• Keney Park – Hartford – Bird Walk – Saturday – 10/7/2023

    8:30 am to approximately 11 am 171 Windsor Ave, Windsor, CT Park in Golf Club Parking Lot Annette Pasek            apasek@cox.net                 860-490-8357 T Al Gatti               algatti22@gmail.com               860-916-7142 T

  • Big Sit – Station 43 – Sunday – 10/8/2023

    S Windsor 990 Main St., South Windsor, CT, United States

    953 Main St, South Windsor Corner of Newberry Rd and Main St Park along road near intersection. Cathy will cover from 5:30 to 9:30am.  We are hoping others will join and we can have folks there all day so drop by any time.  Visit https://www.thebigsit.org  to learn more about this national project. It is a day […]

  • Monthly Meeting – 10/10/2023 – Where Are All the Shy Folk? Tracking American Bitterns in Connecticut

    St. James's Episcopal Church 1018 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, CT, United States

    7 pm - Social Hour / 7:30 - Program begins. Speaker: Samuel Merker, Ph.D. The presentation will cover the natural history, ecology, knowledge gaps, and trivia of the American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus). I will also discuss our tracking project in Connecticut including what we have learned, and new questions generated by the data we have collected. […]

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  • Union Park, Manchester – Bird Walk – Saturday – 10/14/2023

    8:30 am - approximately 11 am 116 North School St, Manchester Meet in Parking Lot I've birded this area and thought it would make a nice HAS bird walk. Union Pond Park has a beautiful woods trail which we will explore. This is a new area for Hartford Audubon to run a trip and I […]

  • Beaver Brook, People’s State Forest Bird Walk – Sunday – 10/15/2023

    9:30 am to approximately 11:30 am On Google Maps (not Apple), 324 Park Rd, Barkhamsted  will take you close to intersection of paved Park Rd. & Beaver Brook Rd. Go south .3mi on unpaved Beaver Brook Rd. to bridge - park in picnic area or roadside.  Join us for a beautiful forest and marsh walk […]

  • Wildlife Series – 10/17/2023 – Conservation of Saltmarsh Birds in the Face of Sea-Level Rise

    McAuley Residence Auditorium 275 Steele Rd., West Hartford, CT, United States

    Program begins at 7:30 pm Speaker: Chris Elphick, Ph.D. Chris will present information on the status of tidal marsh nesting birds in the northeast. Focusing on work conducted by the Saltmarsh Habitat and Avian Research Program, it will summarize what we know about population trends, the factors affecting species persistence, and conservation work that is […]

  • Delmarva Peninsula Bird Trip – November 10-12, 2023

    Delmarva Peninsula (DE,MD,VA) Chincoteague Island, VA, United States

    Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Contact Peter for arrangements. Visit Bombay Hook, Chincoteague and Blackwater National Wildlife Refuges as well as Ocean City, Elliot’s Pond, Indian River Inlet and possibly Prime Hook NWR. These are all top birding spots in this area. Peter Stephan           stephraf@aol.com               860-729-8374 T

  • Monthly Meeting – 11/14/2023 – Hartford Bird Treaty

    St. James's Episcopal Church 1018 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, CT, United States

    7 pm - Social Hour / 7:30 - Program begins. Speaker: Mary Pelletier In 2011, the City of Hartford was selected to be the eighth U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Urban Bird Treaty city nationwide. This unique initiative brings together federal, state, municipal, non-profit and educational organizations to create bird-friendly habitats and connect citizens with nature […]

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  • Wildlife Series – 12/5/2023 – How Colorful are Hummingbirds to Themselves?

    McAuley Residence Auditorium 275 Steele Rd., West Hartford, CT, United States

    Program begins at 7:30 pm Speaker:  Richard Prum, PhD Tonight Dr. Prum will present the curious story of Hummingbird plumage and color vision. Yale ornithologist Richard Prum has spent years working with students to understand the full range of colors in birds’ plumage. They use a model based on the range of colors birds can […]

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