Here is some of the latest news at Milford Point from the keyboard of Frank Gallo, Director of the CAS Coastal Center: Two or three pairs of Tree Swallows visited our swallow nesting boxes today for the first time since they were erected two years ago. Last year, after the nesting season, we moved the […]
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Sunday, April 25th, 2010Stratford Point 4/18-4/24
Saturday, April 24th, 2010The weather improved this week after last weekend’s washout. As you can see in the photo the left, Stratford Point is rapidly going from brown to green with an explosion of spring growth. While northerly winds persisted most nights, there was a short period of southerly flow that allowed for some heavy migration. This brought […]
SpringFest at Birdcraft
Friday, April 23rd, 2010Please join us at the Birdcraft Sanctuary and Museum in Fairfield tomorrow, April 24, from 10-2 for SpringFest. This special new event will feature a variety of family activities, lectures, literature and a guided bird walk. We will have two scheduled discussions given by the CAS Senior Director of Science and Conservation, Milan Bull. At […]
Happy Earth Day!
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Happy Earth Day from the Connecticut Audubon Society! This Eastern Bluebird hopes you do something to help the Earth today – and every day!
Bird banding
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010It’s that time again! The Connecticut Audubon Society operates two bird banding stations: one in Fairfield at the Birdcraft Sanctuary and Museum, and another at the Coastal Center at Milford Point. Volunteers licensed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service run these stations. Birds are captured using mist nets from which they are removed then […]
CAS Staff Teaches Litchfield High School Students in the Costa Rican Rainforest — Presentation 4/27/10
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Between March 5 and March 16 Connecticut Audubon Society staff members travelled to the Costa Rican rainforest again to teach Connecticut high school students about the importance of rainforest conservation as part of the Forman School Rainforest Project. This unique hands-on biology course based out of the Forman School in Litchfield, but also catering to […]
CAS Staff Teaches Litchfield High School Students in the Costa Rican Rainforest — Presentation 4/27/10
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Between March 5 and March 16 Connecticut Audubon Society staff members travelled to the Costa Rican rainforest again to teach Connecticut high school students about the importance of rainforest conservation as part of the Forman School Rainforest Project. This unique hands-on biology course based out of the Forman School in Litchfield, but also catering to […]
Earth Day Clean-up/Spring Celebration at Milford Point
Sunday, April 18th, 2010The fourth annual Earth Day clean-up and Spring Celebration took place from 10-3 yesterday at the CAS Coastal Center at Milford Point. The Connecticut Audubon Society provided gloves and bags, but many generous people provided invaluable time and effort for a great cause. Nearly 60 people participated in the event, with volunteers coming from all […]
Stratford Point 4/11-4/17
Saturday, April 17th, 2010It was a relatively quiet week at Stratford Point. This was mostly due to uncooperative migration weather for passerines, as the night skies were filled with northerly winds or rain instead of millions of birds. However, we were still able to record over 40 species. There was constant movement in the water as the ducks […]
Hottest April Ever?
Thursday, April 15th, 2010You may have read this blog entry about the wettest March ever. That was literally the case in nearly all of Connecticut this year. The early plant growth we predicted occurred. Now the state is currently working on the hottest April ever. The old phrase, “April showers bring May flowers” was off by one month. […]
US Army Corps of Engineers awards CAS contract to carry out Wildlife and Habitat Management Studies
Thursday, April 15th, 2010During the winter of 2008 and much of 2009 Connecticut Audubon Society Science & Conservation staff carried out monthly monitoring studies on five US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) flood control project sites in the Naugatuck River valley. USACE operates a series of dams on the Naugatuck River and its major tributaries to hold back […]
Get ready!
Thursday, April 15th, 2010Clean out your nestboxes if you haven’t yet. The bulk of our breeding songbirds has not quite started yet (many aren’t even back from their wintering grounds). However, some early breeders, such as Eastern Bluebirds, can be on eggs already. Most migrant species don’t waste much time and will immediately start scoping out suitable nest […]
Spring has arrived at the CAS Croft Preserve in Goshen.
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010One of the largest and least developed sanctuaries owned and managed by Connecticut Audubon Society is the 700 acre Richard G. Croft Memorial Preserve in Goshen, in the rugged northwest hills. The preserve contains a fantastic mix of mature forest, large wetlands, bogs and beaver ponds and is home to an impressive array of wildlife. […]
Calling all volunteers!
Saturday, April 10th, 2010Volunteers are needed for plover and tern monitoring at Long Beach in Stratford and at Sandy Point in West Haven. This project is in addition to the regular, annual DEP/USFWS plover monitoring program. This project at two of Connecticut’s IBAs is being coordinated through the Connecticut Ornithological Association which would like to find volunteers to […]
Wednesday, January 14th, 0201
Binoculars Up! Introduction to Backyard Birding with Dick Worth Saturday, January 14 10:00am – 11:00am Look! Up in that tree! It’s a … umm … bird. Wish you could identify that bird in the tree? Have you ever heard an unusual bird call and wondered what species was singing? Or seen a bird […]
