• Silver Sands State Park – 3/26/2023

    Sunday, March 26, 2023 Leader:  Maggie Peretto starting at 8 am Silver Sands State Park, 1 Silver Sands Pkwy, Milford 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 approximately […]

  • Great Pond, Simsbury – 4/8/2023

    Saturday, April 8, 2023 Leader: Jon Ward starting at 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 […]

  • Greenstone Hollow – 4/15/2023

    Saturday, April 15, 2023 Leaders:  Chris & Diane Fisher:   starting at 8 am 31 Ridge Blvd, East Granby Park on north side of road All are welcome on this exploration of our Greenstone Hollow Nature Preserve.  Woodland, water and shrub meadow habitats will hopefully provide 20-40 species during the Fall migration. About 1.5 miles […]

  • Glastonbury Great Pond – 4/19/2023

    Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Leader: Annette Pasek starting at 8 am Entrance is just beyond 451 Great Pond Rd, Glastonbury, on left  From Rt. 17 – use south entrance to Great Pond Rd and drive in 0.2 mi.  Park on south side away from hydrants. Expect common CT birds as well as migratory. Habitat varies, woodland, […]

  • Station 43 Beginners Bird Walk #4 – 4/22/2023

    Saturday, April 22, 2023 Leader:  Jon Ward - beginning at 8 am 990 Main St, South Windsor Corner of Newberry Rd and Main St  Park in front of stucco house The fourth of four morning walks designed for beginners at Hartford Audubon’s oldest sanctuary. Station 43 is an excellent birding area year ‘round and on […]

  • Annual Spring Census: 4/29 – 5/21/2023

    Join fellow HAS members for our annual Spring census. Unlike our other bird counts, this count is by towns in the greater Hartford area and lasts 3 weeks.   Bird as much or as little as you like and report to as many town captains as you wish.  A list of captains will be released at […]

  • Simsbury River Walk – 4/29/2023

    Saturday, April 29, 2023 Leader: Jon Ward staring at 8 am  46 Drake Hill Rd, Simsbury Park at the Simsbury High School Crew Boathouse across from Drake Hill Rd from Flower Bridge. Do not park at Flower Bridge The Simsbury River Walk provides beautiful and varied birding habitat along the Farmington River floodplain and can […]

  • Roaring Brook Nature Center Walk – 4/30/2023

    Sunday, April 30, 2023 Leader: Jay Kaplan starting at 6:30 am to around 9 am. Springtime Bird Walk Roaring Brook Nature Center, 70 Gracey Rd, Canton Meet in the Nature Center parking lot. The forests and fields of Werner’s Woods, adjacent to Roaring Brook Nature Center, are ideal for an early morning walk during spring […]

  • Lewis Farm Sanctuary – 5/3/2023

    Wednesday, May 3, 2023 Leader: Abby Wolcott starting at 8:30 am 1035 Hill St, Suffield Park off road on WEST side only (by sign for Sanctuary)  Use caution: poor sight line for passing cars Please join Abby on a trip through this slice of heaven on Hill Street. The Audubon property has been near and […]

  • Quarry Park – 5/6/2023

    Quarry Park 270 Old Main St., Rocky Hill, CT, United States

    Saturday, May 6, 2023 Leader:  Larry Lunden starting at 7 am 270 Old Main St, Rocky Hill Meet in the small dirt parking lot opposite Marshall Rd Enjoy a morning trip exploring Quarry Park.  Warblers and field birds will be found.  If the river conditions permit, we will also caravan to explore the Connecticut River […]