May 14, 2014 – This has been an amazing week for bird migration, especially for warblers, which for some are the prize of spring migration. Last Friday, we had 17 species of warblers at Birdcraft Sanctuary. On Saturday, we topped that, with 20 species: Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Black & White Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, […]
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Warblers are Everywhere!
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014Connecticut Audubon Society Bird Finder for May 9: Piping Plover
Thursday, May 8th, 2014Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
Where to Find It: Piping Plovers can now be found in many beach areas of our state, including our Milford Point Coastal Center, 1 Milford Point Road. Piping Plovers have also been seen at Long Beach in Stratford, Griswold Point in Old Lyme, and Sandy Point in West Haven.
Safety Barriers are Needed on I-95 to Protect Birdcraft Sanctuary
Friday, May 2nd, 2014Connecticut Audubon Society is joining with Fairfield residents and officials in calling for the construction of safety barriers along Interstate 95, near where the highway’s rest stops. Connecticut Audubon Society President Alexander R. Brash wrote the following letter to Commissioner James P. Redeker of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, among others. April 22, 2014 Dear […]
Act Now to Help Support Land Conservation in Connecticut
Friday, May 2nd, 2014An Action Alert from the President of Connecticut Audubon Society Dear Friends, In 2011, the state of Connecticut reached a deal with a developer to swap valuable state-owned conservation land along the Connecticut River for a less valuable parcel inland. After much effort, conservationists managed to defeat that deal. But lands in Connecticut that were […]
Support our Coastal Center with a 2015 Big Day Pledge
Thursday, May 1st, 2014Connecticut Audubon Society’s birding team is working to raise more than $5,000 in support of the Coastal Center at Milford Point by finding 200 bird species in a single day in Connecticut, as part of the Connecticut Big Day Challenge. We need your support!
Connecticut Audubon Bird Finder for May 2: White-eyed Vireo
Thursday, May 1st, 2014White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Where to find it: A White-eyed Vireo has been seen for the past few days at Mondo Pond in Milford. To look for this bird, take the Plains Road exit off I-95 in Milford and turn left on Plains Road. Take your second left on Naugatuck Avenue and the Mondo parking area is on the left after Audubon Close.
Connecticut Audubon Bird Finder for April 25: Eastern Meadowlark
Friday, April 25th, 2014Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
The Eastern Meadowlark is usually found in large fields in excess of 20 acres during the nesting season. Listed as threatened by the state of Connecticut, they have become harder to find throughout their range in recent decades because of earlier hay harvesting in the meadows they nest in, and conversion of habitat to croplands and development.
Connecticut Audubon Bird Finder for April 17: Yellow-throated Warbler
Thursday, April 17th, 2014Yellow-throated Warbler
Setophaga dominica
Where to find it: A great warbler for Connecticut, Yellow-throated Warbler was recently found (April 17, 2014) by Connecticut Audubon Society staff member Frank Gallo at Mondo Ponds in Milford, feeding in a vine tangle with a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, “about 10 yards west of the north parking lot, on the right.”
Little Gulls in Southport Might Indicate an Expansion of Their Range
Monday, April 14th, 2014The recent sighting of several Little Gulls at Southport Beach is an exciting glimpse of biodiversity and range expansion in action. Rarely do species appear to “naturally” cross the ocean and colonize the Western Hemisphere. The Cattle Egret did it in the 1940s, and a number of Siberian species do so annually in Alaska. But […]
Connecticut Audubon Bird Finder for April 11: Osprey
Thursday, April 10th, 2014Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Where to find it: The Ospreys have returned to their nest in the Wheeler Marsh behind Connecticut Audubon’s Coastal Center at Milford Point.
