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Sycamore Audubon Society (SAS) is a chapter of the National Audubon Society

03/10/2026

Two event on Thursday, March 12!

Carlay Teed, PhD candidate at Purdue University will be presenting a talk on how pigeons see the world. Meeting starts at 7:15pm ET.

The SAS Early Bird Hikes are starting this week, also on March 12. They are held every Thursday through the end of October, weather permitting. Meet at 8am at the Celery Bog gravel parking lot.

09/04/2025

Have you wanted to take good photos through a spotting scope, using your phone?

Join SAS this Saturday (September 6) at Celery Bog, 7:30am, for a walk around the park, looking for migrants and water. Meet at the first parking lot.

This trip, sponsored by Great Lakes Audubon Society, ends with food and drink and a special raffle. SAS member Alex Kittleson will custom-make a scope adapter for three lucky winners! If you don’t have a scope, we will have an alternate gift for you. Also have gift certificates to Silver Dipper and other local eateries.

05/22/2025

Pop-up Plant Sale! May 24, 9am-4pm, and May 25, 1pm-4pm. Selection of native and non-native plants and seedlings, includes trees, shrubs and houseplants.

Sale at 844 Rose Street, West Lafayette, Indiana

Proceeds benefit Sycamore Audubon Society and West-Central Native Plant Society

05/07/2025

Today’s feature park is Ross Hills, a Tippecanoe county property located on the west side of the Wabash River. The park features a flat are for easy walking and birding. For those able to walk down and up stairs, there is a trail down to the river bottoms. Birding can be very productive with possible sightings of Canada and Blackburnian Warblers.

This Saturday, May 10, is Global Big Day and the annual Tippecanoe SWCD Native Plant Fest at Ross Camp.

You can spend part of your day birding the park and the plant sale just down the road

05/01/2025

Next up in places to bird in Tippecanoe county is Martell Forest, a Purdue property that is open to the public. Filled with trails and walkable roads, Martell is home to many migrant warblers that use the forested lands for summer nesting. American Redstarts can be found all summer along with many Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and the occasional Yellow-throated Warbler. It’s also one of the few properties that host the sometimes skulky Kentucky Warbler.

This Saturday, May 3, join SAS for a Warm-up to the Big Day on May 10. Last year’s walk includes Blue-winged Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler and the before-mentioned Kentucky Warbler. Join us at 7:30am at the Martell main parking lot!

03/13/2025

Celery Bog, located in West Lafayette, offers trails through woods and a small lakes, in addition to a staffed nature center. The lake draws in waterfowl during the late winter months while the woods hosts species such as red-bellied woodpeckers, tufted titmice, and Ruby, the resident red-phase screech owl. In prior years, great horned owls have also nested in the park.

Celery Bog has two observation decks over the water, in addition to the feeders outside the nature center. Parking is convenient to the trails.

10/22/2023

It was a good weekend to be out. Here’s some images from the Sycamore Audubon activities with captions.

06/15/2023

What happens when one Red-bellied Woodpecker lands in another’s personal space? It’s a hair raising experience.

Seen today during our regular Thursday morning walk at Celery Bog. 6/15/23

06/11/2023

Yesterday at our booth at Outdoor Explore at Bicentennial Park, we had a couple of Black Vultures flyover. They’re rare in this area, but are expanding their territory northward so you can expect to see more of them. They can be identified by the wedge shaped tail feathers, the silvery wingtip feathers and dark head.

In comparison, Turkey Vultures have straight tail feathers and the silvery color extends completely across the trailing edge of the wing. The red head is also a good ID factor for Turkey Vulture, but immature birds cans have a dark head.

Address

P. O. Box 2716
West Lafayette, IN
47996

Website

http://www.sycamoreaudubon.org/

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