March 2019
Station 43 Beginners Bird Walk 3
The ice should be mostly gone as birds begin to return. The water level may be high on this morning walk. Wear boots.
Find out more »MARCH 9: Birding Long Island Sound on Norwalk Aquarium’s new $2.7million ship
We have arranged a very unique one-time 40-mile "mini-pelagic" trip in LIS Long Island Sound on Saturday, March 9th. This is a trip for you, IF you like going into LIS waters which are usually not accessed by birders, with 35 other expert birders and top marine scientists, on a new $2.7million 63-foot QUIET hybrid-electric catamaran research vessel from the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk. We are aiming for this trip to get lots of great birds and to determine what those thousands…
Find out more »Woodcocks at Nod Brook
See the unique mating display or “sky dance” of the American Woodcock on a relatively short evening trip.
Find out more »Western Connecticut Shoreline
Take a morning tour from Sherwood Island to New Haven looking for late wintering birds and early spring migrants
Find out more »Sachuest Point, RI
View Harlequin Ducks and seabirds hard to see in CT. Also visit Trustom Pond, Ninigret, and locations showing rarities. Bring lunch.
Find out more »April 2019
Great Pond, Simsbury
Great Pond is the biggest part of a beautiful state forest and a neat place for a morning walk. Expect a nice assortment of birds, with some about to leave and others arriving.
Find out more »Greenstone Hollow
Main entrance at the end of the guard rail. Search for residents and the migrants and breeders of early spring in the many habitats of this beautiful and compact preserve.
Find out more »Laurel Marsh
The trail follows sections of the Hockanum River and butts up against the Manchester Landfill at times. Forest, meadow, wetlands and sections of Hop Brook will provide a diversity of bird species.
Find out more »Audibles and Edibles
Visit open fields, and a woodland trail with a slight incline. It can be wet on this 2-mile loop. Nice mix of plants and birds.
Find out more »Station 43 Beginners Bird Walk 4
This is a walk you don’t want to miss but wear boots. After we get our 50 or more birds on this walk, we adjourn to Dunkin Donuts to tally the four walks.
Find out more »May 2019
Quarry Park
Enjoy a morning trip exploring Quarry Park and the Connecticut River floodplain in the Rocky Hill area. Wear sturdy shoes, and if the spring has been wet, bring waterproof boots.
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