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Celebrate your child’s birthday with a nature-based party at our Center. We provide a fun-filled, 45-minute, nature-based program for your child and up to 15 guests, plus an additional 45 minutes for your own birthday fun. Age-specific themes (appropriate for ages 4 and up) to choose from include: Naturalist Adventures; Fairy and Gnome Abodes and […]

Bird Walks/Webinars Warblers Webinar  May 15;  6-7 p.m.  via Zoom  Often known as “jewels of the bird world”, warblers are among the most sought-after birds during spring migration, as dozens of species make their way into and through Connecticut on their northbound journeys. In this webinar, Conservation & Education Coordinator Joe Attwater will go over […]

While this is a free program, donations in any amount are always welcomed to help support future environmental education programs like this one.  

Joining with another former Old Lyme resident, Dr. Theodore Van Itallie, they formed a group of concerned citizens and soon founded the Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center as a part of the Connecticut Audubon Society.  It was founded literally out of the trunk of Eleanor’s car, in the living rooms of fellow board members, and […]

The 5.25-acre site is on the Lieutenant River, a tributary of the Connecticut River. It includes a wetland area and offers river access to the local 56-acre section of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. The Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center has developed a strong reputation in its five years based on […]

Join the Connecticut Audubon Society and other organizations for a special event featuring author, birder, and naturalist Christian Cooper. Date: Thursday, April 4, 2024   Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.   Location: Sterling Sheffield Strathcona Hall  1 Prospect Street, New Haven  Free and Open to the Public. Registration is required. This engaging conversation, moderated […]

Sherwood Island State Park (Exit 18, I-95) Westport, CT 06880  

Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary 314 Unquowa Road Fairfield, CT 06824 While this is a free program, donations in any amount are always welcomed to support future environmental education programs like this one.  

Larsen Sanctuary Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield 2325 Burr Street Fairfield, CT 06824  

Smith Richardson Preserve 39 Sasco Creek Road (Entrance Gate) Westport, CT 06880  

Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Sanctuary 314 Unquowa Road Fairfield, CT 06824    

Stratford Point 1207 Prospect Drive Stratford, CT 06615  

Register here for our Mushrooms & Migrants Walk at the Conn College Arboretum in New London on Saturday,11 from 9-11 am. Questions? Contact us at rtpec@ctaudubon.org or call 860.598.4218.  

Register here for our Spring Bird Walk at The Millrace in Essex on Saturday, 4 from 9-11 am. Questions? Contact us at rtpec@ctaudubon.org or call 860.598.4218.  

August 7, 2018 — The coves, inlets and backwaters of the Connecticut River estuary are among the region’s most important refuges for waterfowl during migration and through the winter. Dabbling ducks – Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Black Duck, Gadwall – gather there to find safe cover among the vegetation and to feast on the […]

October 3, 2018 – As natural spectacles go, there might be nothing in Connecticut to match the roosting at dusk in late summer of Tree Swallows in Old Lyme. Each evening on Goose Island, tens of thousands of birds convene. Or is it hundreds of thousands? A million? Nobody knows for sure. But now a […]