Winter Bird Forecast #3 – Heading Our Way?
Snowy Owls, Rough-legged Hawks, the Townsend’s Solitaire and other western vagrants, winter finches and other winter birds featured in the latest Winter Bird Forecast from Audubon Connecticut and RTPI. Check it out here!
Read MoreBirding Weekend
This weekend is going to be a beautiful one, for all of those that are thankful we don’t have snow yet anyway! There’s no better time to grab your binoculars and scopes and take an adventure to see what birds you might find. While out earlier this week, we came across some Hooded Mergansers floating across this wetland area. It won’t be long before the area is inundated with all sorts of waterfowl, birds of prey and hopefully some snowy owls! Enjoy the warm weather and happy birding! Elyse Henshaw Conservation Technician
Read MoreTom Turkey
Are you all turkey’d out? It really is spectacular to think about how many Wild Turkeys have retaken their former territory in the Northeast thanks to reintroduction programs and proper management. A bird that was extirpated from Connecticut when I was a child – and I am 30 now – has been flourishing for half of my life across the state, with similar success all throughout its former range. It is a success story so recent but so incredibly effective that we gloss over it more than we should. This victory is but one of many possible if multiple organizations and groups of...
Read MoreWinter Bird Forecast #2 – Wonderful Waterfowl
The second Winter Bird Forecast of the 2015-2016 season from Audubon Connecticut and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History is up at WXedge.com, focusing on a true regional and national rarity. This Pink-footed Goose was found in Connecticut on Friday, one of many wonderful waterfowl species now entering the Northeast. Read on here!
Read MoreWinter Bird Forecast #1 – Western Invasion!
The first Winter Bird Forecast of the 2015-2016 season from Audubon Connecticut and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History is up at WXedge.com and focuses on a western invasion of birds including the massive Franklin’s Gull incursion across the Northeast. See more here!
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