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A week ago today we held the annual Pokagon Christmas Bird Count. Christmas bird counts are a 123-year tradition of the National Audubon Society with approximately 2,100 counts taking place

5:19 Online searches for home gyms are up more than 300 percent from March of last year. Tinkering, sewing and crochet searches are up more than 100 percent. That’s all according to couponing site Picodi’s analysis of Google searches over the past year. Hoosiers are no different. Jaclyn Garver is a Fort Wayne resident who took the opportunity that the pandemic presented to pursue an old passion in a more professional capacity. Garver said she’s been writing poetry since she was a kid and ...

Dec 11, 2020 / 02:51 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Looking for a way to relax outdoors? Consider bird feeding! Wild Birds Unlimited has five central Indiana locations to help you discover the joy of bird feeding in your own backyard. You can also stop by the Eagle Creek Ornithology Center, sponsored by Wild Birds Unlimited, which is open all year. John Schaust, chief naturalist with Wild Birds Unlimited and Will Schaust, manager of the Eagle Creek Ornithology Center, spoke with Amber Hankins ...