Everyone who enjoys wildlife will find something of interest at the Wings Over Muscatatuck festival May 12-14.
Friday programs will include a birding van tour from 8 a.m.-noon (by advance reservation only) and a Big Tree Walk at 1:30 p.m.
Saturday programs will feature a morning Bird Walk at 8 a.m., Birdhouse Building for Kids from 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m., a guided tour to view an eagle nest at 8:30 a.m. (by reservation & by space available), a Hawk and Eagle program with live birds at 9:30 a.m., and Children’s Activities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A Native Plant Sale will go on from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (or until the plants are gone). At 10:30 a.m. there will be another guided tour to view an eagle nest (by reservation & by space available).
Lunch will be available for purchase from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. At 11 a.m. a Wildlife Refuge Officer and Canine Officer Teal will do a “meet and greet” program, and at 11:30 a.m. there will be a Bird Cake Walk.
At 12:30 p.m. there will be a Recognition Ceremony for student winners of the Indiana Junior Duck Stamp Contest, and at 1:30 p.m. there will be an Owls of Indiana program with live birds.
The last guided tour of the day to view an eagle nest will be at 2:30 p.m. (by reservation & space available), and at 2:30 pm there will also be a program on Bats of Indiana.
The only program on Sunday will be a half-day guided tour of Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge (near Madison) and pre-registration for that tour is required. Big Oaks is only open to visitors on certain days and the guided tour will be a rare opportunity to experience the refuge with the staff that know it best.
There is no charge for any festival program. For more information stop by the Muscatatuck Visitor Center, visit the Wings Over Muscatatuck Facebook page.
Registrations for the tours can be made by calling the Office at 812-522-4352 x 12 or emailing Muscatatuck@fws.gov.