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CT Audubon EcoTravel: Annual Lyme Loop

CT Audubon EcoTravel 30 Plains Road, Essex

Annual Lyme Loop Thursday, May 9, 2024  6 a.m. – 3 p.m. Travel through Lyme and Nehantic State Forest in search of neotropical migrants. The habitats of the state forest includes wetlands, streams, and ponds, all excellent places for the morning chorus of warblers, vireos, and other songbirds. Focus will be on learning bird songs. ... Read more

$75 – $90

CT Audubon, Birdcraft: Bird Walk with Stefan Martin

Birdcraft Sanctuary 314 Unquowa Road, Fairfield

Thursday, May 9, 2024 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.   Join Conservation Manager Stefan Martin at this historic property to look for returning migrant songbirds. What the Birdcraft Sanctuary lacks in size, it makes up for in diversity with over 30 species of warblers and nearly 180 species of birds seen at this urban oasis. One of the ... Read more

$15 – $20

Hartford Audubon: Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve Bird Walk

Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve CT

5/9/2024 7:30 am to approximately 10 am 253 Loomis St, Granby (approx) From East St drive 2.5 miles north on Loomis St to parking lot on left. Offering woodlands, two extensive marshes, a weedy field and a pond with active beavers, Dismal Brook attracts a spectacular variety of birds (the site’s checklist numbers 144 species).  ... Read more

Free

New Haven Bird Club: Field Trip – East Rock Park, New Haven

East Rock Park CT

May 9, 2024 @ 7:30 am - 11:30 am From late April through mid-May, East Rock Park experiences a steady progression of newly-arriving neotropical migrant birds. Many birders visit this ultra-hotspot daily in spring to enjoy the latest flashy birds making appearances. We start the morning at Trowbridge Drive to ensure parking spaces, and to get our ... Read more

Free

CT Audubon, Trail Woods: Bird Walks

Trail Wood Sanctuary 93 Kenyon Rd, Hampton

Thursday May 9th - 8 am and May 20th - 8 am Walk the paths of this Connecticut Audubon Society preserve in Hampton, looking for Scarlet Tanager, Indigo Bunting, Veery, and Blue-winged and Chestnut-sided Warblers.   Limited to 8 participants.    Fee:  $10 CAS members; $20 non-members. Register by calling 860-928-4948.

$10 – $20

CT Audubon, Smith Richardson Preserve: Bird Walk with Stefan Martin

Smith Richardson Preserve 39 Sasco Creek Rd,, Westport

Thursday, May 9, 2024 10 a.m. to 12 noon Conservation Manager Stefan Martin leads this exploration of the diverse habitats of the Smith Richardson Preserve in Westport. Just a stone’s throw away from Long Island Sound we’ll have the chance to see returning songbirds like warblers and orioles, as well as coastal waterbirds such as egrets and ... Read more

$20 – $25