• Making Beaches Safer for Birds – 4/11/2023

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

      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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Saving Jemima – 4/18/2023 (Via Zoom Meeting)

    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Fannie Stebbins Wildlife Refuge – 5/6/2023

    Saturday, May 6, 2023 Leaders:  Jon Ward and Bill Grant - starting at 8 am 202 Bark Haul Rd, Longmeadow, MA Park by sign at the end of the road A wonderful mix of ponds, swamps, woods, and fields Fannie Stebbins has ideal habitat for a wide variety of birds. The loop trail we will […]