Register here for our Swallows Webinar on Tuesday, June 23 at 7 pm. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Register here for our Swallows Webinar on Tuesday, June 23 at 7 pm. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
June 15, 2020 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Revised from a version published in June 2019. by Helena Ives Both the Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Black-billed Cuckoo breed in Connecticut and fill our woods and the edges of freshwater wetlands with their emphatic calls — ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-kow-kow-kowlp-kowlp-kowlp-kowlp for the Yellow-billed and cu-cu-cu-cu, cu-cu-cu-cu, cu-cu-cu-cu […]
Saturday, November 7 – THIS PROGRAM IS FULL 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free Program Cathy Hagadorn, director at Deer Pond Farm and Mike Cunningham, from Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust will lead this hike. They’’ll discuss Connecticut’s changing landscape from farms to forest and what stonewalls can tell us about prior land use along […]
Saturday, November 14 10 a.m. Let’s Talk Turkey in time for Thanksgiving! Join The Connecticut Audubon Society Deer Pond Farm and the Sherman Library for a family friendly program via Zoom to learn about what makes the wild turkey so unique. Cathy Hagadorn, Deer Pond Farm Director will share some fun facts about this now […]
Register here for Webinar Wednesday on Wednesday, June 17 at 4 p.m. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Register here for Wading Birds Webinar on Tuesday, June 16 at 7 p.m. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
June 8, 2020 — Photographers, June is a crucial time of year for nesting birds. Getting too close to a nest or to just-hatched chicks puts vulnerable birds at greater risk.
Wednesday, September 9 — Sold out 1 – 3 p.m. Friday, September 25 — Sold out 9 – 11 a.m. Situated on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River, Milford Point is a designated Important Bird Area for nesting and migrating shorebirds, terns and waterfowl. We will bird the coastal area […]
Register here for Eco-Hour with Conservation Biologist Jim Arrigoni: Eco-Safari of the CT River Watershed on Thursday, June 11 at 4 p.m. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Jim Arrigoni, our conservation biologist will lead two bird walks. Jim has expertise in natural history and ecology of New England forests, streams, and wetlands, and he has worked extensively with birds, amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates, and trees. In addition to identifying species, he seeks to understand their role and relationships and how their populations persist […]
Register here for Webinar Wednesday – How to Create a Flower Crown on Wednesday, June 10 at 4 p.m. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
June 4, 2020 — After a tentative start this season, nesting activity in the Purple Martin gourds at the Coastal Center in Milford is underway.
Frank Mantlik, who leads the team of volunteers that monitors the colony, reported on May 26, that out of the total 71 gourds at the colony, 20 have nests.
Register here for Bird Conservation Webinar on Tuesday, June 9 at 7 p.m. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org.