Chasing Melody: In the Field

Join Indiana Audubon researcher and board member Lina Rifai for an exclusive field evening deep inside Fort Harrison State Park. We’ll track real-time movements of Wood Thrushes tagged with Motus radio telemetry as part of the 2025 Chasing Melody project, Indiana’s most ambitious full life-cycle tracking effort to date.

This is the first of a limited in-the-field series happening statewide, offering an up-close look at how science, conservation, and technology intersect to protect one of the Midwest’s most threatened songbirds. Your ticket supports the purchase of tags, towers, and tracking as funding cuts and tarrifs have led to more funding need.

Registration is required and limited to 10 participants. Event tickets are $20 for Indiana Audubon members and $25 per person for non-members, plus applicable Eventbrite processing fees.

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If you require accommodations to participate, please contact us as early as possible. While we may not be able to meet every request, we will make every reasonable effort to do so.

For any questions about this event email [email protected] or call 765-205-1255.

• Birding Pace: Moderate walking with frequent stops. This is a .5-1.5 mile round-trip forested birding route.
• Physical Requirements: Moderate. The route includes flat trails, but may involve short distances off trail, where roots, rocks, limbs, and other obstacles could impede travel.
• Birding Skill Level: All levels welcome. We’ll talk field marks, research, and natural history on this amazing thrush.

• Full refunds are provided for Indiana Audubon events, field trips, and public programs canceled due to inclement weather or unforeseen circumstances.
• Events, field trips, and public programs under $10 per person (excluding processing fees) are non-refundable, as proceeds support our work.
• Refunds for events, field trips, and programs over $10 per person (excluding processing fees) require 30-day advance notice, minus a 25% administrative fee.
• Refunds for Indiana Master Naturalist programs at Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary require 30-day advance notice, minus a 25% administrative fee.
• Separate cancellation policies apply to the Indiana Dunes Birding Festival and field trips, events, and public programs co-hosted by other organizations.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Fort Harrison State Park Visitor Center, 1-33 Otis Avenue, Indianapolis, United States