What’s New

The Ospreys have arrived at their nest platform at the Milford Point Coastal Center. Our Osprey Cam gives you an incredible live view of these amazing birds. The male showed up on March 22, his usual arrival time, and just after we repaired the platform and camera damage caused by the fall and winter storms. [...]

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 An Act Establishing a Task Force to Study the Health [...]

Connecticut Audubon Society camps provide outdoor adventure and hands-on nature activities that encourage children ages 3- 15 to develop a respect for the natural world. Kids at our camps have the kind of fun that can come only from exploring the woods and ponds, visiting marshes and brooks, or meeting an owl or a turtle [...]

  Exploring in the woods is fun, exciting and provides endless opportunities to learn. The John Patrick Flanagan Trail Blazers program incorporates the best of adventure while meeting required state science standards. The Bridgeport Public School students participating in this unique program are largely from Title 1 schools where the majority of students qualify for [...]

WESTON, CT.  Jan. 2, 2013 – After a 12-month conservation and management study of its popular 1,009 acre Trout Brook Valley Conservation Area, Aspetuck Land Trust today announced new trail use policies that carefully balance the protection of one of the region’s most important ecological areas with the use of the preserve for hiking, dog-walking [...]

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 [...]