Blog & Trip Reports
Fisher Meadows Avon, CT – May 22, 2021 Trip Report
Fisher Meadows Avon, CT May 22nd 2021 Brian Toal – trip leader 15 birders joined us for our annual walk around Fisher Meadows recreation area in Avon. We had…
Full DetailsGreenstone Hollow Nature Preserve – May 15 Trip Report
The day was clear and sunny. Six of us gathered for the Greenstone trip, including a couple from Puerto Rico who wanted to see what their birds are doing during…
Full DetailsLewis Farm Sanctuary Trip Report – May 5, 2021
Lewis Farm Sanctuary Trip Report – May 5, 2021 Trip Guide: Abby Wolcott On a damp spring morning, 13 local birders met at Lewis Farm to explore the trails and…
Full DetailsTanager Hill Trip Report – Weatogue/Simsbury – May 6, 2021
Tanager Hill Trip Report – Weatogue/Simsbury –May 6, 2021 Trip Leader: John Weeks Hartford Audubon Society held its annual spring bird walk on Tanager Hill today. https://simsburylandtrust.org/slt/tanager-hill-the-ellsworth-property/ Forty-seven species were…
Full DetailsRoaring Brook Nature Center Field Trip Report – May 2, 2021
Four members and friends of the Hartford Audubon Society met field trip leader, Jay Kaplan, in the Roaring Brook Nature Center parking lot on Sunday, May 2, 2021 at the…
Full DetailsQuarry Park and Connecticut River Floodplain – Trip Report – 5/1/2021
Quarry Park and Connecticut River Floodplain Trip Report, May 1, 2021 A sunny but windy day greeted us as we started out the walk. There was a noticeable chill in…
Full DetailsGreat Pond walk in South Glastonbury CT Trip Report – 4/28/2021
2021 4 28 Great Pond walk in South Glastonbury CT There were a total of Eight attendees for what was a lovely morning but not so birdy walk. We totaled…
Full DetailsGreenstone Hollow Walk – April 17, 2021 – Trip Report
Greenstone Hollow Walk – April 17, 2021 – 8am to about 10:30am. Submitted by Chris Fisher Number of participants – 21 We walked 1.5 miles covering most of the trails…
Full DetailsSachuest Point N W R – Trip Report – 3/27/2021
Saturday, March 27 eighteen people gathered for my annual Rhode Island trip at Sachuest Point N W R under a beautiful sunny sky. We started out along the trail at…
Full DetailsSecond Annual Hartford Audubon – Day Light Savings Time Bird-A-Thon Results – March 14, 2021
Seven teams participated in the Bird-A-Thon. A big congratulation goes to: “Roger’s Tee-Birds” with 99 points: Doug and Shirley Beach and Mike Labossiere. They got early to Station 43 and…
Full DetailsGlastonbury Meadows (restricted access) Trip Report – September 26, 2020
CHECKLIST S74079930 Date Sat 26 Sep 2020 7:09 AM Location: Glastonbury Meadows (restricted access) Bill Asteriades – 8 total on trip – 6 hours – 5.4 miles Denise Jernigan Jannie Shapiro…
Full DetailsSmith Richardson Preserve in Westport, CT – Trip Report – 10/3/2020
Five birders joined me for a trip to the Connecticut Audubon Society’s Smith Richardson Preserve in Westport, an excellent place to see sparrows and other migrants particularly in fall migration. …
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