Welcome to the new osprey steward portal! On this page, you can see photos that you and other stewards have sent to Osprey Nation. In addition, you can read updates on the season and leave your comments/questions at the bottom of this page. We will get back to your comments and questions as soon […]
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2017 Osprey Steward Page
Tuesday, June 20th, 2017Visit our Pollinator Garden
Monday, June 19th, 2017This tranquil spot is a welcoming place to sit for a spell, mediate or enjoy the beauty of the gardens. Here visitors find themselves absorbed in the beauty of plants in bloom, butterflies fluttering from one flower to the next and birds feeding on insects. Most importantly, it is a habitat that provides nectar and […]
Purple Martin Cam
Thursday, June 22nd, 2017Purple Martins at the Coastal Center The Purple Martin colony at the Milford Point Coastal Center is thriving once again. Here’s a view inside one of the gourds. Each year, supporters of the Coastal Center “adopt” a gourd for a $60 donation. The funds go directly toward maintaining, repairing, and replacing the gourds, and are […]
Summer Bird Walks at Deer Pond Farm
Thursday, June 1st, 2017Evening Owl Exploration With Miley Bull Tuesday, August 8, 6:30 p.m. Join Miley Bull, senior director science and conservation at The Connecticut Audubon Society for a guided walk in search of evening birds and owls. Sunset in the summer is a great time to see ad hear the residents of the forest. Bring binoculars, […]
Summer Birding with Angela Dimmitt and Cathy Hagadorn
Friday, June 16th, 2017Thursday, July 6, 8 a.m. Join expert birder, Angela Dimmitt for an early morning bird walk. Angela will tell us what species we are hearing and where to look to see them. This walk and talk is an ideal opportunity to see an excellent variety of birds along the trails. Angela is a Board member […]
Caution: Plovers, Terns, Oystercatchers
Tuesday, May 30th, 2017May 26, 2017 – You’ve been hearing from us lately about the substantial risks that Piping Plovers face, not just in Connecticut but on the beaches in the Bahamas where they spend the winter. “The Piping Plover,” Peter Marra, director of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, said recently, “is really just hanging on by a […]
Hooded Warbler
Friday, May 19th, 2017May 19, 2017. Usually first noticed by a ringing “weeta, weeta, weeteeo” song, a Hooded Warbler sighting highlights almost any bird walk in the Connecticut woods.
Look for shrub-nesting birds in the newly-created habitat at the Morgan Chaney preserve
Tuesday, June 20th, 2017June 21, 2017 — We’re making good progress on several projects to create and improve habitat for birds and other wildlife. One in particular that we want to tell you about is at the Morgan R. Chaney Sanctuary, on Turner Road, Montville, in the southeastern corner of the state. We’ve carved out 10 acres for […]
Saturday Field Trips Continue into Summer
Thursday, May 25th, 2017Estuary Explorations: Up the River Banningwood Preserve, Lyme June 10, 9 – 1 pm Venture up the Connecticut River Valley to discover the rich variety of habitats at the 102-acre Banningwood Preserve in Lyme. The idyllic Roaring Brook (a tributary of Whalebone Cove) and its associated intact floodplain forest will be showcased on this excursion, […]
One Final May Field Trip: Full Connecticut Spring
Thursday, May 25th, 2017learn about spring warblers, other migrants, and estuary and forest ecology. Register online today.
Local Land Trust Thank You!
Thursday, May 25th, 2017We would like to thank the land trusts in our area for letting us use their properties for regional school children participating our Science in Nature programs. We have walked the trails and explored rotting logs, geologic outcrops, tree-fall forest gaps, vernal pools, and stream meanders on Lyme, Old Lyme and Essex Land Trust properties. […]
Nature Nursery, Spring Fling
Tuesday, February 14th, 2017Mondays, through May 22 10 – 10:45 a.m. (no class April 10) Ages 2-3 with a participating adult We’ll venture out into the sanctuary and listen for frogs calling, see turtles sunning themselves, and watch for birds journeying back from their long winter travels. Inside activities may include stories, crafts, games, experiments, and live animal visitors. […]
Press Release – Fairfield Resident Joins Connecticut Audubon Society as Director in Milford Point and Fairfield
Thursday, November 8th, 2018October 1, 2018 – The Connecticut Audubon Society has named Shari Greenblatt as its new Southwest Regional Director, responsible for leading two of its busiest centers in Fairfield and Milford, as well as the historic Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary in Fairfield. For each center, Greenblatt will oversee operations and year-round staff, as well as seasonal […]
Bird Protection & Outdoor Cats: A Talk by Ornithologist Pete Marra
Thursday, May 11th, 2017Buy tickets here or at the door. Join us for “Bird Protection & Outdoor Cats,” a talk by ornithologist Peter Marra, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at 7 p.m., at Trinity College’s Boyer Auditorium, Hartford. Marra is co-author of Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer, published by Princeton University Press. Cat Wars tells […]
Sea Squirts – Slither and Slime (Reptiles) – Registration
Monday, April 16th, 2018
Spring Lecture Series: “John James Audubon: the Nature of the American Woodsman”
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017Sunday, May 7 1 p.m. Gregory Nobles, author of “John James Audubon: The Nature of the American Woodsman”, believes that one of Audubon’s greatest creations was himself. Nobles explores the irony of Audubon’s true nature: themas who took so much time and trouble to depict birds so carefully left us a bold, but deceptive, picture […]
Bird Protection & Outdoor Cats: a talk by ornithologist Peter Marra, May 24 at Trinity College
Thursday, April 27th, 2017Join us for “Bird Protection & Outdoor Cats,” a talk by Smithsonian ornithologist Peter Marra, Wednesday, May 24, at 7 p.m., at Trinity College’s Boyer Auditorium (Life Sciences Center), Hartford. Marra is co-author of Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer, published by Princeton University Press. Cat Wars tells the story of the […]
Amphibian Adventure
Tuesday, March 28th, 2017Arguably the best part of Spring is the new life– trees are budding, daffodils have started poking out of the ground, birds are singing, and, of course, there’s the indescribable smell of earth after it rains. But there is more happening than we realize. Have you ever driven home on a rainy night and seen […]
Eagle/Osprey Boat Cruises on the Connecticut River
Friday, April 7th, 2017Don’t Miss The Boat! Saturday, April 29 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Come search for majestic Bald Eagles and welcome Connecticut River Osprey back to their breeding grounds. Cruises will be aboard the motor vessel Becky Thatcher and leave from Eagle Landing State park in Haddam. Connecticut Audubon Society naturalists are on board the […]
Summer Camp Teachers Wanted
Monday, April 3rd, 2017Connecticut Audubon Fairfield’s Summer Camp is a ten-week nature-based summer day program for children ages 3-12. A variety of themed-weeks are offered throughout the summer. Teachers will plan and teach a variety of topics within the weekly theme that allow children to experience the outdoors/nature through hands-on activities, games, hikes, guided nature explorations, arts and […]
