The Connecticut Audubon Society cordially invites you to a lively and colorful evening of photographs, delicious Puerto Rican fare, and conversation to raise funds for bird conservation in Puerto Rico. Thursday, September 27, 6 p.m. Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street, Hartford Please note: tickets will only be sold online in advance of the event.
Author Archive
Birds from Here and There: A Fundraiser for Puerto Rican Birds
Monday, August 13th, 2018Press Release – Student scientists from Mount Holyoke uncover important habitat changes in the Connecticut River estuary
Monday, August 6th, 2018August 7, 2018 — The coves, inlets and backwaters of the Connecticut River estuary are among the region’s most important refuges for waterfowl during migration and through the winter. Dabbling ducks – Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Black Duck, Gadwall – gather there to find safe cover among the vegetation and to feast on the […]
A Successful Summer for Purple Martins at the Coastal Center
Wednesday, August 1st, 2018August 2, 2018 – The population of Purple Martins continues to rise at the Milford Point Coastal Center. This summer, 128 nestlings were fitted with identifying leg bands by a team of staff and volunteers from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Audubon Society. Last year there were 107, in […]
American Oystercatcher
Thursday, July 26th, 2018July 26, 2018. American Oystercatchers are finishing their breeding season now and are preparing to migrate to southern coastal areas. This is a good time of year to look for them.
Recycling Fishing Line to Save Birds
Wednesday, August 1st, 2018August 1, 2018 – Parts of the waterfront in Fairfield and Bridgeport will soon be getting new recycling tubes for the safe disposal of the monofilament fishing line that can strangle or disable birds who get caught in it. A team of volunteers is building and installing the tubes. Madeline Dennis Raleigh of Black Rock […]
Endangered Sedge Wrens are Nesting and Drawing a Crowd at our Sanctuary in Pomfret
Wednesday, July 18th, 2018July 19, 2018. A tiny endangered bird that rarely nests in the state has made a home this year at the Connecticut Audubon Society’s Bafflin Sanctuary in Pomfret.
Connecticut Audubon Joins Senator Blumenthal in Opposing Changes to the Endangered Species Act
Friday, July 27th, 2018July 27, 2018 – Executive Director Patrick Comins joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal and other conservationists at a press conference in New Haven today to advocate against changes being proposed for the federal Endangered Species Act. Read the New Haven Register’s coverage here. Listen to Patrick being interviewed on the subject by WFUV radio here. […]
Blue-winged Warbler
Thursday, June 28th, 2018June 28, 2018. Blue-winged Warblers prove that you don’t have to stop looking at vibrant warblers just because spring migration is over!
Deer Pond Farm in Sherman is Now Open Year-round, Seven Days a Week
Friday, June 22nd, 2018July 7, 2018 –After a year of preparation, the Connecticut Audubon Society’s Deer Pond Farm in Sherman opened its 10 miles of trails to the public today with a grand opening and ribbon cutting. The preserve, at 57 Wakeman Hill Road, Sherman, is now open from dawn to dusk, 365 days a year, hiking, […]
Charity Navigator Awards the Connecticut Audubon Society its Highest Rating — 4 Stars!
Tuesday, June 26th, 2018June 26, 2018 – The Connecticut Audubon Society is pleased to announce that it recently earned the highest rating from Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest evaluator of charities, for its strong financial health and for conserving Connecticut’s environment in a financially efficient way. “This exceptional designation from Charity Navigator sets Connecticut Audubon Society apart from […]
Chimney Swift
Thursday, June 21st, 2018June 21, 2018. To find Chimney Swifts in Connecticut this summer, look up to the sky! There is a good chance you will see them flying high in the air around densely populated areas. In the evening, you may notice large groups of these birds coming to a chimney to roost.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Wednesday, June 13th, 2018June 14, 2018. In Connecticut, hearing the rolling metallic song of the Boat-tailed Grackle is a welcome surprise. Unlike its very similar and more abundant cousin, the Common Grackle, the Boat-tailed prefers coastal habitats (specifically, tidal marshes) and is an extremely localized breeder, with only a handful of confirmed colonies statewide in the past decade or so.
Action Alert: House fisheries bill would harm Connecticut’s birds
Monday, June 25th, 2018Please Note: This vote was postponed and is now scheduled for July 11. Monday, June 25 – A bill being voted on tomorrow by the U.S. House of Representatives has the potential to do great harm to birds in Connecticut and beyond. The bill is H.R. 200. It would change the very successful Magnuson-Stevens Act […]
Worm-eating Warbler
Tuesday, May 29th, 2018May 30, 2018. Once seen well, Worm-eating Warblers are unlikely to be confused with any other expected species in Connecticut. The trick is, of course, seeing one well. More often Worm-eating Warblers are identified by their song, although this, too, poses a field ID challenge.
Clapper Rail
Saturday, May 26th, 2018May 26, 2018. Rails are an elusive group of birds. Narrow and hen-shaped, they slide through the tall grasses of coastal, brackish, and freshwater marshes foraging on plant material, invertebrates, and small fish.
Volunteers plant hundreds of trees and shrubs to help transform Smith Richardson into prime habitat
Tuesday, May 29th, 2018May 29, 2018 – The transformation of the H. Smith Richardson Wildlife Preserve into a first-rate coastal habitat for birds and native plants is making great progress. Well over 100 volunteers, led by Connecticut Audubon Board members Charles Stebbins and Jerid O’Connell, planted 450 trees and shrubs at the preserve in late April. Volunteers included […]
Milford Point’s Coastal Ranger: Finding Rare Birds while Protecting the Vulnerable Ones
Friday, May 25th, 2018“Basically nobody birding in Connecticut today had ever seen the bird in the state. It was one of the best finds in the 25 years I’ve lived in Connecticut.” Milford, May 25, 2018 – Let’s face it – in an age of self-promotion and personal branding, being the IBA Coastal Ranger at Milford Point is not […]
Two Waterthrushes
Monday, April 30th, 2018May 1, 2018. These warblers are active, vociferous birds, habitual tail-waggers easily told from our array of other warbler species. Telling them apart is another matter.
Grant will expand Schoolyard Science in Nature to Meriden middle schools
Monday, April 30th, 2018$15,000 grant will fund bioswales, reducing river pollution and forming “living classrooms” April 30, 2018 – Meriden sixth graders will design and study pollution-filtering gardens that reduce harmful runoff into the Quinnipiac River right in their own schoolyards, thanks to a $15,000 grant that will bring a Connecticut Audubon Society program to new two schools […]
Purple Martin
Saturday, April 28th, 2018April 28, 2018. As spring unfolds, Purple Martin landlords anxiously await the arrival of their tenants. Purple Martins are beautiful, much-admired songbirds, and these popular swallows are sought after as backyard birds all across the U.S., particularly in the south and east.
