Blog & Trip Reports
2019 HARTFORD CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT SUMMARY
2019 HARTFORD CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT SUMMARY If nothing else, the Christmas Bird Count never fails to offer surprises with respect to bird species found and others missed. This year’s Count…
Full DetailsHammonasset Beach State Park Trip Report – 12/8/2019
Submitted by trip leader, Ernie Harris 7:55 AM – 10:40 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s) Checklist Comments: 18 degrees under mostly sunny skies to start with Hartford Audubon Trip led…
Full DetailsStation 43 Sanctuary Report – December 2019
I only took over stewardship of the sanctuary in September. It was a very pleasant fall. Jay Kaplan and a few others participated in the Big Sit in October from…
Full DetailsGreenstone Hollow – 2019 Annual Report
Greenstone Hollow Nature Preserve continues to be a place of activity for our members. This year we held three bird walks with a total attendance of 23. We added a…
Full DetailsGreenstone Hollow Work Party Report – 10/28/2019
Report contributed by Christopher Fisher We had a great work party Monday at Greenstone Hollow. We arrived to the two truckloads of mulch which the town of East Granby kindly…
Full DetailsGreenstone Hollow Trip Report – Saturday, October 12, 2019
On Saturday, Oct 12, we had a beautiful morning for our Fall walk at Greenstone Hollow, the HAS nature preserve in East Granby. Seventeen hardy souls showed up by 8…
Full DetailsGlastonbury Meadows Trip Report – October 5, 2019
On Saturday, Oct. 5, the HAS field trip to Glastonbury Meadows began with thoughts of a banner day, often the case in early October after the passage of a cold…
Full DetailsLewis Farm Preserve repair work done – Thanks to Bob Winter
The HAS Lewis Farm Preserve was hit by a microburst on July 6th that took down the tops of a number of large trees, blocked the entrance to the preserve,…
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A tribute to Stephanie Lovell – Longtime Member of HAS
This June, Hartford Audubon lost a longtime beloved member, Stephanie Lovell. She was a member of HAS since 1995, President of the Society 2003-2005, Member of the Year in 2007,…
Full DetailsHartford Summer Bird Count Summary – June 8-9, 2019
The 2018 Summer Bird Count (SBC) was held June 8th and 9th, 2019 and featured delightful weather on both days of the weekend. Observers totaled 38, two less than the…
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Annual picnic at Northwest Park on June 11th, 2019 – a fun time for all!
What a terrific annual picnic at Northwest Park on June 11th! First a group of members went birdwatching and saw a number of species, then we had a delicious pot-luck…
Full DetailsGreenstone Hollow Nature Preserve – Trails Day/Bird Walk – June 1, 2019
HAS’s Trails Day birdwalk at the Greenstone Hollow Nature Preserve, led by Larry Lunden and Sarah Faulkner, was attended by 12 people on the gorgeous morning of Saturday, June 1st. …
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