Join us in our Pollinator Garden for the concluding program in our Spring Gardening Series. Learn easy care ways to create gardens that help birds, bees, butterflies, and you. Planting for Pollinators and Birds! Saturday, June 9 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Birds and pollinators are on the lookout for food, shelter, and places to nest. Discover the […]
Sunday, June 10 1 p.m. Gather inside for a short information session about Project Limulus and discover what they have learned about horseshoe crabs in Long Island Sound. Then head to the beach in search of these amazing creatures. Presented by Project Limulus researchers from Sacred Heart University. Participants should wear shoes or boots that […]
Sunday, May 6 2 – 3 p.m. Join Michael Aurelia, Coastal Center board member, for a walk and talk about the Coastal Center’s Purple Martin colony. Bring binoculars or borrow a pair from us. Pre-registration required. $5 members; $10 non-members Click here to register.
Mondays, March 26 – May 7 10 – 10:45 a.m. Ages 2-3 with a participating adult Activities may include stories, crafts, games, experiments, live animal visitors and outdoor explorations. Please wear appropriate indoor/outdoor attire. Six-week series: members $60, non-members $80. Single class: members $12/class, non-members $16/class. Nature Nursery is held at the Center at Fairfield, […]
THE EGG HUNT IS SOLD OUT No Walk-Ins Saturday, March 31 Family fun includes egg hunt, crafts and a visit from a special rabbit! Morning hunt has a continental breakfast and afternoon hunt includes healthy snacks. Pre-registration required. The egg hunt is held at the Center at Fairfield, 2325 Burr Street.
Pre-registration required only — no walk-ins. Saturday, April 7, 2018 $10/scout per badge Join our teacher/naturalists as they lead scouts on a hike in the Larsen Sanctuary all while satisfying badge requirements! Boy Scout – Bird Study 9 a.m. – Noon Webelos – Into the Wild Into the Woods 9 – 10:30 a.m. or 10:45 […]
Monday, April 2 10 – 10:45 a.m. For ages 2-3 with a participating adult. We’ll look for birds at the feeders and in the sanctuary. Meet a bird up close, create a craft and visit the Birds of Prey compound. Fee is: $16 for non-members and $16 for members. Preregistration is required. Click here to […]
Use this link to register for Bob MacDonnell’s Birds in Action photo class. Questions? Call us at 860-598-4218, or email rtpec@ctaudubon.org. Space is limited, register now!
Use this page to register for the Connecticut Bird Atlas training session at the RTPEC. Questions? Email us at rtpec@ctaudubon.org or call 860-598-4218.
Use this form to register for our Spring 2018 lecture series. Questions? Call us at 860-598-4218 or email us at rtpec@ctaudubon.org.
March 22, 2018. We welcome Corrie Folsom-O’Keefe of Audubon Connecticut! She writes about Cedar Waxwings for her first Bird Finder article. Thank you, Corrie!
April 9 – 11 (Monday – Friday) Ages 4-6 and 7-8 School breaks are a great time to experience the hands-on learning activities offered at the Center. Both outdoors and indoors, a variety of fun, nature-based offerings are planned for each day. Weather permitting, we’ll head outside to explore the Sanctuary. After all the fresh air, […]
“If you want to be involved in a program that clearly is successful, this is it.” March 8, 2018 – Piping Plovers will be migrating back to Connecticut’s beaches any day now and conservationists are preparing to do everything possible to help them have a breeding season as successful as last year’s, starting with training […]