In the News

Here’s a sampling of local news accounts of Connecticut Audubon’s activities:

WNPR radio
March 18, 2025
Looking for an excuse to put off cleaning up your lawn? Do it for the birds (and insects)

New London Day
March 9, 2025
Neonics no-no: poisonous insecticide threatens local waters, birds, pollinators (pdf)

WFSB 3 TV
March 8, 2025
CT bird population at risk due to common pesticides, Audubon report

Zip06
March 5, 2025
All About Owls with Joe Attwater

CT Mirror
February 25, 2025
CT lawmakers weigh bans on pesticides, rodenticides other chemicals

WSHU Public Radio/Connecticut East This Week podcast
February 10, 2025
Listen to the podcast on Youtube
The segment on neonics starts at the 26-minute, 13-second mark, so please scroll ahead to hear it.

CT News Service
February 4, 2025
Report: Harmful pesticides found in CT rivers, groundwater

Hartford Courant
February 3, 2025
Pesticide called ‘new DDT’ has been found in CT waterways. Here’s what it kills.

Waterbury Republican-American/Hearst CT
February 6, 2025
February in Connecticut is for lovers — of bald eagles. Here’s where spot them.

Connecticut State of the Birds 2024  — “The Next Conservation Frontier: Protecting Birds from Insecticides”

WFSB 3 TV
Hartford Courant
December 26, 2024
CT birds threatened by poison “more toxic than DDT,” a report says. Can they be saved?

Fox61, December 19
Neonicotinoids, pesticides causing harm to bird and pollinator populations: Expert report | fox61.com

CT Public/WNPR radio
December 24, 2024
CT birds in danger from common pesticides, Audubon report says

WICC Radio interview
December 4, 2024
Killer DDT

Hearst/CTInsider
December 3, 2024
Popular pesticide considered “new DDT” killing CT’s birds, bees and butterflies, Audubon report says

CT News Junkie
December 3, 2024
Environmental Advocates Hope To Limit Insecticides Harmful To Birds, Pollinators

Hearst/CTInsider
December 25, 2024
Rare goose from the Arctic is making Connecticut its home this winter: ‘It’s pretty special’

Hartford Courant
December 2, 2024
Preservationists: Conservation along Connecticut River can’t be locked inside state borders

Hartford Courant
November 21, 2024
Ospreys ‘flourished’ in CT, struggle further south, according to report.

Hearst/CTInsider
November 23, 2024
Connecticut Ospreys thriving as they reach record 1,077 fledglings in 2024, Connecticut Audubon reports

Piping Plovers

WSHU radio
November 14, 2024
CT Audubon Society celebrates this year’s conservation wins

Connecticut Public Radio
November 8, 2024
There’s Good News About a Federally-threatened shorebird along CT’s coast

Hartford Courant
November 4, 2024
Connecticut Audubon Society sees progress in endangered bird population.

The Day, New London, November 9, 2024
Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center focuses on the kids

Tree Swallow Cruises
Wordatlas.com, October 12, 2024
12 Top Places To Visit In Connecticut This Fall

Sanctuaries/Places to Hike
Fairfield Mirror, October 2, 2024
Step Into Nature

Milford-Orange Times, September 30, 2024
Connecticut’s Salt Marshes: Treasures in Our Midst

Habitat
CT Examiner, September 13, 2024
‘What is at stake is close to Connecticut’s identify’

2023
Osprey Nation
Hartford Courant, November 21, 2023
Ospreys were driven nearly to extinction by chemicals in CT. A group of volunteers now monitors their growth

Shorebirds
WSHU radio, November 21, 2023
Oldest Black-bellied Plover in the Western Hemisphere Found in CT

Ospreys
CT Public/WNPR radio, July 18, 2023
Decades after near extinction, CT’s Osprey population booms

Motus
Hearst/CTInsider, December 24, 2022
One of CT’s best-kept secrets is a radio tower tracking rarely seen wildlife migration

Ospreys
The Day, December 3, 2022
Osprey fledgling numbers drop slightly in state this year, Audubon count finds

Connecticut State of the Birds
WNPR radio, December 2, 2022
Connecticut raptor populations soar, while some coastal wading birds face pressure | New Hampshire Public Radio
Public News Service radio, December 2, 2022
Connecticut raptor populations soar, while some coastal wading birds face pressure | New Hampshire Public Radio
WSHU radio, December 2, 2022
Eagles are making a comeback in Connecticut, while other birds need your help
Hartford Courant, November 25, 2022
CT’s ‘State of the Birds’ report has good news for eagles, but there’s still more work to be done for many species
Hearst/CTInsider, December 1, 2022
New report shows improvements for CT’s bald eagle, osprey populations

Monk Parakeets
Hearst/CTinsider, December 3, 2022
Robert Miller: A monk parakeet appears to be in Danbury, maybe for the first time

Connecticut State of the Birds 2021
Hartford Courant, December 2
WNPR/Where We Live, December 2

Ospreys
HearstCT
August 9, 2021: Decades after pesticides almost wiped them out, CT’s Ospreys are ‘not just surviving, they’re thriving’

Fears of a bird die-off
Norwich Bulletin, July 24, 2021
Hartford Courant, August 6, 2021
Hearst CT: August 11, 2021
Hartford Courant: August 20, 2021

Hearst CT
June 11, 2021: Flooding washed away these Milford bird nests. CT Audubon says they need help

Hearst CT
February 14, 2021: The sound of s South Carolina bird sings in Connecticut

Hearst CT
January 29, 2021: Dramatic shift on climate
Rare Snowy Owl spotted in Central Park

Pelican Rescue
NBC TV
January 27, 2021: Pelican rescued from Connecticut River improving
HearstCT
January 28, 2021: Pelican rescued from icy Connecticut River in Essex

Connecticut State of the Birds 2020
NBC TV
December 18, 2020: Impacts from Covid 19 lead to lowest productivity in decades for loca bird species
WSHU
December 22, 2020: Coronavirus Habits Disrputed Connecticut Piping Plovers

Horseshoe crabs & Red Knots
NBC TV
February 17, 2020: Push to stop horseshoe crab harvesting
New Haven Register
February 18, 2020: Audubon Society urges ban on CT horseshoe crab harvesting

WSHU
February 18, 2020: Horseshoe Crab Fishing Ban May Bright Red Knot Birds Back to Connecticut

Roosting vultures
NBC CT
February 13, 2020: Vultures find a temporary home in Norwich

Piping Plovers
February 13, 2020
New London Day: Piping Plover populations are making a comeback

Wildlife tracks
February 8, 2020
Danbury News Times: Deciphering the many wildlife tracks (featuring Connecticut Audubon photos)

Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2020
January 25, 2020
Danbury News Times: Battling for birds

Bird population declines
January 16, 2020
Hartford Magazine: Connecticut is Losing Many of its Birds

Birds of the Year
December 28, 2019
Stamford Advocate: Shy sparrow, gull-chaser among 2019 Birds of the Year

Connecticut State of the Birds 2019
December 5, 2019
Hartford Courant: Climate change has pushed Long Island Sound and its birds “to the edge of major, hard to predict changes,” report says
December 6, 2019
Public News Service (radio): Report: Changing Climate Threatens CT Birds

Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds
November 19, 2019
Hartford Courant: Some threatened shoreline birds had good years in Connecticut, others not so much
New Haven Register: 2019 a good year for Connecticut’s piping plovers, oystercatchers

Habitat improvement at Deer Pond Farm
October 18, 2019
Danbury News Times: Sherman’s Deer Pond Farm turns destruction into new habitats

Bird population declines
October 3, 2019
Norwich Bulletin: How much fun would it be to dine with a downy woodpecker?

Monarch butterflies
September 29, 2019
Connecticut Post: Monarch butterflies tagged in conservation effort

Ospreys
August 8, 2019
Fox 61: Osprey population continues to rise in Connecticut after conservation efforts

Purple Martins
July 9, 2019
New Haven Register: Bird banding helps track CT’s purple martins

Deer Pond Farm
June 7, 2019
Danbury News Times: Sherman birding preserve opens New York side to public

Ospreys
March 5, 2019
Where We Live, WNPR 

Barred Owls
January 31, 2019
NBC CT: This is why you are seeing more barred owls in CT
March 2, 2019
Manchester Journal Inquirer: Keep your eyes peeled barred owl sightings, injuries on rise on state