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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
Beginning Birding This introductory class teaches you the basics, from how to choose and use field guides, apps, and other resources, to the techniques needed to learn to identify birds on your own. New id challenges will be added for those who have taken the class in the past. No experience is necessary. Spring ... Read more
Join Bird Education Specialist Ryan MacLean 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 others. Binoculars will be available for those who don't have them. Meet in the Audubon Center ... Read more
Ducks of Jamaica Bay Saturday, April 4 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. A popular spot for shorebirds in fall, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is great birding year round. In early April, waterfowl migration is underway and late stragglers and new arrivals of multiple species use the pools as a stopover on their way ... Read more
April 4, 2026 - Great Pond, Simsbury - Sat 8 am 156 Great Pond Rd, Simsbury Between Laurel Ln and Old Farms Rd Meet in parking lot at end of entrance dirt road An easy walk over a newly widened road leads to Great Pond, where we will see waterfowl, shorebirds, migrating warblers and the ... Read more
Saturday, April 4, 2026 9:00am – 11:00am Fort Trumbull State Park New London, CT Members: $13 Non-Members: $18 Register here: Shorebird Walk - The Connecticut Audubon Society
Saturday, April 4, 2026 1:00pm – 3:00pm Bluff Point State Park Groton, CT Members: $13 Non-Members: $18 Register here: Shorebird Walk - The Connecticut Audubon Society
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