Register here for the For the Birds: Birds of Prey Mini-Course from October 5- 19. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
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Register: For the Birds- Birds of Prey
Tuesday, November 24th, 2020Register: For the Birds – Swallows and Swifts
Tuesday, November 24th, 2020Register here for the For the Birds: Swallows and Swifts Mini-Course from September 7-21. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Register: For the Birds – Sensational Shorebirds
Tuesday, November 24th, 2020Register here for the For the Birds: Sensational Shorebirds Mini-Course from June 15-29. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Register: For the Birds – Hovering Hummingbirds
Tuesday, November 24th, 2020Register here for the For the Birds: Hovering Hummingbirds Mini-Course from May 18-June 1. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Register: For the Birds – Wonderful Warblers
Tuesday, November 24th, 2020Register here for the For the Birds: Wonderful Warblers Mini-Course from April 20-May 4. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
Registration for Waterfowl: Geese, Ducks and Swans
Tuesday, November 24th, 2020Register here for the For the Birds: Waterfowl: Geese, Ducks and Swans Mini-Course from March 23 – April 6. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org
For the Birds Mini-Course Descriptions
Tuesday, November 24th, 2020Session 9: Spectacular Sparrows November 2 – 16 Their field markers may not be as brightly colored as other songbird species, but nonetheless, sparrows are striking! They are also among the birds that can be challenging to identify. Learn about which species can be seen in Connecticut. November 2 -Week 1: Though small […]
Join us December 3rd at 7PM
Friday, November 20th, 2020Daily Bird: Snow Bunting
Friday, November 20th, 2020November 20, 2020 — Flocks of up to 50 Snow Buntings were feeding and flying about on the sandbar at the Milford Point Coastal Center this week — an excellent sign for fans of this beautiful bird. You could do worse over this weekend or during Thanksgiving week than donning your mask and heading out to look for them, either there or elsewhere.
Register: For the Birds 6 course Subscription
Wednesday, November 25th, 2020Register here for the For the Birds 6-course subscription. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org Please choose your 6 sessions below. In order to choose your sessions, you must first enter the number of subscriptions you wish to purchase at the member or non-member rate.
A Young Birder’s Exhortation: “Fellow Connecticut birders: go north! There are birds!”
Tuesday, November 17th, 2020November 17, 2020 — The Connecticut Young Birders Club is a small but active group trying to grow and become more active. One of the members, Will Schenck, wrote this account of a trip they took to Litchfield County on a recent weekend. Their enthusiasm is hard to match. When was the last time, for example, you heard about a “euphoric experience with a Ruffed Grouse”?
Young, Gifted, and Wild About Birds – Bird Names for Birds, with Jordan Rutter and Gabriel Foley
Monday, November 16th, 2020Tuesday, March 16, 7 p.m. via Zoom Is it acceptable to honor a person who believed of Black men that “his intellect … is greatly inferior to that of the Caucasian, and that he is, therefore, as far as our experience goes, incapable of self-government”? What if that same person also owned slaves? Meet the […]
Register: For the Birds 3 course subscription
Tuesday, November 24th, 2020Register here for the For the Birds – 3-course subscription. Questions? Contact rtpec@ctaudubon.org Please choose your 3 sessions below. In order to choose your sessions, you must first enter the number of subscriptions you wish to purchase at the member or non-member rate.
Young, Gifted, and Wild About Birds – Mariamar Gutierrez Ramirez
Monday, November 16th, 2020Thursday, February 18, 7 p.m. Migration is an ordeal for New England’s songbirds. Thrushes, cuckoos and other birds travel vast distances to and from their breeding grounds. Mariamar Gutierrez Ramirez, a Ph.D. candidate and a Ford Foundation fellow at UMass Amherst, is using quantitative magnetic resonance and Motus tracking technology to study the body condition […]
Young, Gifted, and Wild About Birds – Dennis Liu, Ph.D.
Monday, November 16th, 2020Dennis Liu, Ph.D., is vice president of education at the E.O. Wilson Foundation’s Half-Earth Project. The goal of the Half-Earth Project is breathtaking in its scope: to protect half the land and sea in order to manage enough habitat to reverse the extinction crisis and ensure the long-term health of the planet. Dr. Liu will […]
Young, Gifted, and Wild About Birds – Eliza Grames
Monday, November 16th, 2020If you missed “The Song of the Ovenbird” Zoom presentation with Eliza Grames, you can still watch the video for only $5. Just complete the simple form below! Her presentation lasts about an hour and 20 minutes. Eliza, a Ph.D. candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UConn, is working with a team of researchers […]
Young, Gifted, and Wild About Birds – Deja Perkins
Monday, November 16th, 2020#BlackBirdersWeek: The hashtag that started a movement Deja Perkins This program was held on Thursday, December 17. “So impressive! I learned a ton! Thank you!” “Wonderful program! It provided me with a whole new perspective on birding.” You can watch the video of Deja’s presentation for only $5. Deja Perkins is a founder of #BlackBirdersWeek. […]
Native Winter Tree ID & Benefits to Birds – Dec. 13
Monday, November 16th, 2020Trails Tour with the Director – Dec. 9, 2020
Monday, November 16th, 2020Birding with Stefan Martin – Dec. 5
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