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	Be A Citizen Scientist, By Stephen B. Oresman, Chairman, Jan.-April 2010 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News CAS Staff & volunteers Are Currently Among the Biggest Contributors of Bird Data in the Country! By Dr. Twan Leenders, Conservation Biologist, Nov. 2, 2009 E-News There and Back Again: Bird Migration in Peril, By Dr. Twan Leenders, Conservation Biologist, Sept.-Dec. 2009 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Salt Marsh Diary: A Tintinnabulation of Wings, © Mark Seth Lender, All Rights Reserved For the American Kestrel, It was a Very Good Year . . . in Pomfret! Sept.-Dec. 2009 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Help Create a Data Directory for the Milford Point Ecosystem, By Dr. Twan Leenders, Aug. 10, 2009 E-News Here's What We're Doing -- Can You Help? By Dr. Twan Leenders, Conservation Biologist, Summer 2009 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Photo (upper right) by Twan Leenders: A Snowy Egret at the Stratford shoreline. Part II: Brackish Tidal Marshes of the Connecticut River Estuary -- Restoring and Monitoring Biodiversity By Beva Nall-Langdon, Science Writer, Summer 2009 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Connecticut Audubon's Latest Science and Conservation Initiatives By Dr. Twan Leenders, Conservation Biologist, Spring 2009 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Wild Animal Babies: If You Care, Leave Them There! By Tricia Kevalis, Teacher-Naturalist, Spring 2009 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Photo by Twan Leenders: A Willet in flight. Part 1: Brackish Tidal Marshes of the Connecticut River Estuary: an Important Habitat for Birds, By Beva Nall-Langdon, Science Writer, Spring 2009 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Right: The low marsh grass Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass) lines a tidal creek in Ragged Rock Creek Marsh, Old Saybrook, CT. In the foreground are inflorescences of S. cynosuroides (big cordgrass). From "Brackish Tidal Marshes of the Connecticut River Estuary" article by Beva Nall-Langdon. Photo courtesy University of Connecticut, Center for Land Use Education and Research. Left: Spartina patens (salt meadow hay) dominates the high marsh zone of Ragged Rock Creek Marsh, Old Saybrook, Connecticut. From "Brackish Tidal Marshes of the Connecticut River Estuary" article by Beva Nall-Langdon. Photo courtesy University of Connecticut, Center for Land Use Education and Research. Right: A Willet nest of four eggs in the high marsh. From "Brackish Tidal Marshes of the Connecticut River Estuary" article by Beva Nall-Langdon. Photo courtesy University of Connecticut, Center for Land Use Education and Research. CT Audubon Society Identifies "Top 20" Conservation Priority Birds in the State By Millan Bull, Senior Director of Science and Conservation, Winter 2008/09 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Connecticut Bald Eagle Survey Update By Julie Victoria, Wildlife Biologist, CT DEP Wildlife Division, November 2008 The Endangered Species Act: Boon or Bust for Biological Diversity? By Millan Bull, Senior Director of Science and Conservation and editor-in-chief of "Connecticut State of the Birds", Fall 2008 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Salt Marsh Diary: Touch and Go ©2008 Mark Seth Lender, All Rights Reserved Our 10th Annual Eagle Festival: Celebrating the Continued Conservation of America's Bird, By Cameron Swallen, Marketing Communications Assistant, Fall 2008 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News What Happens When There's No Home to Come Home To? By Millan Bull, Senior Director of Science and Conservation and editor-in-chief of "Connecticut State of the Birds", Summer 2008 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Salt Marsh Diary: Listen to the Mocking Bird! ©2007 Mark Seth Lender, All Rights Reserved Mabel Osgood Wright: Pioneeing Conservationist and Popular Author, By Mara Neville, Marketing Communications Director, Summer 2008 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News It's not a question of birds vs. people. Op-ed article that appeared March 9, 2008 in the Connecticut Post. By Millan Bull, Senior Director of Science and Conservation and editor-in-chief of "Connecticut State of the Birds" 2008 Connecticut State of the Birds Report Highlights Complexities and Challenges of Bird Conservation By Beva Nall-Langdon, Science Writer and CT Audubon Society Volunteer, Spring 2008 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Salt Marsh Diary: The Rescue ©2007 Mark Seth Lender, All Rights Reserved 25th Annual "World Series of Birding": Your Chance to Help Connecticut Audubon's Team Raise Funds for Conservation Education By Ken Elkins, Director of Education, Spring 2008 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Salt Marsh Diary: A Culprit Clear as Glass ©2007 Mark Seth Lender, All Rights Reserved A Summer Camp to Remember: CT Audubon Hosts Teen Group in Partnership with Oceanside Boys & Girls Club, the Junior Seau Foundation and Lorne and Shannon Wilson By Ken Elkins, Director of Education, Winter 2007 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Connecticut Commemorates the Centenary of Rachel Carson, Author of "Silent Spring" By Beva Nall-Langdon, Science Writer and CT Audubon Society Volunteer, Fall 2007 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Combining High-Tech with High-Touch: Integrating Technology into Connecticut Audubon's Environmental Programs By Ken Elkins, Director of Education, Fall 2007 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Citizen Science Project at Birdcraft Museum Part of Country-wide Avian Flu Research By Judy Richardson, State Board member, Fall 2007 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Bald Eagle Removed From the Federal Endangered Species List By Julie Victoria, Wilidlife Biologist, CT Dept. of Environmental Protection, Summer 2007 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News
	Saving Our Threatened Species: CT's New Grassland Habitat Conservation Initiative By Milan Bull, Senior Director of Science and Conservation and editor-in-chief of "Connecticut State of the Birds," Summer 2007 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Letter to the Editor in response to Fairfield Minuteman's "Dangers for humans and deer" editorial By Milan Bull, Senior Director of Science and Conservation and editor-in-chief of "Connecticut State of the Birds," published March 29, 2007 in the Fairfield Minuteman
	Glass Strikes, Invasive Species, Other Threats to CT's Native Birds and Habitats By Milan Bull, Senior Director of Science and Conservation and editor-in-chief of "Connecticut State of the Birds," Spring 2007 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News
	Additional Conservation Measures Needed to Protect CT's Native Birds and Habitats By Betty McLaughlin, Director of Environmental Affairs, Spring 2007 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News
	Spring Brings Beautiful Bird Song By Ken Elkins, Director of Education, Connecticut Audubon Society News, Spring 2007 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News
	Come to Connecticut Audubon Society's Eagle Festival™ -- See the Power of Conservation By Mara Neville, Director of Marketing Communications, Winter 2006 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News A Host of Environmental Issues Confront CT Legislators in 2007 By Betty McLaughlin, Director of Environmental Affairs, Winter 2006 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News CAS Ramps Up Conservation Efforts in State as Global Bird Populations Decline By Milan Bull, Senior Director of Science and Conservation and editor-in-chief of "Connecticut State of the Birds," Fall 2006 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Citizen Science: Working to Understand -- and Save -- Horseshoe Crabs By Frank Gallo, Director of Shoreline Education, Fall 2006 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Making Room for the Birds in New Connecticut "Open Space Plan By Betty McLaughlin, Director of Environmental Affairs, Summer 2006 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News Habitat Loss Threatens Many Bird Species in CT By Milan Bull, Senior Director of Science and Conservation and editor-in-chief of "Connecticut State of the Birds," Summer 2006 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News
	Citizen Scientists Can Tell Us a Great Deal about the State of our Birds By Frank Gallo, Director of Shoreline Education, Summer 2006 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News
	Recommendations to Conserve CT's Native Birds and Habitats By Betty McLaughlin, Director of Environmental Affairs, Summer 2006 issue of Connecticut Audubon Society News
	It's a Bird...a Plane...An Eagle! Eagle Sightings in Connecticut
	Landscaping to Attract Birds Choose the Right Plants to Attract Birds
	Ring in Spring With a Peep Frogs in Spring
	Let Nature Take Care of its Own Helping wild animals
	The Making of a Refuge Chimon Island/McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
	Owls A Primer on Owls in Connecticut
	Owling With Sam A Child's Discovery of Backyard Nature
	Purple Martins A Species Profile
	Wildlife in CT:The Snowy Egret Fact sheet about Snowy Egrets in Connecticut
	Monarch Butterflies on the Move Monarch Watch Program at Milford Point
	The Benefits of Composting Nature's Way of Recycling
	Horseshoe Crabs & Shorebirds Horseshoe Crabs In-Depth
	Invasives Lurking In Your Backyard Oriental bittersweet, purple loosestrife
	Animals in Winter How Do Animals Survive?
	Bats The Role of Bats in Our Environment
	Beavers All About Beavers
	Beginning Birding How to Get Started
	Bird Feeding Feeding and Watching Backyard Birds
	Canada Geese A Species Profile
	Connecticut Coyotes A Species Profile
	Crows An Appreciation
	Autumn's Migrating Raptors Birds of Prey on the Comeback
	Monk Parakeets Why are They Here?
	Slowing Down A CAT-astrophe Your Pet Cat and the Environment
	Sharing a Sense of Nature Children and Nature