Tuesday - 3/14/2023 Speaker: Ken Elkins There's a lot to look forward to in spring, including the welcomed hullabaloo of birdsong. The sheer volume of songs and calls can often feel overwhelming for birders, but these sounds offer an opportunity and a challenge. You can build your birding skills—and love of birds—by learning how to […]
Saturday, March 18, 2023 Leader: Brian Toal - starting at 7 pm 82 Hopmeadow St (Rt 10), Simsbury Back of the first parking lot of the Tower Office Park See the unique mating display or “sky dance” of the American Woodcock on a relatively short evening trip. Short distance (0.25 mile). Lasts about 1 hour […]
Tuesday, 3/21/2023 Speaker: Matthew Kamm Matthew Kamm has been birding since the age of eight and has followed his passion for nature (especially birds) throughout his schooling and professional work. After five years working for Mass Audubon's Bird Conservation Department, he went back to school at Tufts University to get his Ph.D studying how the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tuesday , 4/11/2023 Speaker: Corrie Folsom-O'Keefe Each year, large numbers of shorebirds and seabirds travel along the Atlantic coast. These birds spend their winters in the southern US, Caribbean, and South American, then head north in the spring to breeding grounds in the United States and Canada. In late summer, these travelers, joined by […]
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 […]
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 via Zoom Please Note: You will receive an email to be sent by April 16 which will have the Zoom meeting link if you wish to attend. Speaker: Julie Zickefoose Naturalist/artist/writer Julie Zickefoose thinks of herself as an unsung, minor, rather dirty superhero. Her superpower: saving small, economically worthless wildlife that […]
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, […]
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 […]
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