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Field Trip – Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted – Paul Mahler and Michele McDermott July 19, 2026 @ 7:30 am - 11:30 am Peoples State Forest spans over 3,000 acres of diverse habitats and features 14 miles of trails, yet it has been infrequently birded over the years. Join us as we explore various hotspots within the ... Read more
Field Trip – Boyd Woods Audubon Sanctuary, Litchfield – Celeste Echlin Wednesday, August 19, 2026 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am Boyd Woods Audubon Sanctuary, Litchfield PVF2+WC Litchfield, Litchfield, CT This 106-acre site is owned by Litchfield Hills Audubon with varied wooded habitat and well-maintained trails, a bird blind, vernal pools, and a bordering brook. If time permits, ... Read more
Field Trip – Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford – Dan Erichetti Sunday, August 30, 2026 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford 275 Great Neck Road, 8V2P+VQ Waterford, Waterford, CT Harkness Memorial offers a wide variety of habitats including beach, sand dune, salt marsh, saltwater cove, and grassland. We'll explore, looking for ... Read more
Field Trip – Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford – Dan Erichetti Sunday, August 30, 2026 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford 275 Great Neck Road, 8V2P+VQ Waterford, Waterford, CT Harkness Memorial offers a wide variety of habitats including beach, sand dune, salt marsh, saltwater cove, and grassland. We'll explore, looking for migrants and ... Read more
Field Trip – First Wednesday Walk: Branford Trolley and Footbridge Trail – Linda Meyer Wednesday, September 2, 2026 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am Branford Trolley and Footbridge Trail, Branford 769W+Q9, Branford, CT Join us for a bird walk along the Branford Trolley and Footbridge Trail in the Stony Point section of Branford. We’ll walk a broad ... Read more
Wednesday, September 2 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am Hilltop Farm 1616 Mapleton Ave, Suffield Enter at Main Entrance – Park at the Creamery Parking On this 7.9-acre historic homestead and adjacent town-owned open space we will view an abandoned eagles’ nest from a boardwalk surrounded by newly planted native species purchased with a HAS grant. Stroll ... Read more
Join Audubon naturalists for a morning bird tour at the Greenwich Audubon Center! The center's open fields, apple orchard, wetlands, and woodlands provide great habitat for migrating birds such as warblers, vireos, tanagers, thrushes, orioles and more. We will also stop at our Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch in hopes of seeing migrating hawks, eagles, falcons, ... Read more
Rocky Hill Meadows 311 Meadow Rd, Rocky Hill Park in the lot along Meadow Road just past the big boat launch lot.A three-hour leisurely bird walk primarily focused on southbound shorebirds. Be advised, the weather and habitat conditions on trip date will greatly affect the comings and goings of bird species. American Golden-Plover and Buff-breasted ... Read more
EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO STORM DAMAGE Field Trip – Introduction to Lighthouse Point and Hawkwatching – Steve Mayo Lighthouse Point Park, 2 Lighthouse Road, New Haven, CT Join Hawk Watch Coordinator Steve Mayo for an introduction to identifying and counting the raptors that stream over and through Lighthouse Point Park during fall migration. Lighthouse ... Read more
✪ Monthly Meeting ✪ Social Time at 7:00 pm St James’s Episcopal Church,1018 Farmington Ave, WH Speaker: Jillian Bell – Manager and Community Conservation for Audubon’s Connecticut & New York regional office Native Plants for Bird-Friendly Communities Add beauty to your outdoor spaces, while helping birds and wildlife too! Join Audubon CT-NY’s Community Conservation Program ... Read more
Entrance is just beyond 451 Great Pond Rd, Glastonbury, on left From Rt. 17 – use south entrance to Great Pond Rd and drive in 0.2 mi. Park on south side away from hydrants. Expect common CT birds as well as migrants. Habitat varies: woodland, water, shrub and field. Count on chickadee, nuthatch, jay, cardinal, ... Read more
Indoor Meeting – Bald Eagles – Ginny Apple Thursday, September 10, 2026 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Whitney Center - Cultural Arts Center, Hamden Join Ginny Apple, a Master Wildlife Conservationist with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, for an engaging presentation on bald eagles and their remarkable resurgence in Connecticut. Through a ... Read more
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