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Hartford Audubon Society: Annual Spring Census

Apr 26 - 3 weeks  Annual Spring Census   Join fellow HAS members for our annual Spring census which will end on Sunday, May 19th. Unlike our other bird counts, this count is by towns in the greater Hartford area and lasts 3 weeks. Bird as much or as little as you like and report to as many ... Read more

Free

CT Audubon Eco Travel: Annual Lyme Loop Field Trip

Annual Lyme Loop Thursday, May 8     6 a.m. – 3 p.m. Travel through Lyme and Nehantic State Forest in search of neotropical migrants. The habitats of the state forest include wetlands, streams, and ponds, all excellent places for the morning chorus of warblers, vireos, and other songbirds. The focus will be on learning ... Read more

$75 – $90

Hartford Audubon Society: Field Trip – Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve

Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve 253 Loomis Street, North Granby, CT, United States

May 8 - Thurs - 7:30 am 253 Loomis St, Granby (approx). From East St drive 2.5 miles north on Loomis St to parking lot on left. LIMITED TO 15 PEOPLE CONTACT JOHN AFTER 4/1 TO REGISTER Offering woodlands, two extensive marshes, a weedy field and a pond with active beavers, Dismal Brook attracts a spectacular variety of ... Read more

Free

CT Audubon Society – Deer Pond: Beginners Birding Class

Deer Pond Farm 57 Wakeman Hill Road, Sherman, CT, United States

DEER POND: Beginner Birding Thursday, May 8, 10 a.m.- Noon $5 Members, $10 Non-Members Join us at Deer Pond Farm with Lori Lichtenauer, Sanctuary Manager/Naturalist, who will teach you recreational birding basics. Learn about apps such as Merlin & eBird to advance your skills, and how to bird on your “best” behavior. We’ll start in ... Read more

$5 – $10

Hartford Audubon Society: Field Trip – Town Forest Rd – Simsbury

May 8 - Thu - 6:30 PM 66 Town Forest Rd, West Simsbury Off Stratton Brook Rd. - turn west at the bike path signal Meet in the sand parking lot east of the pond This early evening walk has level easy walking. We will cover a variety of habitats, pond, forest, and along the road past the town maintenance ... Read more

Free

CT Audubon Society – Pomfret: Friedman Forest Bird Walk

Freidman  Forest Bird Walk Friday, May 9, 2025 at 8 A.M. We’ll explore this fantastic Joshua’s Trust preserve.  We are likely to see a Great Blue Heron rookery, and Cerulean and Worm-eating Warblers!  Limited to nine participants. Fee:  $20 CAS members; $30 non-members.

$20 – $30

Hartford Audubon Society: Simsbury River Walk

Simsbury River Walk 46 Drake Hill Rd., Simsbury, CT, United States

May 9 - Fri - 8 -am 46 Drake Hill Rd, Simsbury Park at the Simsbury High School Crew Boathouse across from Drake Hill Rd from Flower Bridge. Do not park at Flower Bridge The Simsbury River Walk provides beautiful and varied birding habitat along the Farmington River floodplain and can be great for warblers and other ... Read more

Free

New Haven Bird Club: Whip-poor-will Walk – Naugatuck State Forest

Naugatuck State Forest Rte 8, exit 25, Naugatuck, CT, United States

May 9 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Rain date: Saturday, May 10, 2025 Jack Swatt, New Haven Bird Club Life Member and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) volunteer Whip-poor-will monitor, will lead a walk to listen and look for Whip-poor-will at the Naugatuck State Forest. Jack will give a short talk on the ... Read more

Free

Roaring Brook Nature Center: Bird Walk at Cedar Hill Cemetery

Cedar Hill Cemetery 453 Fairfield Avenue, Hartford, United States

Bird Walk Saturday, May 10, 6:30 am   Free – Reservations Encouraged Join Jay Kaplan from Roaring Brook Nature Center for his annual bird walk at Cedar Hill Cemetery.  Jay will lead participants through the ornamental foreground in search of resident and migratory birds. Appropriate hiking shoes and binoculars are strongly recommended. Admission to the program ... Read more

Free

Audubon CT Greenwich: Spring Migration Bird Tour

Greenwich Audubon 613 Riversville Road, Greenwich, CT, United States

SATURDAYS, APRIL 5-12-19-26, MAY 3-10 2025. 7 AM - 8:30 AM Join Bird Education Specialist Ryan MacLean for a morning bird tour at the Greenwich Audubon Center! The center's open fields, apple orchard, wetlands, and woodlands provide great habitat for migrating birds such as warblers, vireos, tanagers, thrushes, orioles, and others. Binoculars will be available ... Read more

Free

Hartford Audubon Society: Walk – Penwood State Park

May 10 - Sat - 7 am 174 Hartford Rd, Simsbury We will meet in the parking lot. A three hour leisurely bird walk in search of migrant warblers, vireos, thrushes, and flycatchers. Special possibilities include Worm eating Warbler, Swainson's Thrush and both Yellow- billed and Black -billed Cuckoos. This will be easy walking. Paul Cianfaglione pgcianfaglione@gmail.com 860-836-3443

Free

Mattabeseck Audubon Society: Bird Walk at Helen Carlson Sanctuary

Helen Carlson Sanctuary 79 South Road, Portland, United States

Join Elena Coffey for a bird walk at Mattabeseck Audubon Society's Helen Carlson Sanctuary.  This birding hotspot was donated to MAS in 1976 by local resident Helen Carlson to preserve it forever. Shortly thereafter, with a grant from the Rockfall Foundation in Middletown, MAS worked with students from Long Lane School to create a nature ... Read more