What’s New

May 2012 – Connecticut Audubon Society, in collaboration with Sacred Heart University, has completed the next important phase of the one-of-a-kind coastal habitat restoration project at Stratford Point, planting 96 native trees and shrubs to increase foraging, roosting and nesting opportunities for migratory and breeding birds and other wildlife. Using a tractor and an array [...]

May 2012 – Do you love the outdoors and teaching? Need opportunities to gain more professional experience? Connecticut Audubon Society is seeking talented, enthusiastic and energetic individuals for our Seasonal Teacher‐Naturalist positions. Teacher‐Naturalists at the Connecticut Audubon Society’s Center at Fairfield are responsible for teaching outdoor and classroom natural science programs to a variety of [...]

May 2012 – The 2012 Big Day is approaching and once again Connecticut Audubon Society’s team will be trying to break its own record – and raise funds to support the conservation and education work at our Milford Point Coastal Center. You can help by making a pledge to challenge us to bird even harder! Pledge [...]

May 2012 – The session of the Connecticut General Assembly that ended in Hartford this week resulted in a number of achievements that we think are good for conservation and for the state’s environment in general. The Senate and the House passed one bill with big implications for land conservation, and another with smaller but [...]

May 2012 – If we want our children to spend more time out of doors and to build a stronger connection to the natural world, we’ll have to look to solutions that are as small as parents insisting that kids go outside or as big as changes to school curricula. And those solutions will have [...]

April 2012 – Registration is moving quickly for our amazing summer camps at Birdcraft Sanctuary, the Center at Fairfield, the Milford Point Coastal Center and the Center at Pomfret, but we still have plenty of room. Kids in our summer camps develop a respect for the natural world, and they have the kind of fun [...]

April 2012 – Connecticut Audubon Society has been providing first-rate educational programs for school children for over a century. Our goal is to keep improving, and in 2012 we are expanding and enhancing our school programs to provide innovative outdoor science education to more students throughout the state. Our new programs are designed for 3rd [...]

February 2012 – As part of our ongoing work to restore the coastal habitat at Stratford Point, Connecticut Audubon Society collaborated with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to carefully burn about 20 acres of the Point’s grassland on Tuesday, February 28. The prescribed burn was designed to get rid of invasive plants [...]

March 2012 – Advocating for issues of statewide importance on your behalf is one of the ways we fulfill our mission of conserving Connecticut’s birds and their habitats. Our advocacy takes the form of legislative policy work in Hartford and grassroots work on the local level. You can follow our progress in Hartford. To see [...]

February 10, 2012 – Concerned with the dwindling amount of time kids are spending outdoors and its implications for the future of conservation, the Connecticut Audubon Society said today that it is increasing its emphasis on outdoor environmental education for young people and called on its partners in government, education and the environment to collaborate [...]

December 2011 — Finding the proper balance between protecting sensitive habitats on conservation land and giving the public an opportunity to enjoy those lands is one of the thorniest issues conservation organizations deal with. At the Aspetuck Land Trust’s 1,009-acre Trout Brook Valley Preserve, Connecticut Audubon Society’s conservation scientists are working to help find that [...]

December 2011 — A team of Connecticut Audubon staff, volunteers and private contractors are finishing construction this month of 900 feet of newly-created dunes that curve along the beach on Stratford Point’s north cove — the first time a habitat restoration project of that kind has been attempted in Connecticut. The dunes will provide important [...]

Belly Rubs and Frog Slime: Young Citizen Scientists help study Amphibian Disease in CT

Last week we started field work for the continuation of our amphibian research to evaluate the presence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in our native frogs, toads and salamanders. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, or Bd as it is often called, may cause a deadly disease in amphibians which has been implicated in unprecedented amphibian die-offs and population crashes [...]

Share the beach…

As the weather heats up in June many of Connecticut’s birds quiet down. You may hear less singing in your yard and see fewer species at some of our sanctuaries. However, this does not mean they are gone. Breeding season is in full swing and maintaining a low profile helps to ensure the protection of [...]

They’re back!

The first Neotropical migrants started arriving in small numbers a few weeks ago. This spring has been quite interesting since many species arrived much earlier than usual and some that are often not seen until May, like the Blackburnian Warbler, were present about two weeks early. Since the trees had not yet leafed out in April these birds were also relatively easily spotted this [...]

Connecticut Audubon Society Staff Finds Unique Hybrid Hawk In Connecticut

Frank Gallo, Associate Director of our Coastal Center at Milford Point and among the top birders in the state, recently came across an unusual-looking hawk while he was surveying for the Oxford Christmas Bird Count. Its features and behavior appeared to be a perfect mix of a Red-tailed Hawk and a Red-shouldered Hawk. Intrigued, he took notes [...]