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Emperor of the Night: Owls with Colleen Harrak - November 16 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Experience why owls rule the night in this engaging program featuring our live barred owls and a digital presentation. See why no other bird is as loved or as feared as the owl. To some, the owl brings ... Read more
We have a special guest speaker for Wildlife Series on November 19th. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m at the McAuley Residence Auditorium, 275 Steele Road, West Hartford. This will be a live session only and will not be available on Zoom. Our speaker is Pepper Trail, a forensic ornithologist who will present ... Read more
The winter wildlife of Japan offers a number of spectacles unmatched in the wild! Tens of thousands of Cranes of at least 5 species can be seen feeding on snowy fields or flying into roost against the backdrop of glorious sunsets in Kagoshima. The famous dancing Red-crowned Cranes are in full performance in Kushiro. Snow ... Read more
Close out our hawk watching season with a presentation on this year's results! Saturday, November 30, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm Location: Greenwich Audubon Center, Greenwich, CT, 06831, CT Join Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch Counter Jonathan Stein in Kiernan Hall for a presentation on the results of this year's hawk watch season! An average of ... 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
Who: Dave Tripp, Jr., Board and almost life-long member of LHAS; committee member of CT's ARCC; founding member of the CT Big Day team, The Raven Lunatics. Photographer, traveler and leader of several birding trips to exotic countries, in his spare time Dave is Torrington's Deputy Fire Chief. Description: Want to help LHAS count ... Read more
We've all heard amazing facts about bird migration—the long distances that birds travel, the ways that they navigate, etc. But did you ever wonder how we figured all of this out? While working for the American Ornithological Society, Rebecca Heisman became fascinated with the varied and creative techniques that scientists have used to study bird ... Read more
Larks, Longspurs, & Pipits Webinar Wednesday, December 11; 6-7 pm If you’ve ever walked across open habitat in CT in the winter, chances are you’ve flushed up small songbirds feeding from the ground. Numerous small songbirds spend the winter in these seemingly harsh environments, having bred in the far north. In this webinar, Conservation ... 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
Beyond Birdfeeders: How to feed your backyard birds year-round Sunday, January 5 - 2 — 3:15 pm Birds do not live by birdseed alone. Learn what you can plant in your yard to provide food for an even greater variety of birds throughout the year while promoting biodiversity in your neighborhood. $11 each / ... Read more
Where: Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road (Rte 202), Litchfield, CT 0675 Presented by Corrie Folsom-O'Keefe, Director of Bird Conservation for the state office of the National Audubon Society Corrie will describe Audubon’s conservation efforts along the coast. Connecticut’s coastal habitats and the bird species that depend on them are facing numerous threats. For birds that nest ... Read more
Bird Song and Science Zoom Presentation January 7, 2025, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. via Zoom $5 Members, $10 Non-Members Are you missing the sounds of birdsong this winter? Join us via zoom to learn more about how scientists use song to study how birds communicate. Lori Lichtenauer, Sanctuary Manager and Naturalist, will present an ... Read more
