Winter Birds of Indiana (December, January, February) December is usually a drab month in Indiana, a cold month. Leaves are nearly all gone from the trees. They blanket the ground where they have not been raked up and disposed of. Weeds and wildflowers along the sides of roads create a miniature forest of yellow and […]
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Fall Birds of Indiana (September, October, November) Blooming New England aster, Joe Pye weed, and the first goldenrod, poison ivy, summac, and Virginia creeper leaves turning red signal the beginning of autumn in Indiana. Walnut leaves turn yellow and begin to fall. Bird watchers notice the changing colors of the leaves as they struggle to
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Summer Birds of Indiana (June, July, August) The pace of life appears to slow in summer. Trees and bushes have leaves of green and seem to be unchanging. Growing crops of corn and soybeans look the same day after day though there is noticeable chance from one week to the next. The migrating birds that
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Spring Birds of Indiana (March, April, May) Spring in Indiana, as everywhere in the Midwest, is unpredictable. There are often warm, sunny days in February or even January that make us think of spring. But such days are nearly always followed by more days of freezing temperature, ice, and often snow. However, by the end
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