December 6, 2018 – Look for a darkly-colored raptor zipping through the air or perched high on a ledge. They have a grayish-blue back and black barring on the white underside. Their eyes are pronounced, outlined by a bright yellow ring, and the highly curved bill helps them tear at their food.
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Peregrine Falcon
Thursday, December 6th, 2018Media coverage: 2018 State of the Birds
Wednesday, December 5th, 2018How did the state’s media cover Connecticut State of the Birds 2018? Take a look at these links. Hartford Courant New Haven Register/Hearst WNPR/Connecticut Public Broadcasting WSHU Milford Mirror/Hersam Acorn weeklies Waterbury Republican-American Hamlet Hub
State of the Birds 2018 Introductory Video
Wednesday, November 28th, 2018I Need a Photo Opportunity: State of the Birds 2018 in New Haven
Sunday, December 2nd, 2018Sixty people attended the publication event for Connecticut State of the Birds 2018 at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven on November 29. The audience included members of the Connecticut Audubon Society’s Board of Directors, the Connecticut Ornithological Association and the New Haven Bird Club, and members of Connecticut Audubon’s regional center boards, […]
King Eider
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018November 20, 2018 – All birders, and now some non-birders after the arrival of the escaped Mandarin Duck in New York City, know that there are some seriously amazing plumages among duck species, among them the King Eider. One was found in near-shore waters of Long Island Sound off Waterford just a few days ago.
State of the Birds 2018 Launch
Thursday, November 15th, 2018Join us on Thursday, November 29, at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington Avenue, New Haven, for the official release of the Connecticut State of the Birds 2018 report, “In Cities and Suburbs: A Fresh Look at How Birds Are Surviving in Connecticut.” It’s free. Just RSVP, please.
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Wednesday, November 14th, 2018November 15, 2018 – By now, most of us have noticed a particular trend this season with the arrivals of certain ‘irruptive’ winter species highlighted in the 2018-2019 Winter Finch Forecast.
Wood Duck
Wednesday, November 7th, 2018November 8, 2018 – Once the temperatures begin to drop, the fall migration is just about over, and the bird diversity in woods drops significantly, there’s nothing quite like catching a glimpse of a beautifully marked Wood Duck passively floating on an otherwise vacant pond.
Press Release – New Estuary Reserve in Old Lyme and Groton Will Help Expand Scientific Research and Conservation Education
Thursday, November 1st, 2018November 1, 2018 – Some of the best wildlife habitat on the Connecticut River estuary and in southeastern Connecticut, including coves, islands, and marshes in Old Lyme, are included in a new national reserve created to bring in funding for scientific research and conservation education. The National Estuarine Research Reserve encompasses the Lord Cove and […]
Common Raven
Wednesday, October 31st, 2018October 31, 2018 – If you’d like to see a Common Raven in Connecticut this All Hallows’ Eve, hills with cliff faces are a good place to look. East Rock and West Rock in New Haven and Hubbard Park in Meriden have resident pairs.
Evening Grosbeak
Wednesday, October 24th, 2018October 24, 2018 – The iconic “winter finch.” Nobody cares how much sunflower seed a flock can decimate, as long as they do it at your feeder.
Ballot question #2 wins!
Friday, September 21st, 2018November 7, 2018 – Connecticut voters approved a Constitutional Amendment protecting Connecticut’s public lands yesterday. The Amendment requires the Connecticut General Assembly to hold a public hearing and gain a 2/3 majority vote before state-owned park, forest, wildlife management area, or farmland is sold, swapped, or given away. This means greater transparency for the public […]
2018 Annual Meeting, October 20th, New London Harbor & eastern LI Sound
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Member profile: Patsy McCook
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018October 18 – The area around the Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center first captivated Patsy McCook with its Ospreys, vistas, and the seeming impossibility of unspoiled land so close to I-95. But as a member of the center’s regional board since its early days some five years ago, she’s found the center’s organizational side just […]
Member profile: Alison Davis
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018October 2018 – Had Alison Davis not remembered that a certain old farm might be for sale back in 1959, Trail Wood as we know it might not exist. Alison’s husband, then first selectman of Hampton, was called by a couple who wanted to leave Long Island for the quiet life in rural Connecticut. Did […]
Member profile: Judy Wilkinson
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018October 2018 – For over 30 years, Judy Wilkinson’s mornings at Birdcraft Sanctuary have started at dawn. That’s when she joins a group of volunteers three times a week in season to practice the time-honored research method of bird banding. After putting up nets, they’ll wait to collect the captured birds, record data from their […]
Member profile: Rob Taylor
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018October 2018 – A violinist, lyricist, and librettist by profession, Rob Taylor is also a seasoned traveler whose birding trips have brought him around the world. He joined a Connecticut Audubon tour of Cuba as a guest seven years ago and returned to lead the tour as an EcoTravel volunteer the following year. Since then, […]
Member profile: Lori Romick
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018October 2018 – Lori Romick shows people their actions matter when it comes to protecting Long Island Sound by showing them the pollinator garden she rebuilt at the Coastal Center at Milford Point. It was a group effort with her son, husband, and other volunteers. Lori is the environmental enforcement officer for Orange, Connecticut but […]
Member profile: Michelle Sikorski
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018October 2018 – Michelle Sikorsky, a molecular biologist who lives in Danbury, took the Master Naturalist class at the Center at Fairfield last year to gain a different perspective on the natural world: “Seeing how that web comes together was intriguing to me.” Soon after, she visited Deer Pond Farm and realized that Connecticut Audubon’s […]
Migratory songbirds in abundance at Smith Richardson in Westport
Friday, October 19th, 2018October 19, 2018 – Amazing morning at Connecticut Audubon Society’s lower Smith Richardson Sanctuary in Westport today.
