Neonics: The New DDT What You Need to Know about the Pesticides Harming Connecticut’s Birds, Bees, Wildlife & People March 11, 2024 McCook Auditorium Trinity College Hartford Noon Check in/Coffee and sandwiches 12:15 Welcome/Opening Remarks Joyce Leiz, Executive Director, The Connecticut Audubon Society 12:30 Neonics and Birds: A Match Made in Hell E. Hardy […]
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2024We’ll send you more information about Migration Magic 2024
Friday, February 9th, 2024Thank you for your interest in Migration Magic 2024, scheduled for the month of May. Migration Magic is a month-long family-friendly celebration of Connecticut’s birds. It will feature an array of bird walks, including a several geared to specific habitat, plus family events,and a Birdathon. You’re’ on the list and we’ll send you more information […]
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Friday, February 9th, 2024Connecticut Audubon Society‘s Migration Magic 2024 will be a month-long offering of bird walks, programs, birdathon and photography contest with several categories. Activities are designed with inclusivity and fun in mind for all levels of birders and lovers of nature. During spring migration, we happily anticipate welcoming back the hummingbirds, warblers and osprey. Bird migration […]
Conference: “Neonics, The New DDT — What You Need to Know About the Pesticides Harming Connecticut’s Birds, Bees, Wildlife & People”
Thursday, February 8th, 2024The Connecticut Coalition for Pesticide Reform is organizing a conference for advocates, residents, and government officials interested in reducing the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in the state.
Date and time: March 11, 2024. Noon to 5 p.m.
Place: McCook Auditorium
Trinity College, Hartford
These key issues in 2024 will protect Connecticut’s birds and other wildlife. They need your involvement.
Tuesday, February 6th, 2024The 2024 session at the Capitol in Hartford is an important opportunity for Connecticut Audubon members and supporters to get involved by being part of a team of conservation advocates. The session starts Wednesday, February 7.
Between now and the end of the session in May, we’re hoping to work with you to contact your elected representatives and others on behalf of Connecticut’s birds and other wildlife. The issues that we think are most important, and where together you and we can have the most impact, are: pesticides, rodenticides, light pollution, and climate.
Summer Camp 2024 Registration Starts Thursday, February 1
Thursday, February 1st, 2024Connecticut Audubon summer camps are an excellent balance of fun and discovery. Your kids will explore and thrive in the natural environment. They’ll have up-close encounters with animals, and learn conservation skills to care for local natural resources at home, school, and Connecticut Audubon’s centers and sanctuaries.
Thank you!
Monday, January 29th, 2024I will send you an email reminder at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 28. That’s 1 hour before the presentation by Heather Wolf. Thank you for signing up for Young, Gifted, And Wild About Birds! — Tom Andersen
The Mystery and Magnificence of the Snowy Owl
Sunday, January 21st, 2024January 21, 2024—Every few years the world of winter birding in southern New England is electrified by the arrival of Snowy Owls from the Arctic. These amazing birds have been studied extensively in recent years by the team of scientists at Project SNOWstorm, including Rebecca McCabe. Join us for her program, via Zoom, on Thursday, January 25, 7-8 p.m. The cost is $9 for Connecticut Audubon members or $12 for non-members.
Homegrown Habitat, January 2024: American Holly
Saturday, January 20th, 2024January 20, 2024 — When the Pilgrims arrived in what is now called Massachusetts, they encountered pyramidal evergreen trees with spiny leaves and red berries that reminded them of a tree back home called English holly (Ilex aquifolium), a symbol of Christmas for centuries in England and Europe. Thus the American holly (Ilex opaca), also known as white holly for the color of its wood, was immediately bestowed with similar reverence and symbolism, which it still retains.
Joyce Leiz is Selected as Connecticut Audubon Society’s Executive Director
Saturday, January 13th, 2024January 13, 2024 — We are happy to announce that the Connecticut Audubon Society Board of Directors has selected Joyce Leiz to lead the organization as executive director. Joyce has served as interim executive director since June 2023 and has become known throughout the state from her participation in programs, meetings, webinars, and other Connecticut Audubon activities.
“The Glass Wall: Making Connecticut’s Buildings Safer for Birds” — a Young, Gifted & Wild About Birds presentation, Thursday, January 18
Saturday, January 13th, 2024January 13, 2024 — Young, Gifted & Wild About Birds 2024 starts Thursday at 7 p.m. with a Zoom presentation by Viveca Morris and Meredith Barges about how to make buildings safer for birds. We’ve titled their presentation, “The Glass Wall: Making Connecticut’s Buildings Safer for Birds.” If you’re interested in birds and conservation, you won’t want to miss it.
Robert B. Braun, former Board president, 1928-2023
Friday, January 5th, 2024The Board and staff of Connecticut Audubon were saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Robert B. Braun of Fairfield on December 26, at age 95. Bob served as member and president of Connecticut Audubon’s Board of Directors in the 1970s and 1980s. A skilled birder and naturalist from boyhood on, he was […]
Homegrown Habitat, December 2023: Balsam Fir
Monday, December 18th, 2023December 18, 2023—If you celebrate Christmas, you know the balsam fir (Abies balsamaea) as an iconic symbol of the season. Its symmetrically conical shape and dark-green needles make it a popular Christmas tree, and it is also used extensively for wreaths. Balsam fir bark and needles contain terpenes that lend its foliage a delightful fragrance. But in addition to its beauty, balsam fir has much to offer ecologically. Woodland mammals rely on it for food and shelter, and it offers many benefits to birds. And, as you will see below, it has several interesting characteristics and uses.
2023 State of the Birds PDF
Thursday, December 14th, 2023Connecticut State of the Birds 2023
Thursday, December 7th, 2023December 7, 2023—The 2023 Connecticut State of the Birds report, released today, looks at five key areas of conservation concern from previous reports—examples of how new knowledge, new realities, increased human effort, and better technologies are either resulting in changes or resulting in the awareness of the need for improvemen
Homegrown Habitat, November 2023: Northern Bayberry
Monday, November 27th, 2023November 27, 2023—During this gray, dark time of year, the flame-colored leaves we’ve enjoyed so much in the last month or so turn brown and drop onto the cold ground. But an often overlooked shrub lets us know that there is yet life and spirit in the landscape—if we would just take the time to notice.
Osprey Nation 2023: A decade of careful monitoring shows a large and widespread Osprey population in Connecticut
Monday, November 20th, 2023November 20, 2023—Ospreys are thriving in Connecticut, and interest in these beautiful, fish-eating raptors is thriving as well. This was the 10th year of Connecticut Audubon’s Osprey Nation monitoring program. The volunteer Osprey nest stewards found and mapped 688 active nests. By the end of the season, 881 baby Ospreys had fledged — the most ever recorded by the project.
“The mystique of birding” — a leg band found at Milford Point reveals the oldest known Black-bellied Plover in the Western Hemisphere
Tuesday, November 14th, 2023November 14, 2023—By any account, it was a good day of mid-October birding at the Coastal Center for Chris Unsworth: 50 species and almost 600 individual birds. But it was one bird that he didn’t see—or rather, didn’t see alive—that made the day special.
Connecticut Audubon members elect Von Potter, M.D., of Hamden, to the Board of Directors
Saturday, November 4th, 2023November 4, 2023—Von Potter is a familiar figure at the birding hotspots near New Haven. He has a keen interest in bird photography and conservation, particularly conservation education for children. Born and raised in New Haven, Von is currently a senior medical director in clinical development at Celcuity Inc. where he oversees clinical trials in […]
2023 Annual Meeting: Saturday, November 4, at the Fairfield Museum
Wednesday, November 1st, 2023November 1, 2023 — Please join us on Saturday, November 4, for the Connecticut Audubon Society’s annual meeting. It’s a special event this year to mark our 125th anniversary. The meeting will be held at the Fairfield Museum and History Center, in the heart of the neighborhood where Connecticut Audubon was founded and the first meetings were held.
