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Events in March 2025

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 1, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

    Eagle Watch

    Eagle Watch


    March 1, 2025

    Winter along the Connecticut River is a great time to see Bald Eagles as they head from frozen inland waters to open waters along the coast. We'll search the waters and shores of North Cove for eagles and other winter residents too.

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    Shorebird Walk at Great Island Boat Launch

    Shorebird Walk at Great Island Boat Launch


    March 1, 2025

    Most of North America's shorebird species winter in South & Central America, heading north to breed in the high Arctic. Some of these birds winter in CT, while others started their southbound journey in mid-late summer. Join us as we look for many of our shorebird species at some of the best spots around southeastern Connecticut and learn how you can help these charismatic birds.

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  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 2, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 3, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 4, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 5, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

    Toddlers, Trails, and Tales

    Toddlers, Trails, and Tales


    March 5, 2025

    Parents, grandparents, and guardians come out for some fresh air with your toddlers, take a nature walk, and enjoy an activity or story. Led by retired Pomfret Community School kindergarten teacher, Carolyn Otto, the morning will be full of fun adventures. Dress for the weather. Register by calling 860-928-4948. Fee:  $5 per child per session OR advance pay discounts of $16 for 4 weeks or $30 for all 8 weeks. (Fee is for one toddler with one adult.)

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 6, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

    Young, Gifted & Wild About Birds with Hannah L. Clipp, Ph.D.

    Young, Gifted & Wild About Birds with Hannah L. Clipp, Ph.D.


    March 6, 2025

    Hannah L. Clipp, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station

    Seeing Both the Forest and the Trees: Insights into the Effects of Global Climate Change on Forest Birds of Eastern North America
    Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m.

    Global climate change threatens biodiversity and bird populations, and predicting future impacts is challenging but necessary. Hannah will describe three of her research projects in New England and the Appalachians. 

    The projects are designed to improve understanding of how climate change affects forest bird populations in eastern North America; and how those birds are affected by other landscape changes and habitat associations. She’ll explain the role of land cover and tree species distributions and they relate to the forest bird communities of New England.

    Hannah Clipp is a postdoctoral research fellow with the U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station. She graduated in 2023 with a PhD in Natural Resources Science from West Virginia University. Her dissertation research focused on long-term responses in bird communities and abundance to forest management and climate change in the Appalachian Mountains. Hannah is also an avid birder and nature enthusiast. She formerly served as the President of the Mountaineer chapter of the National Audubon Society in West Virginia and is currently an active board member.

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  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 7, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

    First Friday Hike at Deer Pond Farm

    First Friday Hike at Deer Pond Farm


    March 7, 2025

    March 7, 2025, 10 a.m. to Noon at Deer Pond Farm
    Free
    Join us at Deer Pond Farm for an early spring hike, led by our wonderful volunteers! Enjoy this casually paced, 2-to-3-mile hike on Deer Pond Farm’s wide, gravel trails. Take in the sights and sounds of this beautiful landscape as it awakens for spring.
    Register here for the March 7 hike.
    This program meets at Deer Pond Farm, 57 Wakeman Hill Road, Sherman, CT 06784.

    57 Wakeman Hill Road
    Sherman, CT 06784
    USA
    (860) 799-4074

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  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 8, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

    Buds, Bark, Branches:  Identifying Trees in Winter

    Buds, Bark, Branches:  Identifying Trees in Winter


    March 8, 2025

    It can be confusing to differentiate one tree from another after the leaves have fallen. Join artist/naturalist Diane Nizlek and learn some tips on deciduous tree identification. Then put your new skills to use in the winter woods. Free.

    Trail Wood Reflections Closing Reception

    Trail Wood Reflections Closing Reception


    March 8, 2025

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 9, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 10, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 11, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

    Pomfret Green Team Film: Breaking Boundaries -- The Science of Our Planet

    Pomfret Green Team Film: Breaking Boundaries -- The Science of Our Planet


    March 11, 2025

    In Breaking Boundaries, David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth’s biodiversity collapse and how a crisis can still be averted. The film explains the most important scientific discovery of our time — that humanity has pushed Earth beyond the boundaries that have kept it stable since the dawn of civilization. The stability of our planet and the future of humanity depend on not exceeding planetary thresholds. There are solutions we must implement now to protect Earth’s life support systems. Discussion to follow, led by environmental scientist Ken Wolslegel. Registration requested but not required. Free popcorn. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 12, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 14, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 15, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

    Family Shorebird Walk at Rocky Neck

    Family Shorebird Walk at Rocky Neck


    March 15, 2025

    Summer is a great time to see shorebirds along the CT coast. We'll look and listen for these charasmatic birds and enjoy some of our most beautiful coastal parks. Walk is suitable for ages 5 and up.

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    Woodcock Watch

    Woodcock Watch


    March 15, 2025

    Andy Rzeznikiewicz will bring you to see displaying American Woodcock. They do their courtship flights just before dark.  It is very important that you do not wear bright colored clothing or hats. Drab colors are recommended.  Each outing is limited to 7 participants. Registration required. Email arzeznikiewicz@ctaudubon.org or call 860-928-4948 to register. Fee:  $10 CAS members; $20 non-members.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 16, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 17, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 18, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

    Book Club - Returning North with the Spring - John R. Harris

    Book Club - Returning North with the Spring - John R. Harris


    March 18, 2025

    At winter's end in 1947, driven by the devastating loss of a son killed in World War II, naturalist Edwin Way Teale and his wife Nellie followed the dawning spring season northward in an amazing 17,000 mile odyssey from the Everglades to Maine. He wrote about the adventure in the best-selling book North with the Spring. Its sequel Wandering Through Winter won the Pulitzer Prize, and Teale became the most recognized nature writer of his day.

    Retracing Teale's route, writer John Harris reveals a vastly changed natural world. In Returning North with the Spring, he stops at the very places where Teale once stood, paddling through Everglades National Park, the Okefenokee wildlife refuge, the Great Dismal Swamp, and trekking across the Great Smoky Mountains, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and Cape Cod. He is stunned to see how climate change, invasive species, and other factors have affected the landscapes and wildlife in the years since Teale saw them.

    Yet Harris also discovers that many of the vulnerable sites Teale described have been newly "rewilded" or permanently protected by the government. He looks at current restoration projects, models of sustainable residential development, efforts to control invasive species, and environmental success stories such as the alligator, the bald eagle, and the black bear. Along the way, he meets an array of ecologists, naturalists, and beloved authors who join in his adventure by sharing their memories and experiences of the natural environment in Eastern North America.

    Homage to the past, report on the present, glimpse into the future--this book honors what has been lost in the years since Teale’s famous journey and finds hope in the small tenacities of nature.

    https://www.ctaudubon.org/2024/11/bookclub/

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  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 19, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

    Blackbirds Webinar

    Blackbirds Webinar


    March 19, 2025

    Some of our most beloved and familiar birds in CT are in the blackbird family, a large and diverse group of birds with some unique species. In this webinar, Conservation & Education Coordinator Joe Attwater will go over this fascinating group of birds and which ones you can expect to see in the state.

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  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 20, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

    Spring Equinox Bird & Nature Walk at Deer Pond Farm

    Spring Equinox Bird & Nature Walk at Deer Pond Farm


    March 20, 2025

    $5 Members, $10 Non-Members
    Join Sanctuary Manager/Naturalist Lori Lichtenauer for an early spring bird and nature walk. The spring equinox is an important marker for the beginning of spring in which the day and night length are the same. You may find early spring ephemeral wildflowers, the early arriving migratory birds, and much more! As migratory birds start to trickle in, you will learn some key tips on identifying early migrants and the risk and rewards of migrating early. There is no better way to celebrate the first day of spring by enjoying the beautiful natural environment at Deer Pond Farm.
    Register here for the March 20 bird and nature walk.
    This program meets at Deer Pond Farm, 57 Wakeman Hill Road, Sherman, CT 06784.

    57 Wakeman Hill Road
    Sherman, CT 06784
    USA
    (860) 799-4074

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    Woodcock Watch

    Woodcock Watch


    March 20, 2025

    Andy Rzeznikiewicz will bring you to see displaying American Woodcock. They do their courtship flights just before dark.  It is very important that you do not wear bright colored clothing or hats. Drab colors are recommended.  Each outing is limited to 7 participants. Registration required. Email arzeznikiewicz@ctaudubon.org or call 860-928-4948 to register. Fee:  $10 CAS members; $20 non-members.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 21, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 22, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

    Shorebird Walk at Fort Trumbull

    Shorebird Walk at Fort Trumbull


    March 22, 2025

    Most of North America's shorebird species winter in South & Central America, heading north to breed in the high Arctic. Some of these birds winter in CT, while others started their southbound journey in mid-late summer. Join us as we look for many of our shorebird species at some of the best spots around southeastern Connecticut and learn how you can help these charismatic birds.

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  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 23, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 24, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 25, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

    Lights Out Connecticut Lecture: The Wonders and Perils of Bird Migration

    Lights Out Connecticut Lecture: The Wonders and Perils of Bird Migration


    March 25, 2025

    Explore the awe-inspiring phenomenon of bird migration. Discover the incredible diversity of species that grace our skies during spring migration. Gain insight into the behaviors, routes, and challenges faced by migratory birds and why safe stopover sites are crucial to their survival. Learn the advantages of night migration. Lecture by Craig Repasz, chair and co-founder of Lights Out Connecticut and an accomplished birder. Registration requested but not required. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 26, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 27, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 28, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

    James Keelaghan Concert

    James Keelaghan Concert


    March 28, 2025

    Canadian roots and folk musician, James Keelaghan, performs on Friday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m. at The Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Pomfret, 218 Day Road. David Woodhead will accompany him on bass. The charge to attend the concert is $25. Registration is required as seating is limited. Go to ctaudubon.org/pomfret-programs or call the Center at 860-928-4948 to register. Admission at the door will be $30, only if seating remains available.

  • Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    Trail Wood Reflections: Artists and Writers In-Residence Exhibition

    N/A
    March 30, 2025

    This exhibition is of written and visual works inspired by summer 2024 residencies at Trail Wood in Hampton. Featured artists and writers are Lizzie Abelson, Beth Clary, Susie Dorr, Greg Kniseley, Tom Lagasse, and Ray Larrow. Experience nature through their eyes. Free admission.

 

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