The Connecticut Audubon Society publishes Connecticut State of the Birds each year around Thanksgiving. The report delves into conservation topics that affect Connecticut’s birds in the context of nationwide concerns.
It helps to raise awareness about the challenges facing birds in Connecticut and beyond, and informs efforts to protect them.
All Connecticut Audubon members receive a copy in the mail.
The Next Conservation Frontier:
Protecting Birds from Insecticides
The news in 2019 that there were 3 billion fewer birds in North America than there were 50 years ago was a wake up call to conservationists. It focused attention on ways to reduce the major causes of bird mortality. Those causes include pesticides. And chief among the concerns in 2024 are neonicotinoids.
Connecticut State of the Birds 2024 will look at neonic use, its role in declining bird populations, in Connecticut and beyond, and what is being done about it.
It will build a case to help convince the public, elected officials, and government officials that the time is now to enact strict regulations on the use of neonicotinoids.
Connecticut State of the Birds is edited by Tom Andersen, Connecticut Audubon’s communications director, and overseen by Milan Bull, senior director of science and conservation
Throughout the years authors have included:
2023: 5 Key Issues: New knowledge and better technologies are changing conservation. Get a PDF of the 2023 report HERE.
2022: 125 Years of Bird Conservation Through Local Action For a PDF of the 2022 report, click HERE.
2021 3 Billion Birds are Gone. How Do We Bring Them Back? For a PDF, click HERE.
2020 Pandemic: Conservationists Scramble in the Field, the Lab, and the Legislature
Please email tandersen@ctaudubon.ort for a copy of the 2020 report.
2019 An Improved Long Island Sound Faces Unpredictable Change. Can Birds, Fish, Conservationists, & Government Adapt?
2018 In Cities and Suburbs: A Fresh Look at How Birds Are Surviving in Connecticut
2017 The New Bird Atlas: A Call to Action for Connecticut’s Conservationists
2016 Gains, Losses and the Prospect of Extinction
2015 Protecting and Connecting Large Landscapes
2014 Connecticut’s Diverse Landscape: Managing Our Habitats for Wildlife
2013 The Seventh Habitat and the Decline of Our Aerial Insectivores.
2012 Where Is the Next Generation of Conservationists Coming From?
2011 Conserving our Forest Birds
2010 Citizen Scientists Contribute to Conservation
2009 Bird Conservation Priorities
2008 Specific Conservation Complexities and Challenges
2007 Specific Threats to Connecticut’s Birds
2006 Conserving Birds and Their Habitats