Register here for our Shorebird Guided Walk on Tuesday, July 7 at 8 am. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Register here for our Shorebird Guided Walk on Tuesday, July 7 at 8 am. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Register here for our Shorebird Guided Walk on Saturday, July 11 at 8 am. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Register here for our Shorebird Guided Walk on Thursday, July 16 at 8 am. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Register here for our Shorebird Guided Walk on Saturday, July 18 at 5 pm. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Register here for our Shorebird Guided Walk on Thursday, July 23 at 5 pm. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Register here for our Shorebird Guided Walk on Saturday, July 25 at 5 pm. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Register here for our Shorebird Guided Walk on Tuesday, July 28 at 5 pm. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Register here for our Flycatchers Webinar on Tuesday, June 30 at 7 p.m. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
June 23, 2020 — The Daily Bird is taking a hiatus. It will return in Jlate uly, when shorebirds are populating the beaches on the southward migration, and it might be several times a week instead of daily.
June 22, 2020 — Your donations have helped us plan, plant, and maintain pollinator gardens and meadows at our Smith Richardson Preserve in Westport, the Milford Point Coastal Center in Milford, the Center at Fairfield, Birdcraft, and Deer Pond Farm in Sherman, where the staff has done an incredible job.
June 22, 2020 — The Connecticut Bird Atlas project, now in its third year of field work, is a remarkable collaborative effort. Here are four key takeaways: project status, new insights, what’s left to be done, how you can help.
Register here for our CT Seabirds Webinar on Thursday, June 25 at 4 p.m. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org.
June 19, 2020 — There have been a good number of reports of Alder Flycatcher this year in Connecticut. Most reports come from west of the Connecticut River, including a report of a singing bird at our Deer Pond Farm preserve in Sherman. Further east there have been reports from the Goodwin Conservation Center in Hampton and Boston Hollow/Yale Forest in Ashford.
June 17, 2020 — In addition to being one of the largest and stockiest shorebirds in Connecticut, American Oystercatcher is easy to distinguish by its unique coloring. Its brown back and wings, black head, and white breast and belly aid in concealing it on the mudflats and other coastal habitats. But what really distinguishes this bird from others and from its surroundings is the bright orange color of the bill and eye ring, and the yellow iris of the eyes.