Vote for the Conte!
This special edition Winter Bird Forecast #8 is brought to you by Audubon Connecticut in partnership with the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. USA Today is currently running a poll to determine the top 10 National Wildlife Refuges in the country. We have a chance to highlight the Connecticut River and the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. You can vote once a day through noon on Monday March 30th. Please take a few moments and help to highlight this special Refuge by voting here:...
Read MoreShorebird Monitor Training Completed
On Saturday, March 14, the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (Audubon Connecticut and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection completed successful training sessions for many of our fantastic past and new volunteer monitors. These citizen scientists and educators will hit the beaches come April, monitoring Piping Plovers and American Oystercatchers with other species like the Least and Common Terns soon to come. If you would like to join us on the Connecticut shore this...
Read MoreMunicipal Training
Here you can see Audubon Connecticut’s Important Bird Areas Coordinator Corrie Folsom-O’Keefe training a group of Connecticut municipal officials on what actions are required to improve nesting success for state and federally threatened waterbirds. The training session by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds, Audubon Connecticut and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, also included a presentation by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection biologist Laura Saucier. Photos by Audubon Connecticut Director of Bird Conservation Patrick...
Read MoreWinter Bird Forecast #8 – Vote for the Conte
The latest Winter Bird Forecast from Audubon Connecticut and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History is up at WXedge.com and focuses on a special edition slideshow featuring the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. See more here!
Read MoreWaterbird Working Group Meeting
This past Monday the Southern New England‐Long Island Sound Waterbird Working Group annual meeting was convened for the first time since 2013. A couple dozen representatives from government agencies and NGOs from Maine to New York, including RTPI Conservation & Outreach Coordinator Scott Kruitbosch, met in Connecticut to discuss the last season and prepare for the coming nesting season both in person and via webinar. It takes an enormous group effort to protect and save some of our most threatened birds. Photo by Audubon Connecticut Director of Bird Conservation Patrick...
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