INDIANA PHENOLOGY
Touch the Earth Natural Area
This observation site is in partnership with the Winding Waters Group of the Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter and with Sycamore Land Trust. Parking is limited at this location (more details here). Observations are made using Nature's Notebook and iNaturalist. For more details on how to observe at this site, contact info@indianaphenology.org
What to Observe at Touch the Earth Natural Area
Birds
American robin
American woodcock
blue jay
brown creeper
Carolina chickadee
eastern meadowlark
downy woodpecker
eastern whip-poor-will
northern cardinal
red-bellied woodpecker
red-headed woodpecker
tufted titmouse
white-breasted nuthatch
wood thrush
yellow-rumped warbler
ovenbird
Insects
bumblebee
cabbage white
common wood-nymph
eastern tailed-blue
great spangled fritillary
luna moth
monarch
orange sulphur
pipevine swallowtail
red admiral
sweat bee
Reptiles & Amphibians
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eastern box turtle
spring peeper
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Trees
American sycamore
common buckeye
eastern redcedar
flowering dogwood
tuliptree
winged sumac
Wildflowers
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common milkweed
narrowleaf mountainmint
rattlesnake master
wild bergamot