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Roaring Brook Nature Center: Bird Walk at Cedar Hill Cemetery

Cedar Hill Cemetery 453 Fairfield Avenue, Hartford

Bird Walk Saturday, May 10, 6:30 am   Free – Reservations Encouraged Join Jay Kaplan from Roaring Brook Nature Center for his annual bird walk at Cedar Hill Cemetery.  Jay will lead participants through the ornamental foreground in search of resident and migratory birds. Appropriate hiking shoes and binoculars are strongly recommended. Admission to the program ... Read more

Free

Hartford Audubon Society: Penwood State Park

Penwood State Park 560 Simsbury Road, Bloomfield

May 10 - Sat - 7 am 174 Hartford Rd, Simsbury We will meet in the parking lot. A three hour leisurely bird walk in search of migrant warblers, vireos, thrushes, and flycatchers. Special possibilities include Worm eating Warbler, Swainson's Thrush and both Yellow-billed and Black -billed Cuckoos. This will be easy walking. Paul Cianfaglione pgcianfaglione@gmail.com 860-836-3443

Free

Mattabeseck Audubon Society: Bird Walk at Helen Carlson Sanctuary

Helen Carlson Sanctuary 79 South Road, Portland

Join Elena Coffey for a bird walk at Mattabeseck Audubon Society's Helen Carlson Sanctuary.  This birding hotspot was donated to MAS in 1976 by local resident Helen Carlson to preserve it forever. Shortly thereafter, with a grant from the Rockfall Foundation in Middletown, MAS worked with students from Long Lane School to create a nature ... Read more

CT Audubon, Fairfield: Bird Walk at Smith Richardson

Smith Richardson Preserve 39 Sasco Creek Rd,, Westport

Bird Walk at Smith Richardson Saturday, May 10, 2025 8 to 10 a.m.   Conservation Manager Stefan Martin leads this exploration of the diverse habitats of the Smith Richardson Preserve in Westport. Just a stone’s throw from Long Island Sound we’ll hope to see returning songbirds like warblers and orioles, as well as coastal water birds like ... Read more

$15 – $20

CT Audubon, Deer Pond Farm: Migration Bird Walk

Deer Pond Farm 57 Wakeman Hill Road, Sherman

Migration Bird Walk Saturday May 10, 8-10 a.m. $5 members, $10 non-members Warblers, tanagers, and vireos, oh my! Enjoy peak avian migration season on Deer Pond Farm’s spacious trails. Lori Lichtenauer, Naturalist, will lead this bird walk focused on neotropical migrants. We’ll explore wetland, meadow, and forest habitat to seek out the biggest diversity of ... Read more

$5 – $10

White Memorial Center: Bobbing for Bobolinks

Topsmead State Forest Buell Road, Litchfield

Bobbing for Bobolinks at Apple Hill and Topsmead with Gerri Griswold May 10 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am Saturday, May 10, 2025   Spend a couple of hours with Gerri in search of this bubbly grassland bird. It’s Bobolink breeding season and the boys should be out in full force putting on a show! Begin hiking ... Read more

CT Audubon, Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center: Bird Walk, Old Saybrook

Bird Walk in Old Saybrook Saturday, May 10; 9-11 a.m. The Connecticut River is a major migratory flyway for birds heading north in the spring. Situated at the mouth of the river on Long Island Sound, Old Saybrook is one of the first spots these birds hit after their long journeys. The walk will be ... Read more

$13 – $18

CT Audubon, Deer Pond Farm: Family Nature Walk

CT Audubon Deer Pond Farm 57 Wakeman Hill Road, Sherman

Family Nature Walk Saturday, May 10, 1 to 3 p.m. Free Enjoy wildflowers, amphibians, birds, trees, butterflies and more on our family-friendly nature walk with Deer Pond Farm’s Naturalist Lori. Explore the trails of the main campus on this 1-mile loop. Register here for the May 10 Family Nature Walk. This program meets at Deer Pond Farm, ... Read more

Free

CT Audubon Society Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center: Bird Walk at Conn College Arboretum

Connecticut College Arboretum New London

Bird Walk at the Conn College Arboretum, New London Saturday, May 10; 1-3 p.m. Situated along the Thames River, the Arboretum provides an urban oasis for migrating songbirds with its diverse habitats. We’ll look for the songbirds that sing from the forests, swallows foraging over the pond and wetlands, and more. The walk will be ... Read more

Free – $10

Birding Events in Connecticut

If you have an upcoming birding-related event in Connecticut, including walks or indoor programs, and would like them listed on the COA’s Connecticut Birding Events Calendar, please email the details of your event to ctbirdingcalendar@gmail.com.

Please include: event title, event date, start and end times, location, a concise description that also mentions fees, if any, and organizer contact information. If your organization posts events regularly, contact us at the email address above more information on easily sharing your events.