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You may have read this blog entry about the wettest March ever. That was literally the case in nearly all of Connecticut this year. The early plant growth we predicted occurred. Now the state is currently working on the hottest April ever. The old phrase, “April showers bring May flowers” was off by one month. […]

During the winter of 2008 and much of 2009 Connecticut Audubon Society Science & Conservation staff carried out monthly monitoring studies on five US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) flood control project sites in the Naugatuck River valley. USACE operates a series of dams on the Naugatuck River and its major tributaries to hold back […]

Clean out your nestboxes if you haven’t yet. The bulk of our breeding songbirds has not quite started yet (many aren’t even back from their wintering grounds). However, some early breeders, such as Eastern Bluebirds, can be on eggs already. Most migrant species don’t waste much time and will immediately start scoping out suitable nest […]

One of the largest and least developed sanctuaries owned and managed by Connecticut Audubon Society is the 700 acre Richard G. Croft Memorial Preserve in Goshen, in the rugged northwest hills. The preserve contains a fantastic mix of mature forest, large wetlands, bogs and beaver ponds and is home to an impressive array of wildlife. […]

Volunteers are needed for plover and tern monitoring at Long Beach in Stratford and at Sandy Point in West Haven. This project is in addition to the regular, annual DEP/USFWS plover monitoring program. This project at two of Connecticut’s IBAs is being coordinated through the Connecticut Ornithological Association which would like to find volunteers to […]