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Here is a look at the recent Osprey activity by “our” pair at the Coastal Center at Milford Point as seen through the lens of our friend Kevin Doyle. Don’t forget you can watch them at their nest live on webcam here. Below are a bunch of Kevin’s shots of the male and female during […]

On Sunday, I participated in the first of two Christmas Bird Counts, this one for the Westport-Fairfield count circle. Next weekend I will be going out for the Stratford-Milford circle. I was a part of the Fairfield shoreline sector. Charles Barnard Jr. is the captain of the area and graciously had myself and fellow birders […]

The following is a CAS press release about a wonderful event that took place at Birdcraft on June 21. 13-year-old Connecticut Audubon Society Volunteer Alex Burdo Wins L.L. Bean “Outdoor Heroes Award” – 1st Youngster Ever To Win! June 24, 2010 — Alexander (Alex) Burdo, a 13-year-old resident of Fairfield, an avid birder and an […]

Would you like to be get involved in CAS’ citizen science programs? Or would you like to learn how to carry out a breeding bird survey but never knew what it entailed? Now you can! Our 2010 Connecticut State of the Birds report (download a copy here) describes in great detail the importance of citizen […]

Major League Baseball has always held at least some degree of affection for birds. They have the Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays, and St. Louis Cardinals franchises, so that must mean something. As a huge MLB fan, I spend much of my free time watching teams across America. I never expected to see what I […]

A good friend of this blog, Charles Barnard Jr., brings us the following story and photos. He is an expert birder with decades of experience in Connecticut. This morning I accidentally flushed a woodcock while walking along a trail in Shelton. It was in a low area near a very small, ephemeral stream which only […]

Between March 5 and March 16 Connecticut Audubon Society staff members travelled to the Costa Rican rainforest again to teach Connecticut high school students about the importance of rainforest conservation as part of the Forman School Rainforest Project. This unique hands-on biology course based out of the Forman School in Litchfield, but also catering to […]

Between March 5 and March 16 Connecticut Audubon Society staff members travelled to the Costa Rican rainforest again to teach Connecticut high school students about the importance of rainforest conservation as part of the Forman School Rainforest Project. This unique hands-on biology course based out of the Forman School in Litchfield, but also catering to […]

It was a relatively quiet week at Stratford Point. This was mostly due to uncooperative migration weather for passerines, as the night skies were filled with northerly winds or rain instead of millions of birds. However, we were still able to record over 40 species. There was constant movement in the water as the ducks […]