Evansville Audubon Society
Our Mission...
to promote the awareness, appreciation, and preservation of birds and other
wildlife and their habitats through education and conservation.
Copyright 2011 by Evansville Audubon Society
Warrick County, IN
Ayrshire Mine
Warrick County’s biggest attraction is, of course, Ayrshire Mine. Check the Indiana Audubon Society’s On-line Birding Guide for complete details about this site: http://www.indianaaudubon.org/.
Scales Lake Park
Northeast of Boonville. Great for ducks, warblers, tanagers. Nesting and wintering birds. Take Hwy 62 through Boonville and follow signs. Take road around the lake; get out, stop, and listen. Small admission charged when attendant on duty.
Millersburg Bottoms
On Boonville-New Harmony Road east of Ayrshire Mine. Follow Boonville-New Harmony Road east to the Peabody Coal Mine haul road (you’ll pass signs saying "Road Closed") until you get to wetlands. Stop on the bridge (or park just past the bridge) and scope out both sides of the road. Also check woods on both sides between the bridge and the haul road; Prothonotary Warblers nest here. The road public ends at the haul road, so you’ll have to turn around and come back out. On the way out, take the first road to the left to large body of water on right. Check out the south-end mud flats. Great for shorebirds during migration.
Little Ditney Hill
North of Ayrshire (labeled on DeLorme Map 60 C 10 as 590' elevation). Take Stephenson Station Road north through Ayrshire; cross Boonville-New Harmony Road. Where Stephenson Station Road tees, turn right on the rock road and follow it to the next white rock road to the left. It takes you up a long hill, ending at a cemetery. This is a county road, but private property. Park near the cemetery and walk the road (but not off the road). Great during migration for tanagers, warblers, orioles.
Newburg Dam Overlook
Off Hwy. 662. Drive up to the top of the hill and wander around. Migrants, warblers, and nesting birds are here. From the parking lot at the dam itself, look for nesting Cliff Swallows. The Overlook area is an old home site whose owner obviously loved trees; there’s an amazing variety of species here.
Sugar Ridge Fish and Wildlife Area
East of Lynnville. From Lynnville, travel east on Hwy. 68 for about 6 miles where you will cross a new concrete bridge. Turn left on a poorly paved road, Co. Rd. 300 E. The pavement soon turns to gravel. Watch for sign on right for Sugar Ridge. Lots of hiking on trails and old mine roads.
Ayrshire Mine
Warrick County’s biggest attraction is, of course, Ayrshire Mine. Check the Indiana Audubon Society’s On-line Birding Guide for complete details about this site: http://www.indianaaudubon.org/.
Scales Lake Park
Northeast of Boonville. Great for ducks, warblers, tanagers. Nesting and wintering birds. Take Hwy 62 through Boonville and follow signs. Take road around the lake; get out, stop, and listen. Small admission charged when attendant on duty.
Millersburg Bottoms
On Boonville-New Harmony Road east of Ayrshire Mine. Follow Boonville-New Harmony Road east to the Peabody Coal Mine haul road (you’ll pass signs saying "Road Closed") until you get to wetlands. Stop on the bridge (or park just past the bridge) and scope out both sides of the road. Also check woods on both sides between the bridge and the haul road; Prothonotary Warblers nest here. The road public ends at the haul road, so you’ll have to turn around and come back out. On the way out, take the first road to the left to large body of water on right. Check out the south-end mud flats. Great for shorebirds during migration.
Little Ditney Hill
North of Ayrshire (labeled on DeLorme Map 60 C 10 as 590' elevation). Take Stephenson Station Road north through Ayrshire; cross Boonville-New Harmony Road. Where Stephenson Station Road tees, turn right on the rock road and follow it to the next white rock road to the left. It takes you up a long hill, ending at a cemetery. This is a county road, but private property. Park near the cemetery and walk the road (but not off the road). Great during migration for tanagers, warblers, orioles.
Newburg Dam Overlook
Off Hwy. 662. Drive up to the top of the hill and wander around. Migrants, warblers, and nesting birds are here. From the parking lot at the dam itself, look for nesting Cliff Swallows. The Overlook area is an old home site whose owner obviously loved trees; there’s an amazing variety of species here.
Sugar Ridge Fish and Wildlife Area
East of Lynnville. From Lynnville, travel east on Hwy. 68 for about 6 miles where you will cross a new concrete bridge. Turn left on a poorly paved road, Co. Rd. 300 E. The pavement soon turns to gravel. Watch for sign on right for Sugar Ridge. Lots of hiking on trails and old mine roads.