Blog & Trip Reports
Hartman Preserve Bird Trip – 5/11/19
A sunny cool morning warmed up a bit as nine HAS members roamed these beautiful woods and power line. We started with an open sighting of a Black-throated Blue Warbler…
Full DetailsQuarry Park and Connecticut River Floodplain Trip Report
A cloudy and gray day greeted us as we started out the walk. There had been rain the previous days, and the leaves were coming out. Seven of us turned…
Full DetailsAudibles and Edibles Walk – 4/27/19
Audibles and Edibles’ Trip report-4/27/19 On a just rainy and chilly morning, Kat Conte and Ernie Harris accompanied by Dorina Ademi and Rick Reed had a nice introduction to Burnt…
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Wickham Park bird walk
Eighteen birders joined the walk this morning. Was colder than expected and too early for all the beautiful flowers that will be blooming soon. We had 26 species including three…
Full DetailsSatchuest Point trip – Saturday, March 30
Saturday, March 30 enticed only 6 participants to take in my annual Rhode Island trip. Surprising since it was a nice day for birding with temps in the 50s. We…
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Western CT Shoreline bird trip – 3/24/2019
14 birders attended today’s Western CT Shoreline bird trip. We saw a total 52 species including 20 killdeers, 2 Ospreys, 2 Fox Sparrows and an early Great Egret at Sherwood.…
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Long Island Sound Gulls & Plankton Trip- March 9, 2019
39 of us, plus 3 crew from the Maritime Aquarium, assembled at the Norwalk CT dock around 9:30 am and departed at 10 am for a six-hour cruise in LIS…
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Western Shoreline -March 25, 2018
“Western CT Shoreline” Leaders: Maggie Peretto & Tina Green Six years old Leon loved the great views of the Great Horned Owl. Tina Green set up her scope low so…
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Station 43 Bird Walk – January 5, 2019
On a cold, rainy, foggy morning seven of us took a stroll through Station 43 to see what we could find, which ended up being a total of 26 species.…
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2018 Hartford Christmas Bird Count (CBC) Summary
2018 HARTFORD CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT SUMMARY It wasn’t as bad as the forecast predicted. We didn’t really have any sleet or freezing rain, high winds never materialized and it did…
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Hammonasset Bird Walk – December 9, 2018
12/9/18 The Hartford Audubon bird walk at Hammonasset State Park in Madison, CT began in the teens, sunny with seven birders, all HAS members. Beautiful looks to the Sound: many Ruddy Turnstones…
Full DetailsStellwagen Bank trip report
This trip was originally scheduled for May 19, 2018 but forecasts of high winds, high seas and rain caused postponement until June 3rd. On that new June 3rd date we…
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