 | Birding Organizations in the State of Connecticut |
| Birding Organizations in the State of Connecticut |
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Connecticut Ornithological Association
IMHO, the best. As of March 2000, they finally have a web site! Publishes quarterly bulletin AND quarterly journal, The
Connecticut Warbler. Sponsors annual conference and a number of field
trips. Keeps records, sponsors Avian Record Committee, and maintains Conn.
Rare Bird Alert. Contact c/o Birdcraft
Museum, 314 Unquowa Rd., Fairfield.
Connecticut
Audubon Society
Contact c/o Conn. Audubon
Nature Center on Burr St. in Fairfield. Maintains nature centers and sanctuaries around
the state including the Fairfield site, Milford
Point, Glastonbury's Holland
Brook Nature Center, and 13 others. See CAS Web Site for a complete listing.
Darien Audubon
Society
Publishes nice map. Web site has excellent photos. Box 3313, Darien CT
06820.
Litchfield Hills Audubon Society
Focuses on area around White Memorial. Good trips and newsletter. Also
known for winter "owl prowl." Box 861, Litchfield CT 06759. Maintains
the Boyd Sanctuary
in Litchfield and the Kalmia
Sanctuary in Harwinton.
New
Haven Bird Club
IMHO the best local bird club. Monthly meetings. Good field trips and good
newsletter for reports. Usually well organized.
Greenwich
Audubon Society
Good field trips. Contact
Audubon
Center of Greenwich. Known for Family Nature Walks on Sunday afternoons.
Hartford Audubon Society
A very good local bird club with wide-ranging field trips.
Western
Connecticut Bird Club
Some good trips. Flanders Nature Center may have some info.
Potapaug Audubon Society
Essex, lower Conn. River valley, and nearby shoreline. Sponsors trips. P.O. Box 591, Old Lyme, CT 06371.
Menunkatuck Audubon Society
New Haven to Madison shoreline area. Sponsors spring birdathon and numerous field trips.
Mattabeseck
Audubon Society, Cromwell
Some good field trips, especially Conn. River Valley. Some bird trips via
canoe. Click here for an alternate link.
The Nature
Conservancy, Connecticut Chapter
Above link is nice graphic page about Conservancy lands in the state and
local chapters . The Nature Conservancy sponsors the Piping Plover/Least
Tern Recovery Project.
Sierra Club of Connecticut
Link includes chapter and some outing information.
Natchaug
Ornithological Society, Storrs
Connecticut Green
Mountain Club
Sponsors some bird hikes, especially in spring and in forested areas.
Other Field Trip Sponsors
The Audubon Shop in Madison, the Fat
Robin Wild Bird and Nature Shop in Hamden, and the Wild Bird Center in Milford all sponsor
local bird trips. The Audubon Shop has frequent trips to nearby Hammonasset
Beach State Park. Fat Robin has spring trips to nearby East
Rock Park and fall trips to Lighthouse Point
Park. Both shops sponsor Bald Eagle
viewing trips in winter. The Avon
Wild Bird Center sponsors trips to the Farmington Valley area and various
workshops through the Town of Avon Recreation Department.
Other Local Audubon Societies
Housatonic Audubon Society,Sharon Pequot Audubon Society, Ledyard N.E. Conn. Audubon Society, Woodstock Naugatuck Valley Audubon Society, Shelton Saugatuck Valley Audubon Society, Wilton |
Lillinonah Audubon Society, Bridgewater New Canaan Audubon Society Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society, Wallingford |