.

Public comments are due this Friday, October 9th. Use the Natural Resource Defense Council’s handy tool to submit a public comment opposing this rule: https://ow.ly/FOnU50ZUivg

Learn more from our blog post: https://ow.ly/xQVI50ZUivf

Wetlands Not Warehouses: Franklin Township, White River Alliance, Friends of White River, Little River Wetlands Project, Indiana Wildlife Federation

09/23/2026

Making headlines! Try out Wilderness park in Hartford City for a great birding location and nature hike.

Hartford City’s Wilderness Park features both fitness and nature trails on 50 acres of land. The trail head is located at the intersection of Fulton and West Streets. There is

09/19/2026

Great birding hike at Wilderness Park in Hartford city, led by John Velasquez. We had several people from Delaware and Grant county in attendance. Highlight was watching over 32 Broad Winged Hawks circling above migrating toward the south. Other highlights were seeing the American Redstart, Nashville, and Black throated blue warblers. The Ruby Crowned Kinglet and Swainsons thrush joined the party too. Thanks to everyone who came out and Robert Cooper Audubon for coming out.

07/12/2026

Purple Martin colonies across Indiana right now are seeing baby martins getting close to fledge, or take their first flight. Watch for fledgling parties where many of the adults, like in this picture, gather and encourage the newbies to spread their wings and fly.

07/12/2026

06/21/2026

The Purple Martin educational event was scheduled Tuesday 6/16 with a rain date of Saturday, June 20th. Despite the rain rolling in on Tuesday, we had several die-hard enthusiasts show up for the event and another group of attendees showed up on Saturday. This year, we had an extra focus learning about natural gourds from growing to maintaining the natural housing, which martins love. If anyone is truly interested and serious about starting your own colony, we have a few full racks with all the gourds available in part to a landlord who is downsizing. Thanks to everyone who came out annoyed the Martin show and presentation.

05/31/2026

This little gal will come to sugar water feeders. Please be sure to clean your hummingbird feeders often, and don't put too much sugar water in your feeder, as the sugar water can turn rancid pretty quickly, especially in direct sunlight. Rancid sugar water will a sicken the hummers and also attract wasps. Change out sugar water every 3-5 days and more often if necessary. Let's be sure to do our part not to make our hummingbirds healthy and alive.

05/29/2026

Check out this tiny little Blue Gray Gnatcatcher. They are so small and so fast.

05/28/2026

This is the Great Crested Flycatcher, it is one of the larger flycatchers that arrive in the summer in Indiana. It has such a cool call.

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Marion, IN
46952

Telephone

+16154787631

Website

https://givetogrant.org/mississinewa-audubon/

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