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SUMMARY:Jim Hunter – Celebration of his Life @ Lighthouse Point
DESCRIPTION:Jim Hunter – Celebration of his Life – Saturday\, April 11 \nSome of you knew Jim Hunter and his wife Courtney\, who moved to Woodbury recently and joined the WCBC. Jim had been a serious birder since forever and quickly became a contributing member\, attending meetings and reporting unusual sightings\, including activity at or near their house for the Christmas and June Bird Counts. \nSadly\, Jim Hunter passed away recently – there is to be a celebration of his life on Saturday\, April 11\, 2026\, at 6:00 PM at Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven. Frank Gallo writes: Together\, we’ll take a walk\, share stories\, and honor a truly brilliant biologist\, naturalist\, birder\, and friend. Jim touched so many lives through his knowledge\, curiosity\, and deep love of the natural world\, and it feels only right to gather outside\, where he felt most at home. Please come as you are and bring memories and a story to share. Please note that the park closes at dusk and there is plenty of parking. \n Frank Gallo also wrote this about Jim: It is with great sadness that I announce the untimely loss of my dear friend Jim Hunter. Jim and I were both students of Noble Proctor’s at Southern Connecticut State University. Jim was a consummate naturalist and spent countless hours in the field studying birds\, mushrooms\, plants\, and most everything else\, and we had our share of adventures together. \nNew Haven Bird Club members will remember Jim first as a student accompanying Noble on Christmas Bird Counts (CBCs) at Lake Saltonstall. After Noble’s death\, Jim took-up the reins of captain and ran that area for years. Others may know Jim as a board member of COA\, from his time working at the Fairfield Wild Birds Unlimited\, or while he was a science teacher at Wilton High School. Many others will know him through his work at Earth Place in Westport where he and Grit Ardwin took students on birding/natural history adventures around the country. \nFew get the chance\, as Jim did\, to touch and positively influence the lives of so many. I’m heartened to know that he made this world a little brighter with his presence\, and that his legacy and memory will live on in others… \nHe will be sorely missed.
URL:https://www.ctbirding.org/eventcal/38049/
LOCATION:Lighthouse Point Park\, 2 Lighthouse Rd\, New Haven\, CT\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T190000
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SUMMARY:WCBC: Meeting - Birding Argentina/Patagonia
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 16 – Monthly Meeting – Birding Argentina/Patagonia – a new talk\nby Dave Tripp\, birder and photographer par excellence\nSouthbury Public Library\, 100 Poverty Road (off Main Street South\, on the corner of Old Field Road). \n 6:45 refreshments\, 7:00 meeting\, ending about 8:30. \nWCBC Member Dave Tripp has been birding since the spring of sixth grade\, age of 12 when he went on a Litchfield Hills Audubon Society Sunday bird walk with his sixth grade teacher at White Memorial in Litchfield. He has been hooked ever since. He currently serves as the Vice President and Treasurer of LHAS\, compiles two Christmas Bird Counts and a Summer count\, is a Board member of the COA\, 20+ years on the ARCC\, and founder of the Connecticut Big Day team; the Raven Lunatics where they hold the state record of 192 species in a 24-hour period. He has traveled worldwide and specializes in leading trips to Central and South America\, especially Brazil as a hobby.\nThe program will be on his trips to Argentina in 2022 and 2025\, specifically the Patagonia region. His Argentina list is over 300 species\, of which 235 species have been photographed and in eBird. We are sure Dave will be entertaining\, with stories and adventures as well as his spectacular photos of the Patagonia avifauna.
URL:https://www.ctbirding.org/eventcal/wcbc-meeting-birding-argentina-patagonia/
LOCATION:Southbury Library\, 100 Poverty Road Southbury\, CT\, Southbury\, 06488\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk,Western Connecticut Bird Club
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ORGANIZER;CN="Western Connecticut Bird Club":MAILTO:westernctbirdclub@gmail.com 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T020000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260321T203238Z
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SUMMARY:Greenwich-Stamford Summer Bird Count
DESCRIPTION:Become a community scientist and help count birds in your neighborhood or on a count team for our annual Summer Bird Count! \nHeld on two days in June\, the scope of the Summer Bird Count is similar to the Christmas Bird Count in its count circle extent covering Greenwich\, Stamford\, Darien and parts of Westchester County NY. Not only does it provide a good excuse to spend a day birding in warm weather\, but it is also a very important way for researchers to learn important information about the locations of breeding birds. \nTo join a counting team in your neighborhood or become a Team Captain\, please contact count compilers Tom Burke or Ryan MacLean at the lines of contact below: \nTOM BURKE Cell Phone: (914) 282-3497 Home Phone: (914) 967-4922 Email: thomaswardburke@gmail.com \nRYAN MACLEAN Office Phone: (203) 930-1353 Email: ryan.maclean@audubon.org \nIf you would like to join in counting efforts at the Greenwich Audubon Center on Saturday\, June 6th at 6 a.m. contact Ryan MacLean at ryan.maclean@audubon.org. \nThe Count Compilation will be held (weather permitting) at Greenwich Audubon on the Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch Lawn on Sunday\, June 7th at 2 p.m. \nTHERE IS NO ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT. TO PARTICIPATE PLEASE CONTACT THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED ABOVE. \n 
URL:https://www.ctbirding.org/eventcal/greenwich-stamford-summer-bird-count/2026-06-06/
LOCATION:CT
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SUMMARY:Mattabeseck Audubon Society & CT Trails Day: Birding Machimoodus State Park
DESCRIPTION:Join MAS board secretary\, and Christmas Count compiler\, Sharon Dellinger\, for a birding hike at one of Connecticut’s treasured state parks!  Plan on seeing and hearing Orchard Oriole\, Baltimore Oriole\, Indigo Bunting\, Field Sparrow\, Prairie Warbler to name a few of the reliable species seen here. \nIf you need to borrow a pair of binoculars let Sharon know ahead of time.  Walk limited to 12 participants. \nContact Sharon via email: rsdell@comcast.net or via cell 860-803-1626.  This is a CT Trails Day Event! \nSign up through CT Trails Day preferred\, click on link: \nSpring Bird Walk At Machimoodus State Park \n \n 
URL:https://www.ctbirding.org/eventcal/mattabeseck-audubon-society-ct-trails-day-birding-machimoodus-state-park/
LOCATION:Machimoodus State Park\, Lawn Ave & High St\, Middletown\, CT\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Mattabeseck Audubon Society":MAILTO:mattabeseck@mac.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T053000
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SUMMARY:Greenwich-Stamford Summer Bird Count
DESCRIPTION:Become a community scientist and help count birds in your neighborhood or on a count team for our annual Summer Bird Count! \nHeld on two days in June\, the scope of the Summer Bird Count is similar to the Christmas Bird Count in its count circle extent covering Greenwich\, Stamford\, Darien and parts of Westchester County NY. Not only does it provide a good excuse to spend a day birding in warm weather\, but it is also a very important way for researchers to learn important information about the locations of breeding birds. \nTo join a counting team in your neighborhood or become a Team Captain\, please contact count compilers Tom Burke or Ryan MacLean at the lines of contact below: \nTOM BURKE Cell Phone: (914) 282-3497 Home Phone: (914) 967-4922 Email: thomaswardburke@gmail.com \nRYAN MACLEAN Office Phone: (203) 930-1353 Email: ryan.maclean@audubon.org \nIf you would like to join in counting efforts at the Greenwich Audubon Center on Saturday\, June 6th at 6 a.m. contact Ryan MacLean at ryan.maclean@audubon.org. \nThe Count Compilation will be held (weather permitting) at Greenwich Audubon on the Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch Lawn on Sunday\, June 7th at 2 p.m. \nTHERE IS NO ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT. TO PARTICIPATE PLEASE CONTACT THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED ABOVE. \n 
URL:https://www.ctbirding.org/eventcal/greenwich-stamford-summer-bird-count/2026-06-07/
LOCATION:CT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T060000
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SUMMARY:Greenwich Stamford Summer Bird Count
DESCRIPTION:Become a community scientist and help count birds in your neighborhood or on a count team for our annual Summer Bird Count! \nHeld on two days in June\, the scope of the Summer Bird Count is similar to the Christmas Bird Count in its count circle extent covering Greenwich\, Stamford\, Darien and parts of Westchester County NY. Not only does it provide a good excuse to spend a day birding in warm weather\, but it is also a very important way for researchers to learn important information about the locations of breeding birds. \nTo join a counting team in your neighborhood or become a Team Captain\, please contact count compilers Tom Burke or Ryan MacLean at the lines of contact below: \nTOM BURKE Cell Phone: (914) 282-3497 Home Phone: (914) 967-4922 Email: thomaswardburke@gmail.com \nRYAN MACLEAN Office Phone: (203) 930-1353 Email: ryan.maclean@audubon.org \nIf you would like to join in counting efforts at the Greenwich Audubon Center on Saturday\, June 6th at 6 a.m. contact Ryan MacLean at ryan.maclean@audubon.org. \nThe Count Compilation will be held (weather permitting) at Greenwich Audubon on the Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch Lawn on Sunday\, June 7th at 2 p.m. \nPhoto: Scarlet Tanager by Linda Steele / Audubon Photography Awards \nTHERE IS NO ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT. TO PARTICIPATE PLEASE CONTACT THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED ABOVE.
URL:https://www.ctbirding.org/eventcal/greenwich-stamford-summer-bird-count-2/
LOCATION:CT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T170000
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CREATED:20260306T165017Z
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SUMMARY:Hartford Audubon Society: - Annual Summer Bird Count
DESCRIPTION:Annual Summer Bird Count – Jun 13-14 – Sat & Sun  \nBird Count Circle. 7.5-mile radius from Old State House \nJoin Hartford Audubon members as we participate in the annual\nSummer Bird Count. Species and numbers are counted on this two\nday tally within our Christmas Count circle. Bird one day or both\nand help collect breeding-bird data and track species trends for\nConnecticut. Bird for an hour or bird all weekend. \nJay Kaplan – jaybrd49@aol.com – 860-693-0157 – 860-707-5246 T
URL:https://www.ctbirding.org/eventcal/hartford-audubon-society-annual-summer-bird-count/
LOCATION:CT
CATEGORIES:Bird Count,Free,Hartford Audubon
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