Tippecanoe Audubon Society

Events

Annual Dinner
Tuesday, December 9th, 6:00 pm
Hoff Room, Manchester College Student Union, North Manchester
GOOD FOOD, AN ENTERTAINING PROGRAM, AND FREE PRIZES! This year’s Annual Dinner promises to be a lot of fun. The menu is herb roasted rib eye in wine sauce served with garlic roasted potatoes, seasonal vegetables, and a salad of mixed greens with walnuts, dried cranberries, feta cheese and house dressing. The dessert will be pumpkin-pecan cheesecake. We will host artist Rod Crossman who will present a unique program. Mr. Crossman is currently a visiting professor at Indiana Wesleyan College in Marion, Indiana. He is well-known throughout the area as a wildlife artist. Mr. Crossman will paint with watercolor while we watch and explain what he is doing and from where he draws his inspiration in a way that will be sure to lift your spirits and have you laughing. He will also have prints and drawings available at the dinner for those of us who will be looking for just the right holiday gift. We’ll be giving out some nice door prizes as well. Don’t miss your chance to win a bird house, bird feeder, or a Sibley Guide to Birds. Reservations are required for the dinner. Place your reservations with Dave Hicks no later than December 5th. Dave can be reached at 260-982-2471 or -5309 or by e-mail to
djhicks@manchester.edu

Dawn to Dusk in NE Kosciusko County
Thursday, January 1st, breakfast at 7:00 am
This is our 33rd year participating in the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count. Teams of 2 or 3 people will be assigned to designated areas in our count circle (a 15 mile diameter circle centered on Oswego, IN). Birders of all skill levels participate and are welcome. Bring binoculars and dress warmly. To join the count, contact Dave Hicks at 260-982-2471 or -5309 or by e-mail to
djhicks@manchester.edu. We will meet at 7 am at Bob Evans Restaurant at the NW corner of US 30 and Center St. in Warsaw on the morning of the count where participants will receive information packages with maps and data forms. Count teams will then head to their areas and counting may continue until sunset (5:30 pm). If your team stayed out late the night before celebrating the new year, you may choose to start the count later in the morning. Also, counting until dusk in late afternoon is not required. If you live in the count circle you may choose to count birds at your home feeder. Participants are required to pay a $5 fee to help publish
the results. The count will conclude with a compiling party and dinner, starting at 6
pm, at the home of Dave Hicks and Deb Hustin, 721 Wayne St., North Manchester, IN. Bring a dish to share if you’d like. Each team leader should bring filled-out forms and participant fees to the dinner.

"GOING BATS"

Tuesday, November 25th, 7:30 pm
Hoff Room, Manchester College Student Union, North Manchester
Join us for a fascinating “GOING BATS” program that will include basic bat facts, an introduction to the bats of NE Indiana and an interesting discussion of how injured or displaced bats are rehabilitated. There will also be a display of mounted bats found in Indiana and a chance to meet live bats. GOING BATS is a bat rehabilitation residence operated by Bob and Ann Walton, who will present this evening’s program. GOING BATS is located in rural Allen County, Indiana, north of Ft Wayne. The facilities consist of a “bat room”, once the dining room in a 19th century brick farm-house, and a flight pen in a bank barn which also houses a nursery colony of wild bats. Bats found by the public, whether injured or simply in the wrong place, are treated and cared for until they may be safely released. Now in its sixth year of operation, it has received 487 bats with an additional 64 born in captivity. To date 411 bats have been returned to the wild. Bob and Ann have also been involved with raptor rehabilitation since 1992.