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JANUARY MEETING – Thursday 16 – Bald Eagles at the Shepaug Dam ** New location: United Church of Christ, 283 Main Street North, Southbury. The Church is very kindly again offering its meeting hall to people displaced by the flood damage. It’s a big white colonial with columns on Main Street North aka Rte.6/67. Coming ... Read more
In the last 50 years, 2.9 billion breeding adult birds have been lost from the United States and Canada. To put it another way, we've lost more than a quarter of our birdlife since 1970. These findings were reported in the world's leading scientific journal, Science. Grassland birds are hard hit, with a 53% reduction in ... Read more
Lights Out Connecticut Lecture Humans and the Night Sky — Our Lost Heritage Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. Light pollution robs us of the opportunity to fully experience the night sky. With this loss, we have come to suffer from insomnia, stress, and increased cancer rates. Explore the human connection to the ... Read more
Winter Bird Behaviors Presentation January 29, 2025, 10 a.m. to Noon at Deer Pond Farm $5 Members, $10 Non-Members Join Sanctuary Manager/Naturalist Lori Lichtenauer for this hybrid program beginning in our classroom and ending outside. Lori will give a brief presentation on the differences in bird behavior in the breeding season versus the non-breeding season. We will ... Read more
Thursday, January 30, 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm Greenwich Audubon Center, Greenwich, CT, 06831, CT Join us for a special evening as we host Louise Washer, President of the Norwalk River Watershed Association and Joan Seguin of the Connecticut Coalition for Pesticide Reform, as they discuss the science behind neonicotinoids – what they are and how ... Read more
BirdNote Daily is a two-minute radio show that combines rich sounds with engaging stories, to illustrate the amazing lives of birds and give listeners a momentary respite from the news of the day. See https://www.birdnote.org/listen/birdnote-daily
Where: Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road (Rte 202), Litchfield, CT 06759 Owls in Connecticut Presented by Fran Zygmont, Former President and current Vice President of Litchfield Hills Audubon Society; expert birder and a Connecticut Master Wildlife Conservationist. Join Fran Zygmont as he provides a program about owls in our region including some personal, entertaining ... Read more
Love Birds: Avian Courtship Displays February 11, 2025, 10 a.m. to Noon at Deer Pond Farm $5 Members, $10 Non-Members Just in time for Valentine’s Day, join us at Deer Pond Farm to learn some of the fascinating courtship behaviors of birds. Sanctuary Manager/Naturalist Lori Lichtenauer will share an overview of how male birds engage in dangerous ... Read more
Feb 11 ✪ Monthly Meeting ✪ Tue 7:30 pmSocial Time at 7:00 pmSt James’s Episcopal Church,1018 Farmington Ave, WH Douglas Beach will be presenting ‘Meadowood Really is For the Birds‘.With the description: A look at the Meadowood property in Simsbury. It was destined to become a major housing development but is now permanent open space and a magnet for birds. With a ... Read more
Finches Webinar Wednesday, February 12; 6-7 pm If you have backyard feeders, chances are you have seen one of Connecticut’s charismatic finch species feeding from them. This family of songbirds includes some of the most well-known species and unique species. In this webinar, Conservation and Education Coordinator Joe Attwater will explore what makes these ... Read more
Join Greenwich Audubon with the Greenwich Botanical Center for a special evening program to learn about & search for our nocturnal birds while conducting the Great Backyard Bird Count! Saturday, February 15, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Montgomery Pinetum, Greenwich Botanical Center, Cos Cob, 06807, CT The winter months are a magical time to possibly hear ... Read more
FEBRUARY MEETING – Thursday 20 – The Future of Terns on Great Gull Island; what Next? Due to logistics and the vagaries of the weather in February, this meeting will be held on Zoom. A link will be sent to you shortly before the meeting. Margaret Rubega will give a talk on the terns of ... Read more
