• Keney Park – 9/25/2022

    Leader:  Annette Pasek Hartford's Jewel starting at 8:30 am 171 Windsor Ave, Windsor, CT Park in Golf Club Parking Lot Park The walk is flat and easy walking on both paved and wooded trails. We will hopefully see Blue Birds, fall warblers and others as we enjoy this hidden jewel of a park. The walk […]

  • Lewis Farm Sanctuary – 9/28/2022

    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 dear to Abby’s heart […]

  • Cruisin’ with Birds & Brews – 9/29/2022

    Leader: Annette Pasek at 3 pm Use 202 Ferry Lane, South Glastonbury, CT for a GPS address Drive past house at 202 to the end of lane, park in lot on left. Happy hour time!  Starting at the Connecticut River easy observations from picnic area for common birds, woodpeckers and gulls, ducks are likely too!  […]

  • Greenstone Hollow – 10/8/2022

    Leaders:  Chris Fisher and Diane Fisher will lead the trip starting at 8 am 31 Ridge Blvd, East Granby Park on north side of road - Drake Hill Rd from Flower Bridge. Do not park at Flower Bridge All are welcome on this exploration of our Greenstone Hollow Nature Preserve.  Woodland, water and shrub meadow […]

  • Big Sit at Station 43 – 10/9/2022

     Leader:  Maggie Peretto - All Day Corner of Newberry Rd and Main St Park in front of stucco house. Walk about 0.4 mi west on dirt road 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. […]

  • Sparrow Identification Simplified – 10/11/2022

    Speaker - Frank Gallo Zoom Meeting at 7:00 pm ZOOM MEETING - Link will be mailed to AllHAS Sparrow Identification Simplified - Little Brown Birds to Know and Love Frank Gallo has long been a staple in the CT birding community. He is the Senior Naturalist at the New Canaan Nature Center. Tonight, Frank will […]

  • Beaver Brook Area, Peoples Forest – 10/15/2022

    Leaders:  Sylvia Halkin and Sally Rieger starting at 9:30 am On Google Maps, 324 Park Rd, Barkhamsted -  will take you close to intersection of Park Rd. & Beaver Brook Rd. Go south .3mi on Beaver Brook Rd. to bridge - park in picnic area.  Join us for a beautiful forest and marsh walk of about […]

  • Birding the Andes – 10/18/2022

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

    Join past President Sam Fried for his 41st program for HAS. He’ll be taking us on a roller coaster of a trip birding the Colombian Andes. Traveling from mountain valleys to mountaintops at 14,000 feet, from cloud forest to tropical lowlands, we had the pleasure of encountering 40 species of hummingbirds and my target bird […]

  • Connecticut Wild Turkey Restoration & Management – 11/8/2022

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

    Speaker:  Will Cassidy This presentation will provide the history and management of Wild Turkeys in our state, including the rise and fall of turkey populations, life history, predators, management programs, and vocalizations. Will Cassidy is a certified wildlife biologist at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). Please contact Fran with any questions. […]

  • Long Island – 11/12/2022 – 2 days

    Leader: Peter Stephan    Various sites on Long Island Visit Jamaica Bay, Jones Beach, Lake Capri, Belmont Lake, Shinnecock Inlet, Montauk Point, and Shelter Island.  Spend Saturday night on Long Island. Return on Ferry Sunday evening. Waterfowl are the main benefits of this trip.  While we have seen many rarities  (Ross’s Gull, Spotted Redshank, Black-bellied […]

  • The Fascinating World of Owls – 11/15/2022

    Zoom Program at 7:00 PM / ZOOM MEETING - Link will be mailed to AllHAS  Speaker:  Denver Holt Denver Holt is the founder and president of the Owl Research Institute and a leading expert on owls.  He has been featured in articles from National Geographic to the New York Times as well as many TV programs.  […]