Posts Tagged ‘Patrick Comins’
Tuesday, May 4th, 2021
May 4, 2021 — Today marks the start of the Daily Bird’s warbler extravaganza. We have 19 warblers lined up for you, many with first-rate HD video by Connecticut Audubon Board member Gilles Carter. The first is Northern Parula, written by Connecticut Audubon Executive Director Patrick Comins.
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2018
November 29, 2018 — For the scores of migratory and nesting bird species in Connecticut to survive and thrive, the state’s cities and suburbs must create, maintain, and improve their local habitats in everything from small neighborhood parks to larger nature preserves. A PDF of the report is here. That’s the key finding of the […]
Tags: audubon, birds, Connecticut Audubon, Connecticut state of the birds, Patrick Comins, Press release, State of the Birds 2018, urban birds
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
September 26, 2018 – A memo from Executive Director Patrick Comins about a recent decision to protect the Northeast’s herring fishery I am thrilled to report some great and unexpected news. Yesterday the New England Fishery Management Council passed Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan. Having corresponded with Connecticut’s representatives on the […]
Tags: Advocacy/Policy, Long Island Sound, osprey, Patrick Comins
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2018
September 24, 2018 – The Endangered Species Act protects wildlife throughout the United States and its territories, and it has a direct affect on several species of bird in Connecticut. Those birds could suffer population declines if the act is weakened, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes. Here is the letter from Executive […]
Tags: Advocacy/Policy, Conservation, Patrick Comins, piping plovers, rare birds
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
September 19, 2018 – Connecticut birders are in a tizzy over a Roseate Spoonbill that showed up near the mouth of the Housatonic River this week. It’s the third time this summer that a species new to the state has been seen.
Tags: Bird Finder, Coastal Center, Genevieve Nuttall, Milford Point, Milford Point Coastal Center, Patrick Comins, rare birds, Roseate Spoonbill
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Friday, July 27th, 2018
July 27, 2018 – Executive Director Patrick Comins joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal and other conservationists at a press conference in New Haven today to advocate against changes being proposed for the federal Endangered Species Act. Read the New Haven Register’s coverage here. Listen to Patrick being interviewed on the subject by WFUV radio here. […]
Tags: Endangered Species, Patrick Comins, Senator Blumenthal
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Thursday, March 1st, 2018
March 1, 2018. Mew Gulls are a rare visitor to Connecticut, but late winter and early spring (March into April) are a great time of year to look over gatherings of gulls along the coast or even inland to try to find a needle in the haystack.
Tags: Bird Finder, gulls, Patrick Comins, rare birds
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2018
December 5, 2018 – Is it big news that a bird flew past our Deer Pond Farm preserve in Sherman? In the case of the Rusty Blackbird at 2:15 a.m. on November 8, the answer is yes. That lone fly over – of Euphagus carolinus, to be precise – was the first bird detected by […]
Tags: Conservation, Deer Pond Farm, Patrick Comins, Press release, rare birds
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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.
Tags: Andy Griswold, Bird Finder, birding, birds, EcoTravel, Milford Point, Patrick Comins, snowy owls
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