Indiana Dunes parks mark International Migratory Bird Day

CHESTERTON, Ind. Indiana Dunes State Park and Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore will mark International Migratory Bird Day next week.

The two northwest Indiana parks will team up for a "Birding Bioblitz" on May 8. Both parks will offer birding hikes and other activities that let participants to learn more about migrating birds throughout the day.

The neighboring parks on the southern shore of Lake Michigan provide key feeding and resting areas for migrating birds during their annual trips north in the spring and south in the fall.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore was selected by the National Park Service and National Geographic for last year's "bioblitz" to record every species living in a single national park during a 24-hour period.