• Daylight Saving Bird-a-Thon – 3/12/2023

    Sunday, March 12, 2023 Leader/Coordinator:  Maggie Peretto - All day All of Hartford County Join Hartford Audubon  for a fun one day birding competition to celebrate the return of Daylight Saving Time!   Form teams of 2-4 people, dress up and name them with a smile in mind.   Compete and report results.  1 point for every […]

  • Tuning Your Ears for Spring – 3/14/2023

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

    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 […]

  • Woodcocks at Nod Brook – 3/18/2023

    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 […]

  • Effects of Climate Change on Migratory Patterns of Birds – 3/21/2023

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

    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]