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2026 Study to Incorporate Trail Cameras and AI into an Analysis of Why Osprey Productivity Is Slipping - The Connecticut Audubon Society Protecting Connecticut’s birds, other wildlife, and their habitats through conservation, education, and advocacy

04.03.2026 18:23 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

How do birds stay warm in winter? Puffing up is just the start.

Featuring CT Audubon teacher-naturalist Ava Michelangelo

10.02.2026 15:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

2026 Young, Gifted, and Wild About Birds: Dedicating Basic Research to Bird Conservation - Connecticut Audubon Society January 26, 2026 — The 2026 Young, Gifted, and Wild About Birds series highlights the ways that conservation research is responding to the realities of bird population declines in the modern world. T...

The 2026 Young, Gifted, and Wild About Birds series highlights the ways that conservation research is responding to the realities of bird population declines in the modern world.

The series kicks off this Thursday 2/5. Register below.

30.01.2026 14:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How poison ivy — and other plants — keep Connecticut's birds alive all winter long Putting out bird feeders? Don't forget to let at least part of your yard get a little wild, too, says Earth Matters columnist Robert Miller.

How poison ivy — and other plants — keep Connecticut's birds alive all winter long

26.12.2025 14:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Neonicotinoid ban to affect 350,000 acres across Connecticut. Here's what it means The law marks one of the most significant limits on pesticides that Connecticut has passed in recent years.

Neonicotinoid ban to affect 350,000 acres across Connecticut. Here's what it means.

23.12.2025 14:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

40 Piping Plovers nested and 38 babies fledged at Milford Point in 2025. No beach in Connecticut has had more in at least four decades. - Connecticut Audubon Society December 18, 2025—The sandspit at the Coastal Center at Milford Point has long hosted a thriving nesting population of Piping Plovers. But as productive as it has been in the past, this year was even ...

40 Piping Plovers nested and 38 babies fledged at Milford Point in 2025. No beach in Connecticut has had more in at least four decades.

19.12.2025 15:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Number of osprey chicks leaving per nest in CT lowest since records began Volunteers who monitored the birds reported anecdotal cases of starvation, possibly due to a decline in menhaden, a type of herring that osprey eat.

Number of osprey chicks leaving per nest in CT lowest since records began

11.12.2025 14:32 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Osprey Nation 2025 Report: New Data Showing a Small but Concerning Drop in Connecticut’s Osprey Population Validate Need for Fish Prey Study - Connecticut Audubon Society December 4, 2025 — New data from the Connecticut Audubon Society’s Osprey Nation program show the lowest number of young birds per nest in the program’s 12-year history, a small but worrying dip in th...

The 2025 Osprey Nation Report is here:

05.12.2025 15:35 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

From gone to gobbling: Wild turkeys prove to be a conservation success in CT Wild turkeys were reintroduced to Connecticut in the 1970s as game birds. Now, the state’s flock stands at around 35,000.

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26.11.2025 15:43 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades

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24.11.2025 17:56 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fall birding guide: From eagles to ducks, 60+ birds to look for in CT While fall brings changing leaves, it also brings changing feathers.

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21.11.2025 15:17 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

CT’s ospreys, once on brink of extinction, roared back. Now new data on the raptor has scientists alarmed The Osprey population in Connecticut, once considered on the verge of extinction has seen a remarkable comeback, but numbers are now trending down from a year ago as scientists launch a study to fi…

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11.11.2025 20:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Join us for an exclusive screening of Season of the Osprey at Spring Hill Vineyards in New Preston!

Tickets are $15 for adults and includes a glass of wine / Children are free and includes a bucket of popcorn. There will be a food truck outside with food for purchase.
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03.11.2025 15:07 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Leaf peeping and birdwatching: How to fall in love with autumn in CT Fall can be a great time to enjoy the natural wonders of Connecticut. Today, we hear from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection about ways to make the most of this season.

Leaf peeping and birdwatching: How to fall in love with autumn in CT
Featuring CT Audubon Communications Director, Tom Andersen
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09.10.2025 14:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Join us for an Afternoon of Art, Conservation, & Contemplation!
Connecticut Audubon Society, in collaboration with
The Table and Gallery, invites you to a special three-artist exhibition set against the breathtaking backdrop of Long Island Sound.
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01.10.2025 14:29 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Robert Miller: Birds flock to Connecticut during 'amazing' fall migration Not as well known as the showy, colorful spring migration, autumn still brings new birds to Connecticut, delighting birders.

Birds flock to Connecticut during 'amazing' fall migration

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26.09.2025 15:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You CAN Go Home Again: Researchers have learned that American Oystercatchers return to the same locations. Two birds are loyal to the sandbar at Milford Point - Connecticut Audubon Society August 25, 2025 — Each year, American Oystercatchers return to Connecticut’s beaches to nest, but face constant threats from predators. At Milford Point, two banded birds — N29, once rescued as a chic...

You CAN Go Home Again: Researchers have learned that American Oystercatchers return to the same locations. Two birds are loyal to the sandbar at Milford Point.

26.08.2025 15:45 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0