September 30, 2025
With Andy as your guide, visit locations around the sanctuary looking for birds. Bring binoculars and wear drab-colored clothing. No registration required. Fee: $5 CAS members; $10 non-members.
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September 28, 2025
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September 29, 2025
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September 30, 2025(2 events) With Andy as your guide, visit locations around the sanctuary looking for birds. Bring binoculars and wear drab-colored clothing. No registration required. Fee: $5 CAS members; $10 non-members. – Fairfield Nature Center |
October 1, 2025(3 events) – Birdcraft Museum 314 Unquowa Road Fairfield, CT 06824 – Parents, grandparents, guardians, and caregivers come out for some fresh air with your toddler, take a nature walk, and enjoy an activity or story. Join retired Pomfret Community School kindergarten teacher, Carolyn Otto, for a morning of fun and learning. Dress for the weather as many activities are outdoors. Registration requested by calling 860-928-4948. Fee: $5 per child per class or $20 per child per five-week session. (Fee is for one toddler with one accompanying adult.) – Join a group of acoustic music lovers to play popular songs written when the Teales lived at Trail Wood, 1959-1993. A PDF of chords and lyrics will be provided. Participation is limited to ten participants per session. Registration is required. Please register by emailing trailwood@ctaudubon.org. Free. |
October 2, 2025
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October 3, 2025(1 event) – 57 Wakeman Hill Road Sherman, CT 06784 USA (860) 799-4074 |
October 4, 2025(1 event) – Spring is a great time to see shorebirds along the CT coast, as many of our migratory species head back north. We'll look and listen to these charismatic birds and enjoy some of our most beautiful coastal parks. The walk is suitable for ages 5 and up. |
October 5, 2025(2 events) – 57 Wakeman Hill Road Sherman, CT 06784 USA (860) 799-4074 Nick Bellantoni, former CT state archaeologist and co-author of Hiking Ruins of Southern New England, will discuss his guide to 40 stone ruin sites in CT, MA, and RI. Visiting the ruins offers an opportunity to gain knowledge firsthand of the region’s cultural history. Dr. Bellantoni is both a knowledgeable and entertaining speaker. He will have copies of his guide available for purchase. Autumn is the best time of the year to see many of the features. Registration is recommended. Click here to register or call 860-928-4948. Fee: $5 CAS members; $10 non-members. |
October 6, 2025
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October 7, 2025(2 events) With Andy as your guide, visit locations around the sanctuary looking for birds. Bring binoculars and wear drab-colored clothing. No registration required. Fee: $5 CAS members; $10 non-members. – 57 Wakeman Hill Road Sherman, CT 06784 USA (860) 799-4074 |
October 8, 2025(2 events) – Fairfield Nature Center – Parents, grandparents, guardians, and caregivers come out for some fresh air with your toddler, take a nature walk, and enjoy an activity or story. Join retired Pomfret Community School kindergarten teacher, Carolyn Otto, for a morning of fun and learning. Dress for the weather as many activities are outdoors. Registration requested by calling 860-928-4948. Fee: $5 per child per class or $20 per child per five-week session. (Fee is for one toddler with one accompanying adult.) |
October 9, 2025
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October 10, 2025
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October 11, 2025(2 events) – Fall is an exciting time in Connecticut to go birding, as many species make their southbound journeys to their wintering grounds in Central & South America. The diverse habitats of the Connecticut College Arboretum attract a many different species, and is a key stopover site for these birds to rest and refuel. Join us as we search for warblers, thrushes, vireos and more! Hike the sanctuary looking for screech and other owls. This will be a moderately challenging hike and is best for those who can walk in the dark and keep pace with a group. Fee: $10 CAS members; $20 non-members. |
October 12, 2025
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October 13, 2025
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October 14, 2025(3 events) With Andy as your guide, visit locations around the sanctuary looking for birds. Bring binoculars and wear drab-colored clothing. No registration required. Fee: $5 CAS members; $10 non-members. – Fairfield Nature Center – Join The Connecticut Audubon Society’s Conservation Manager, Stefan Martin, and Jed Duguid from Oliver Nurseries for an engaging discussion on how your fall backyard cleanup can make a big difference for birds and pollinators. Learn practical tips for supporting overwintering wildlife, preparing your yard for spring plantings, and creating a welcoming habitat year-round. Bring your questions and discover how to transform your yard into a thriving space for birds and pollinators! Zoom Webinar Register Below |
October 15, 2025(5 events) – Smith Richardson Preserve Located in Plainfield, the Quinebaug Valley State Fish Hatchery, with a wide variety of habitats, offers some of the best birding in Windham County. Expect to see songbirds, raptors, and waterbirds. Fee: $10 members; $20 non-members. – Fairfield Nature Center 57 Wakeman Hill Road Sherman, CT 06784 USA (860) 799-4074 – Parents, grandparents, guardians, and caregivers come out for some fresh air with your toddler, take a nature walk, and enjoy an activity or story. Join retired Pomfret Community School kindergarten teacher, Carolyn Otto, for a morning of fun and learning. Dress for the weather as many activities are outdoors. Registration requested by calling 860-928-4948. Fee: $5 per child per class or $20 per child per five-week session. (Fee is for one toddler with one accompanying adult.) |
October 16, 2025(2 events) N/A The Country Club of Fairfield – 57 Wakeman Hill Road Sherman, CT 06784 USA (860) 799-4074 |
October 17, 2025
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October 18, 2025(1 event) – Most of North America's shorebird species winter in South & Central America, heading north to breed in the high Arctic. Some of these birds breed in CT, while others start their southbound journey in late summer. Join us as we look for many of our shorebird species at some of the best spots around southeastern Connecticut and learn how you can help these charismatic birds. |
October 19, 2025
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October 20, 2025
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October 21, 2025(2 events) With Andy as your guide, visit locations around the sanctuary looking for birds. Bring binoculars and wear drab-colored clothing. No registration required. Fee: $5 CAS members; $10 non-members. – Fairfield Nature Center |
October 22, 2025(2 events) – Fairfield Nature Center – Parents, grandparents, guardians, and caregivers come out for some fresh air with your toddler, take a nature walk, and enjoy an activity or story. Join retired Pomfret Community School kindergarten teacher, Carolyn Otto, for a morning of fun and learning. Dress for the weather as many activities are outdoors. Registration requested by calling 860-928-4948. Fee: $5 per child per class or $20 per child per five-week session. (Fee is for one toddler with one accompanying adult.) |
October 23, 2025(3 events) Join Andy on a guided bird walk. Bring your binoculars and wear drab-colored clothing. Fee: $10 CAS members; $20 non-members. – Menhaden is a keystone species, serving as a vital food source for various fish, marine mammals, and birds. Filmmaker Jacob Steinberg will present his current work, a film illustrating the critical importance of menhaden. – Join the Connecticut Audubon Society Book Discussion Zoom Meeting Date: October 23rd Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM 25th Anniversary of the book. For six luminous months–an entire nesting season–David Gessner immersed himself in the lives of the magnificent osprey’s that had returned to his seagirt corner of Cape Cod. In this marvelous book–part memoir, part paean to a once-endangered species, part natural history of the Cape–Gessner recounts the many discoveries he made in the course of that magical season. https://www.ctaudubon.org/2025/06/book-club-zoom-october-return-of-the-osprey/ |
October 24, 2025(2 events) – Fairfield Nature Center Join Andy and his fellow banders as they capture and band migrating Saw-whet Owls. See these amazing owls up close. Bring your camera. Space is limited. Fee: $20 members; $30 non-members. |
October 25, 2025
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October 26, 2025(2 events) While we’re asleep, opossums are awake, exploring, and searching for food. Learn all about these often misunderstood creatures of the night from FWR owners, Pam and Bill Lefferts, and members of their wildlife educational team. Best of all, meet Brandi and Brigitte, non-releasable opossums, who could not survive in the wild. At the end of the program, you may have a photo taken with them. We had so many people the last time FWR was here, registration is now required to assure your seats for this popular program. Click here to register or call 860-928-4948. Fee: $5 CAS members; $10 non-members; free for children aged ten or younger. The program is recommended for children over five. – Hike Trail Wood with stops for readings from Edwin Way Teale’s works. Free. |
October 27, 2025
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October 28, 2025(2 events) With Andy as your guide, visit locations around the sanctuary looking for birds. Bring binoculars and wear drab-colored clothing. No registration required. Fee: $5 CAS members; $10 non-members. – Fairfield Nature Center |
October 29, 2025(2 events) – Fairfield Nature Center – Parents, grandparents, guardians, and caregivers come out for some fresh air with your toddler, take a nature walk, and enjoy an activity or story. Join retired Pomfret Community School kindergarten teacher, Carolyn Otto, for a morning of fun and learning. Dress for the weather as many activities are outdoors. Registration requested by calling 860-928-4948. Fee: $5 per child per class or $20 per child per five-week session. (Fee is for one toddler with one accompanying adult.) |
October 30, 2025
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October 31, 2025(1 event) Join Andy and his fellow banders as they capture and band migrating Saw-whet Owls. See these amazing owls up close. Bring your camera. Space is limited. Fee: $20 members; $30 non-members. |
November 1, 2025(2 events) – Fairfield Nature Center – Join Sierra Club members for a late afternoon autumn walk on the final day of daylight saving time for this year. This event is weather dependent. Register with Trail Wood or the Sierra Club’s Susan Eastwood, sce4321@gmail.com. Fee: Free CAS and Sierra Club members; $5 non-members. |
