Connecticut Audbon Society

Posts Tagged ‘EcoTravel’

 

Cranes and Waterfowl

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019

April 4, 2019 – Connecticut Audubon EcoTravel sent a group to the prairie to find these birds last week. The birding and the landscape were awesome.

Member profile: Rob Taylor

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

October 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, […]

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck: Another Connecticut First!

Tuesday, August 14th, 2018

August 14, 2018 – You may have heard by now that there is a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck in Essex! It’s quite the buzz in the birding community and if accepted by the birding powers as a wild bird, it will be a first state record.

Pink-footed Goose

Friday, March 9th, 2018

March 9, 2018. Pink-footed Goose is becoming a more regular visitor to the United States east coast, with recent sightings in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Maryland, and out on Long Island.

Snowy Owls in Connecticut, Winter 2017-2018

Sunday, December 10th, 2017

December 10, 2017. Welcome to the 2017 Snowy Owl season! With over 10 different sightings already reported in Connecticut and perhaps a hundred or more from Virginia to Maine, there is no doubt this is an irruption year.

Eagle/Osprey Boat Cruises on the Connecticut River

Friday, April 7th, 2017

Don’t Miss The Boat! Saturday, April 29 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Come search for majestic Bald Eagles and welcome Connecticut River Osprey back to their breeding grounds. Cruises will be aboard the motor vessel Becky Thatcher and leave from Eagle Landing State park in Haddam. Connecticut Audubon Society naturalists are on board the […]

Bird Finder for March 21: Mew Gull

Monday, March 21st, 2016

Mew Gull: The smallest of the “white-headed” gulls in North America, the Mew Gull has been seen at Hammonasset.

Bird Finder for January 19: Ross’s Goose, a Connecticut Rarity

Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

Grab your spotting scope and head to East Windsor to look for this rare visitor to Connecticut (and several other rare visitors as well).

Bird Finder for November 12: Red-headed Woodpecker

Thursday, November 12th, 2015

Red-headed Woodpecker: This almost unmistakable bird is more commonly found to our west and south but this year there have been a number of sightings in Connecticut and surrounding states.

Tree Swallow

Wednesday, September 16th, 2015

Tree Swallow
At this time of year you can witness one of the world’s most spectacular avian sights on the Connecticut River, as thousands of Tree Swallows converge at sunset to settle in at a giant communal roost.

 

 

 

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