Buy tickets here or at the door. Join us for “Bird Protection & Outdoor Cats,” a talk by ornithologist Peter Marra, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at 7 p.m., at Trinity College’s Boyer Auditorium, Hartford. Marra is co-author of Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer, published by Princeton University Press. Cat Wars tells […]
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Bird Protection & Outdoor Cats: A Talk by Ornithologist Pete Marra
Thursday, May 11th, 2017Upland Sandpiper
Thursday, April 20th, 2017April 20, 2017. The best time to locate an Upland Sandpiper in Connecticut is when the species is en route to its northerly breeding grounds in April.
Deer Pond Farm’s Benefactors
Thursday, May 25th, 2017Deer Pond Farm comes to the Connecticut Audubon Society through the generosity of the late Kathryn D. Wriston, who with her late husband, Walter B. Wriston, envisioned and planned for the property to be preserved for the benefit of the environment and the surrounding communities. Mrs. Wriston, who passed away in 2014, was a graduate […]
Bird Protection & Outdoor Cats: a talk by ornithologist Peter Marra, May 24 at Trinity College
Thursday, April 27th, 2017Join us for “Bird Protection & Outdoor Cats,” a talk by Smithsonian ornithologist Peter Marra, Wednesday, May 24, at 7 p.m., at Trinity College’s Boyer Auditorium (Life Sciences Center), Hartford. Marra is co-author of Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer, published by Princeton University Press. Cat Wars tells the story of the […]
Pectoral Sandpiper
Thursday, April 6th, 2017April 6, 2017. This is an uncommon species in Connecticut, but also a wide-ranging one.
Eagle/Osprey Boat Cruises on the Connecticut River
Friday, April 7th, 2017Don’t Miss The Boat! Saturday, April 29 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Come search for majestic Bald Eagles and welcome Connecticut River Osprey back to their breeding grounds. Cruises will be aboard the motor vessel Becky Thatcher and leave from Eagle Landing State park in Haddam. Connecticut Audubon Society naturalists are on board the […]
Wilson’s Snipe
Saturday, March 25th, 2017March 24, 2017. In Connecticut, Wilson’s Snipe are found most often in wet farm fields and sedge meadows, usually bordering a stream or wet swale.
Summer Camp Teachers Wanted
Monday, April 3rd, 2017Connecticut Audubon Fairfield’s Summer Camp is a ten-week nature-based summer day program for children ages 3-12. A variety of themed-weeks are offered throughout the summer. Teachers will plan and teach a variety of topics within the weekly theme that allow children to experience the outdoors/nature through hands-on activities, games, hikes, guided nature explorations, arts and […]
Connecticut Audubon’s Education Director named to Senator Murphy’s advisory council
Monday, April 30th, 2018April 30, 2018 – Michelle Eckman, the Connecticut Audubon Society’s director of education and interim director of the Center at Glastonbury, has been selected by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy for a citizens’ advisory panel on conservation. As a member of the new Land Conservation in Connecticut Council, Eckman will meet with Murphy quarterly in Hartford […]
Remember Hurricane Sandy? The damage it caused has led to nesting opportunities for shrubland birds
Tuesday, June 20th, 2017June 20, 2017 — In a forest, a big storm isn’t a disaster. It’s a chance for re-growth – for an increase in diversity, and for one set of plants and animals to replace another set. That’s exactly what happened in 2012, when Hurricane Sandy took down a 100 acres of pine forest owned by […]
We’re hiring Fairfield summer camp teachers
Wednesday, March 8th, 2017The Center at Fairfield is accepting applications for summer camp teachers. Details here.
Register for camp at the Center at Fairfield
Tuesday, February 14th, 2017Spots are still open! To register for camp online, click this link: Center at Fairfield Use these links for more information: Camp brochure. Registration Information Registration Form Welcome Letter Medical Form Authorization for Administration of Medication Junior Counselor Registration Form
Timberdoodle (aka American Woodcock)
Friday, March 10th, 2017March 10, 2017. Few of the mating performances of our birds are more remarkable than the sky dance of the American Woodcock in early spring.
Red Knots & Horseshoe Crabs: A Talk by Author Deborah Cramer, March 21
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017SOLD OUT! Tonight’s talk by Deborah Cramer at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, is sold out! Each spring a small shorebird called the Red Knot migrates from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic, stopping on the way on Atlantic Coast beaches, including several in Connecticut. Its flight coincides with a different migration […]
Connecticut Audubon’s 119th Annual Meeting
Monday, October 16th, 2017Members of the Connecticut Audubon Society enjoyed a breathtaking raptor exhibition and then voted in three new members of the Board of Directors at our 119th Annual Meeting, in Sherman, on Sunday, October 15. Read our 2017 Annual Report, highlighted by short profiles of 10 conservation leaders of today and of the future! Held at […]
Federal railroad decision is a victory for conservation in southeastern Connecticut
Wednesday, July 12th, 2017July 12, 2017
Statement on the decision by the FRA, from Claudia Weicker, chair of the Connecticut Audubon Society’s Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center
The decision by the Federal Railroad Administration to abandon the proposed Connecticut-Rhode Island bypass of its Northeast Corridor project in favor of having state officials study an alternative route is a considerable victory for conservation and environmental protection in southeastern Connecticut.
In comments opposing this proposal, the Connecticut Audubon Society pointed out that the FRA’s Preferred Alternative ignored the impact on four endangered or threatened species: Atlantic sturgeon, shortnose sturgeon, Roseate Terns, and Piping Plover.
Based on that flaw, Connecticut Audubon called for further study of the route through southeastern Connecticut, and for greater involvement by local officials and residents.
The Hartford Courant, CT Mirror, and New Haven Register included excerpts of our statement in their breaking news stories about the decision.
The decision has taken into account the opposition of residents of the area and the concerns of the Town of Old Lyme, which issued an 82-page report on the proposal that included an environmental assessment prepared by the Connecticut Audubon Society’s Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center.
Dave Engelman Volunteer Benchmark Award Winners for 2017
Monday, October 16th, 2017The Connecticut Audubon Society presented three longtime volunteers and a dedicated staff member with the Dave Engelman Volunteer Benchmark Award at our annual meeting at Deer Pond Farm, in Sherman, on Sunday, October 15. This year’s recipients have logged thousands of hours of service at Connecticut Audubon’s sanctuaries and centers and on its board and […]
Barnacle Goose: Bird Finder for February 18, 2017
Friday, February 17th, 2017Barnacle Goose. Vagrant Barnacle Geese can be found in Connecticut, with the most reliable location today being along the Connecticut River in Enfield
Red Knots & Horseshoe Crabs: A Talk by Author Deborah Cramer, March 21
Tuesday, February 28th, 2017Sold Out! Join us for a talk by Deborah Cramer, author of The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey, Tuesday, March 21, at 7 p.m., at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies’ Kroon Hall, in New Haven. Each spring a small shorebird called the Red Knot migrates […]
Volunteers needed for shorebird monitoring
Tuesday, January 31st, 2017January 31, 2017 – Piping Plovers and other coastal birds will be arriving in Connecticut in March. The Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds is recruiting volunteer monitors and stewards who are interested in spending their days at the beach protecting this federally-threatened species. Monitoring and stewardship starts in early April and last until late August. […]
