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Fairfield, July 28, 2014 — Connecticut’s wide diversity of bird species is diminishing and is at risk of continued declines as habitats throughout the state suffer from neglect caused by a lack of conservation management. That’s the key finding of Connecticut Audubon Society’s annual Connecticut State of the Birds report, released today at a news […]
Read more...June 6, 2014 –Fifteen hundred elementary school students from Manchester and East Hartford participated in hands-on curriculum-based conservation science instruction at Connecticut Audubon Society’s Center at Glastonbury this spring, thanks to a grant from the SBM Charitable Foundation of Manchester. Through Connecticut Audubon’s flagship Science in Nature program, the students delved into conservation subjects such […]
Read more...The last Snowy Owls from the winter’s historic influx have migrated north, leaving bird lovers throughout Connecticut with months of great birding memories. Connecticut Audubon Society is marking the end of this memorable season by announcing the winners of its Great Snowy Owl Observation Contest of 2014. The winners are Donna Johnson Buckley, of Clinton, […]
Read more...Connecticut Audubon Society has launched a new weekly guide, called Connecticut Audubon Bird Finder, to help birders plan weekend trips to great outdoor settings throughout the state. Connecticut Audubon Bird Finder is a carefully curated guide to an unusual or interesting bird that has been sighted that week in a publicly-accessible location. The bulletins will […]
Read more...By Liz Acas for Connecticut Audubon Society NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The extinction of the once-abundant Passenger Pigeon shows that any species could be in danger today, author Joel Greenberg told a rapt audience at Yale University on March 12. Greenberg, author of the acclaimed book A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight […]
Read more...Snowy Owls have irrupted in the northeast this winter, invading in good numbers and providing a rare spectacle that is delighting birders and underscoring the region’s connectedness to events above the Arctic Circle. The influx of Snowies has attracted a good deal of media attention. Here’s the latest, a piece by WFSB in which the […]
Read more...November 2013 – Three centuries after they were extirpated in the state, Connecticut’s population of Wild Turkeys is large, stable and widespread – a reason to give thanks in an era when many of our local birds are declining. The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is literally everywhere in Connecticut, occurring in all 169 of the […]
Read more...November 7, 2013 – Connecticut Audubon Society and Sacred Heart University of Fairfield have been awarded a $59,000 Long Island Sound Futures Fund grant to construct an innovative “living shoreline” project at Stratford Point to both improve critical bird and wildlife habitat and protect the state’s coastline from storms like Hurricane Sandy. The living shoreline […]
Read more...Connecticut Audubon Society President Alex Brash, along with Angela Bhushan, science director of the Bridgeport public school district, spent Tuesday morning in the field with a group of 35 Bridgeport 8th graders, conducting conservation science experiments to mark the second full year of our Science in Nature education program. The students, from the Curiale School, […]
Read more...The expert birders who participated in the Big Sit! fundraiser for our Milford Point Coastal Center on October 13 tallied 82 species and raised $1,100 and counting. Our Surf Scopers team, Patrick and Jim Dugan, and Frank Gallo, occupied an observation deck at Milford Point from before dawn til dusk, ears alert, binoculars and scopes […]
Read more...Connecticut Audubon Society’s 115th Annual Meeting, held September 12 in Southport, featured a talk by Alexander Brash, the organization’s new president, and a keynote address by Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communications. You can view both here.
Read more...Sept. 17, 2013 – Connecticut Audubon Society has awarded Philip W. Stein of Fairfield and James G. Denham of Essex the organization’s annual Dave Engelman Volunteer Benchmark Awards, in recognition of their years of service, at the CAS Annual Meeting in Southport on Thursday, Sept. 12. The award is given annually by the Board of […]
Read more...Fairfield, Aug. 28, 2013 – Alexander R. Brash, a longtime conservation leader and Connecticut resident with an extensive record of success managing non-profits and government agencies, has been named president of Connecticut Audubon Society. A skillful birder who is as comfortable scoping seabirds as he is in a meeting room, Brash will take on the […]
Read more...July 2013 – Fresh off the completion of a major conservation and management plan for Aspetuck Land Trust’s Trout Brook Valley preserve, Connecticut Audubon Society’s conservation biologists have embarked on similar projects for the Norwalk Land Trust and the town of Orange. In Norwalk, our Conservation Services staff is working on Hoyt Island, which covers […]
Read more...July 2013 – Connecticut Audubon Society’s Science in Nature program, inaugurated just nine months ago, has already brought more than 2,000 students from Bridgeport, Meriden and Fairfield to our sanctuaries for outdoor conservation education designed to complement their classroom studies. These students are the first to participate in Science in Nature, which is the foundation […]
Read more...May 2013 – Like good parents, we don’t make judgments about which of our 19 sanctuaries are better than the others. We love them all. But that doesn’t mean others can’t render a judgment. The editors of Yankee Magazine have done just that, choosing Trail Wood and the Bafflin Sanctuary, in northeast Connecticut, as the […]
Read more...Updated June 7, 2013, with results of each bill … Connecticut Audubon Society is working in partnership with several conservation organizations to help pass legislation in Hartford in 2013. Click on each bill in the list below for details. Bills We SupportAn Act Concerning the Application of Pesticides in Municipal Parks, SB 914 (changed to […]
Read more...Fairfield, Ct., Feb. 22, 2013 – Concerned with the dramatic decline of 17 species of birds that nest in Connecticut and eat only insects caught while flying, Connecticut Audubon Society today called for a multi-agency program of research and assessment along with immediate remedies such as cuts in pesticide use and the creation of man-made […]
Read more...MERIDEN, CT., January 14, 2013 – Connecticut Audubon Society has been awarded a $49,000 3M Eco Grant to bring its innovative Science In Nature outdoor education program to approximately 650 Meriden public school students. The program will be conducted at Connecticut Audubon’s Center at Glastonbury, where the Meriden students will spend 8 hours in […]
Read more...Participating Conservation Scientists from Connecticut Audubon Society Reviewed Six Critical Habitats Along the State’s Coast and Found Major Erosion that Could Hinder Vulnerable Coastal Breeding Birds January 10, 2013 – In the days after Hurricane Sandy hit the coast, Connecticut Audubon Society’s conservation staff made field visits to six important habitats in the state and […]
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