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Updated on Monday, October 10, 2016 – The Coastal Center is open and visitors can enjoy the grounds, the garden, the observation tower overlooking the marsh, and the observation deck near the parking lot but an incident overnight Friday has caused us to close boardwalk leading to the beach until we can make repairs and […]

Sherman, CT, June 1, 2017 – The Connecticut Audubon Society announced today that it has received a generous bequest, from the estate of Kathryn D. Wriston, of 835 acres of rugged hardwood forest, meadows, and wetlands straddling the state border of Connecticut and New York. Called Deer Pond Farm, approximately half the property is in […]

Mary Servino Science Specialist/Coach, Discovery Magnet School, Bridgeport “Michelle Eckman [Connecticut Audubon’s education director] reached out to our school. I’ve always loved the Audubon – my mom in California does the bird counts – and so when she called to talk about this new program, we invited her over. After she explained to us what […]

Matthew Yerushalmi, Fairfield Camp counselor, former camper, Center at Fairfield “My favorite aspect of being a summer counselor is interacting with the campers. It is great to know that I am able to pass along my knowledge from being a camper at the Audubon over the years. “A typical day at summer camp starts with […]

Madeleine Hutchins, PomfretPomfret Bird Bander; College Student, Yale University “I had seen banding done at camp and learned about birds there as well as just watching them on my own time, but I was definitely far less familiar with birds and bird banding than after I started bird banding at Pomfret. “Seeing the birds up […]

Roxanne Steed, Mystic Master Naturalist, Center at Pomfret “Currently my role as a master naturalist is to continue learning everything I can about our natural world here in Connecticut and share this with others in the form of sketchbook journaling. “I grew up in Florida, and always loved being outdoors.  From a lifetime of learning […]

Patricia Scott, Wilton Bird-bander at Birdcraft Sanctuary “I went on a birding trip with Connecticut Audubon in the fall of maybe 1999 or 2000. The leader suggested that I contact her friend, Judy Richardson, who was the master bander at Birdcraft.  She thought I would love bird banding.  She was right. “The birds are trapped […]

Dawn Brucale, Branford Osprey Nation Steward “I really enjoy the education that I get not only from the Connecticut Audubon Society and other members of Osprey Nation, but also from the regular people that happen to frequent the areas where the nests that I monitor are located, who have also been keeping an eye on […]

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Bennett Pudlin & Ann Judd Madison Osprey Nation Volunteer Stewards & Connecticut Audubon Society Members They monitor 15 nests, including one they can see from their house. Bennett: We moved to Madison from Hamden eight years ago. We were looking for a place where we would have direct access to the water for our kayaks. […]

George DeweyMiddlebury, MilfordWinner of the 2016 Dave Engelman Volunteer Benchmark Award “Milford Point is my summer place – I have the only shack left standing among all the giant houses. I live there six or seven months of the year, and I’m at the Coastal Center four or five days a week, maybe more. “Having […]

Resident of Canterbury Winner of the 2016 Dave Engelman Volunteer Benchmark Award “I’ve been involved at the Center at Pomfret for 10 to 15 years or longer. It happened because I admired Sarah Heminway [the center director] and what she was doing. I travel a distance to get up there – 20 to 30 minutes […]

Westport resident Winner of the 2016 Dave Engelman Volunteer Benchmark Award “It’s amazing that I am getting a volunteer award – when I first called the Connecticut Audubon, it was not to volunteer; it was to complain. I was another cranky neighbor complaining about the preserve next to my house. How did that first complaint […]