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Field Trip – First Wednesday Walk: Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven – Frank Gallo Wednesday, October 7, 2026 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am Join us on a visit to this premier local birding location, renowned for its migrating raptors and other passerines. If the weather conditions are favorable, we may see hundreds of hawks in flight ... Read more
Farmington River Park Saturday, October 10 – 8:00 am 458 Tunxis Avenue, Bloomfield — Meet in Parking Lot Enjoy a morning trip exploring the Farmington River and neighboring woodlands. About a two-mile walk. There are some ups and downs, and several places may be muddy. River conditions may send us on a different trail. Larry ... Read more
Field Trip – Bauer Park (Bauer Farm), Madison – Chuck Imbergamo Wednesday, October 14, 2026 @ 8:00 am - 10:30 am Explore fields, community gardens, and woodland trails for resident birds and migrants. The terrain is easy and mostly flat. Meet at the Bauer Park Community Gardens parking area, 257 Copse Road, Madison. Leader: Chuck Imbergamo, imbercj@comcast.net
Field Trip – Country Club of Woodbridge Property, Woodbridge – Chris Loscalzo Saturday, October 17, 2026 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am Join Chris Loscalzo for a walk on this former golf course (now a valued open space as the fairways have transformed into weedy and brushy fields) as he looks for sparrows and other late fall ... Read more
A.W. Stanley Park, New Britain Sunday, October 18 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am 2159 Stanley St, New Britain Park in the lot across from the pool building. (Note this is NOT Stanley Quarter Park, also in New Britain) A.W. Stanley Park is a New Britain gem, hosting a diverse community of resident and migratory birds, with ... Read more
Field Trip – Ansonia Nature Center, Ansonia – Ranger Evelyn and Kelly Meineke Saturday, October 24, 2026 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am Ansonia Nature Center, Ansonia 10 Deerfield Rd, Ansonia, CT Ansonia Nature Center encompasses a variety of habitats: a pond, grassy fields, thickets, wetlands, and woods. In late October we can expect numerous sparrow species, raptors, ... Read more
Field Trip – Farm River Trolley Trail with the Friends of the Farm River and Estuary, East Haven – DeWitt Allen Sunday, October 25, 2026 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am The Friends of the Farm River and Estuary invite the New Haven Bird Club to share a walk along the tracks of the Shoreline Trolley Museum ... Read more
Field Trip – Lake Dawson, Woodbridge – Pat Leahy Saturday, October 31, 2026 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am Join Pat Leahy for a walk on protected Regional Water Authority property in Woodbridge. We will see fall migrants and winter residents. There are some mild slopes on a well-maintained road. Meet at Lake Chamberlain Regional Water Authority ... Read more
Field Trip – Cheshire Hotspots – Melissa Baston Sunday, November 1, 2026 @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm We bird several hotspots in the Town of Cheshire, including Broad Brook Reservoir. The Reservoir annually hosts 200-400 Ruddy Ducks in fall, one of the highest concentrations of this diving duck in the state. The Reservoir is level walking ... Read more
Field Trip – Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison – Corrie Folsom O’Keefe Saturday, November 7, 2026 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am Join Corrie Folsom-O’Keefe, Director of Bird Conservation for the CT Office of the National Audubon Society, for a walk at Hammonasset Beach State Park, one of CT’s most productive birding destinations at all seasons of ... Read more
Field Trip – Lake Chamberlain, Bethany – Pat Leahy Saturday, November 14, 2026 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am Join us for a walk on Regional Water Authority property in Bethany. The swallows will be gone but we will see fall migrants and winter residents. Walking is on fairly flat and well-maintained trails and is not strenuous. ... Read more
Hartford Crow Roost – Saturday, December 5 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Meet at Hartford Housing Authority parking lot at 180 John D. Wardlaw Way (a.k.a. Overlook Terrace), Hartford. DIRECTIONS: From Flatbush Ave., turn south onto Newfield Ave., go past Charter Oak Marketplace shopping plaza, and then turn east at the stoplight intersection of Newfield & ... Read more
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