CONNERSVILLE - Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary, owned and operated by Indiana Audubon Society, recently received a $4,000 grant from the Fayette Community Foundation with matching funds from Indiana Audubon.
I leave the highway and open the car windows. A cheery chorus of ribbiting frogs replaces the monotone drone of traffic, scents of fresh water and deep woods banish the smell of exhaust fumes. My heartbeat slows, synchronising with rhythmic whooshing waves lapping the beach. I’ve been coming to the Indiana Dunes, on the southern tip of the United States’.
People can check out live owls at the annual fundraiser at the Porter County Expo Center 4-H and Expo East buildings in Valparaiso from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct.