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Woodcock Walks: Tuesday, March 24, 2026 6:30pm – 8:30pm Friday, March 27, 2026 6:30pm – 8:30pm Join us for an evening hike to find the elusive American Woodcock! This bird puts on a dazzling display during the breeding season and we are going to set off to try and see it in ... Read more
The March 20 event has been postponed to March 27 One of our favorite signs of spring at the Greenwich Audubon Center is the amazing aerial mating display of the American Woodcock! These woodland relatives of our sandpipers and shorebirds are truly spectacular acrobats who put on a mesmerizing performance against the twilight sky. Join ... Read more
Field Trip – Edgewood Park, New Haven – Chris Howe and DeWitt Allen March 28 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am An early spring walk at this urban park with varied habitat including woodlands, fields, streams, and ponds. Wood Duck, Hooded Merganser, Kingfisher, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and Brown Creeper are all possible. Walking is easy and flat with ... Read more
March 28, 2026 - Sachuest Point, RI -Sat 8:30 am 769 Sachuest Point Rd, Middletown, RI Meet at the Sachuest Point Visitor Center parking lot View Harlequin Ducks and seabirds that are hard to see in CT. We will also visit Trustom Pond, Ninigret, and locations showing rarities. Level walking on shoreline trail about 2-3 ... Read more
Saturday, March 28, 2026 Drop in from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. From the Great Horned Owl to the tiny Saw-whet Owl, Connecticut is home all sizes and shapes of Owl! Join us to build and decorate your own recycled wood Owl model to take home. For kids up to 10 years accompanied by ... Read more
March 28 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - A. B. Ceder Room Member: $15.00, Non-Member: $25.00 Mary Beth Kaeser https://www.horizonwings.org/ , her lovely, imprinted Raven, Maven, and Gerri Griswold team up for a program devoted to the most intelligent bird brain in the world. Learn about these amazing corvids (and their relatives which Mary ... Read more
March 29, 2026 - Silver Sands State Park, 1 Silver Sands Pkwy, Milford - 8 am Meet in main parking lot Contact Maggie to verify this date. This is a good trip to try for sea ducks and sparrows while hoping for a Rough-legged Hawk. Dress warmly. Flat shoreline walk about 2 miles for about ... Read more
Litchfield Audubon Society: Woodcock Welcome at the Bent March 29, 2026 Sunday, 7:00 p.m. Come visit the North Meadow at Bent of the River Audubon Center in Southbury to see and hear American Woodcocks in courtship display performing their “timberdoodle” tunes as a herald of spring. We’ll meet at 7 p.m.to walk the ... Read more
TUESDAY, MARCH 31ST, 2026. 6 PM - 7:30 PM Kevin Webb, Co-Founder of Superorganism, will explore how public and private funding can support nature-based solutions and how individuals and communities can help move this work forward on both the investment and policy fronts. Superorganism is the first venture capital firm dedicated to biodiversity-positive investments. Kevin ... Read more
April 1, 2026 - Fannie Stebbins Wildlife Refuge - 8 am 202 Bark Haul Rd, Longmeadow, MA Park by sign at the end of the road A wonderful mix of ponds, swamps, woods, and fields, Fannie Stebbins has ideal habitat for a wide variety of birds. The loop trail we will take is 2.2 miles ... Read more
Spring Early Morning Walks with Frank Gallo Wednesday, April 1, 8, 15, 22 May 13 & 20 8:30am – 10:00am Meet Senior Naturalist Frank Gallo for bird walks on the beautiful grounds at the Nature Center Center. We’ll be keeping track of and learning about the birds we see as we generate a database and ... Read more
Spring Bird Behaviors (Class & Walk) April 1, 10 AM-Noon Enhance your birding experience by learning more about how birds interact with each other and their environment, the field known as behavioral ecology. Join Sanctuary Manager/Naturalist Lori Lichtenauer starting in the Deer Pond Farm classroom and ending outside. Lori will describe specialized bird behaviors ... Read more
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