NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Daylight Saving Bird-a-Thon Sun All Day All of Hartford County Join Hartford Audubon for a fun one-day birding competition tocelebrate the return of Daylight Saving Time! Form teams of 2-4people, dress up and name them with a smile in mind. Competeand report results. One point for every species, 2 […]
Mar 11 ✪ Monthly Meeting ✪ Tue 7:30 pmSocial Time at 7:00 pmSt James's Episcopal Church,1018 Farmington Ave, WH Speaker: Margery WintersMorticulture: The Abundant Life in Old & Dead Trees Once considered a wasted resource and a hazard in forestlandscapes, dead trees and logs are now known to be valuable andessential parts of a healthy […]
Mar 18 🦋 Wildlife Series 🦆 Tue 7:30 pmThe McAuley Residence Auditorium275 Steele Rd, West Hartford A Birder’s Journal of Brazil’s Lower Amazon, Pantanal, and Cerrado. Dave Tripp will take you through a photographic journey filled with birds and wildlife from these incredible biomes. Dave has been birding seriously since the age of 12. He […]
Mar 22 Woodcocks at Nod Brook Sat 7:15 pm82 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 AmericanWoodcock on a relatively short evening trip. Short distance 0.25mile – lasts about 1 hour after dusk. Must stand still/quiet […]
Please Note: This trip has been cancelled due to leader illness. Mar 23 Sachuest Point, RI Sun 8:30 am769 Sachuest Point Rd, Middletown, RIMeet at the Sachuest Point Visitor Center parking lot View Harlequin Ducks and seabirds that are hard to see in CT. Wewill also visit Trustom Pond, Ninigret, and locations showingrarities. Level walking […]
Mar 30 Silver Sands Sun 8 amSilver Sands State Park, 1 Silver Sands Pkwy, MilfordMeet 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 2 miles for about 3 hours. […]
Apr 2 Fannie Stebbins Wildlife Refuge Wed 8 am202 Bark Haul Rd, Longmeadow, MA Park by sign at the end of the roadA wonderful mix of ponds, swamps, woods, and fields, FannieStebbins has ideal habitat for a wide variety of birds. The loop trailwe will take is 2.2 miles long and brings us along or […]
Apr 5 Great Pond, Simsbury Sat 8 am 156 Great Pond Rd, Simsbury Between Laurel Ln & Old Farms Rd. Meet in parking lot at end of entrance dirt roadAn easy walk over a newly widened road leads to Great Pondwhere we will see waterfowl, shorebirds, migrating warblers andthe many types of birds that call […]
Apr 8 ✪ Monthly Meeting ✪ Tue 7:30 pmSocial Time at 7:00 pm St James's Episcopal Church,1018 Farmington Ave, WHSpeaker: Bethany ShefferChimney Swifts, Unraveling the Mystery and Magic Bats? Birds? Minions of the Underworld? If you have found strangelooking birds in your fireplace or heard a deafening cacophony ofsounds from inside it, congratulations! You likely […]
Cancelled due to inclement weather Apr 12 Greenstone Hollow Sat 8 am31 Ridge Blvd, East Granby. Park on north side of road All are welcome on this exploration of our Greenstone HollowNature Preserve. Woodland, water and shrub meadow habitats willhopefully provide 20-40 species during the Spring migration.About 1.5 miles of easy walking for up to […]
Apr 16 Station 43 Beginners Bird Walk #4 Wed 8 am953 Main St, South WindsorCorner of Newberry Rd and Main StPark along road near intersection. The fourth of four morning walks designed for beginners atHartford Audubon’s oldest sanctuary. Station 43 is an excellentbirding area year-round and on each walk, we will look for seasonalbirds. The […]
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