Join Wes Homoya – a native Hoosier, avid birder, tour guide, and conservationist – for another quarterly installment of everyone's favorite local birdin' and boozin' brew bus benefit bash, as we explore nature and enjoy quality adult beverages together.

***Get tickets at https://www.topshelf.tours/feathers-and-fermentation.

Our adventure kicks off at 2 p.m. at Ash & Elm Cider Co., where we gather for a tasting and an opportunity to purchase carryout libations for the road trip. Feel free to bring your favorite thermos to fill with hot mulled cider.

We’ll then drive up to the Eagle Creek Ornithology Center, where we’ll have a building tour highlighting the new aviaries, and also get a special chance to witness some fun feeding and training demos.

Afterwards, we’ll make a pit stop in Speedway at the delightful Daredevil Brewing for drinks and further merriment, before returning to Indy to arrive back to Ash and Elm at about 6 p.m., where everyone is invited to continue hanging out, get something to eat, and of course drink more delicious cider and chat all about birds until you're ready to head home.

Please dress appropriately for the weather and bring binoculars if you like/have them. We will have a limited amount available for those without them, and on this tour we will mostly be looking at birds from a very close range, though you never know what we might see on the reservoir or loitering around the parking lot. Whether you've never been birding before or consider yourself an expert, you are most welcome!

Bottled water and cups will be provided on the bus. This event is open to participants aged 21 and older, with a cost of $45 per person, and all profits will be divided to support the Indiana Audubon and the Eagle Creek Park Foundation.