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2022 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 essential to the success of […]
Read more...Members of the Connecticut Audubon Society enjoyed a breathtaking raptor exhibition and then voted in three new members of the Board of Directors at our 119th Annual Meeting, in Sherman, on Sunday, October 15. Read our 2017 Annual Report, highlighted by short profiles of 10 conservation leaders of today and of the future! Held at […]
Read more...The Connecticut Audubon Society presented three longtime volunteers and a dedicated staff member with the Dave Engelman Volunteer Benchmark Award at our annual meeting at Deer Pond Farm, in Sherman, on Sunday, October 15. This year’s recipients have logged thousands of hours of service at Connecticut Audubon’s sanctuaries and centers and on its board and […]
Read more...Fairfield, June 28, 2017 – The Connecticut Audubon Society has named Patrick Comins, a leading authority on the conservation of the state’s birds and the habitats that support them, as its executive director, the organization’s Board of Directors announced today. Comins will lead the organization as it focuses on inspiring an ever-greater spirit of conservation […]
Read more...The following letter was approved by the Connecticut Audubon Society’s Board of Directors and sent to U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy. December 16, 2016 The Honorable Richard Blumenthal U.S. Senate 706 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 Dear Senator, The Connecticut Audubon Society opposes the nomination of Scott Pruitt as […]
Read more...News media from around Connecticut covered the release of the Connecticut State of the Birds 2016 report, “Gains, Losses and the Prospect of Extinction.” Here’s a compilation of links to an editorial and several articles: Editorial Hartford Courant Connecticut Birds at Risk: An Environmental Warning News articles Hartford Courant Many State Birds in Decline and […]
Read more...July 21, 2016 – You may have noticed changes recently at the H. Smith Richardson Wildlife Preserve, on Sasco Creek Road in Westport, with more on the way. We’re collaborating with a group of enthusiastic neighbors to make big improvements to the preserve, for the birds and other wildlife that rely on it now, and […]
Read more...The benefits of solar energy to the environment are obvious. If you are thinking about moving to solar, consider RGS Energy – it is likely to benefit you, the environment and us. And if it benefits us, it benefits conservation in Connecticut. The Connecticut Audubon Society has entered into a partnership that will bring us […]
Read more...May 19, 2016 – The Connecticut Audubon Society has launched a new mobile app designed to help Connecticut residents – especially youngsters – evaluate the health of their local streams by finding and identifying the creatures that live in them. Called Creek Critters, the new app had its first field test on Saturday, May 14, […]
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