Category Archives: Connecticut

Read to your Kid, It’s Children’s Book Week!

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

The late Martha McKeen Welch is the author and photographer of this wonderful book “Close Looks in a Spring Woods”, published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Martha McKeen Welch, through deft text and close-up photographs, shows young readers not only what comes to life in a springs woods, but also where this budding life comes from. Each season contains the start of the next. Continue reading →

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PledgeToFledge Connecticut Boat Trip!

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

PledgeToFledge Connecticut announces its’ kickoff event with a birding adventure by boat on the C. J. Toth Quest catamaran around the beautiful Norwalk Islands, departing at 10:00am on Saturday, April 27, 2013. Pledge2Fledge Connecticut has partnered with the famed Norwalk Seaport Association to bring you this fantastic special event. A terrific opportunity to share your love for birding with others, and to help people discover the allure of wild birds while connecting with the natural world around them. Bring a friend, neighbor or colleague to share the magic of birding and the outdoors. Come SEE Birds. SHARE Birds. SAVE Birds. Continue reading →

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Happy Easter!

Posted on March 31, 2013 by

Happy Easter! A beautiful Daffodil Flower showing off signs of an early spring in 2013. Continue reading →

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COA 29th Annual Meeting 2013

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Connecticut Ornithological Association’s (COA) Annual Meeting 2013 was an overwhelming success! Featured Speakers this year were Dr. Stephen Kress, Sharon “Birdchick” Stiteler, and Marshall J. Iliff. Continue reading →

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CT NOFA 31st Annual Winter Conference 2013

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

Connecticut Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (CTNOFA) held their 31st Annual Winter Conference 2013, on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at the Wilton High School in Wilton, CT. Over 800 participants came this year, including 64 vendors and 55 workshops. Continue reading →

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Flock of Winter Robins

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

Views of a winter wonderland out every window, brought to us by an overnight snow fall of over five inches. Continue reading →

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Farm to Family

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

Farm to Family explores the links to past connections and the real honest sustainable agriculture that has been around for centuries and now are imprints in the form of Farmers Markets. Continue reading →

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Season’s Greetings!

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

Season’s Greetings & Happy New Year! Snow Geese, fall, Chincoteague NWR, Chincoteague, VA. Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

Happy Thanksgiving wishes from the Dickinson’s in Connecticut. Continue reading →

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Bird Migration Lecture

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

Townsend Dickinson will take us on a visual odyssey, venturing to productive birding areas in the Americas, to experience birds on migration. He will share intimate photos of life forms whose world-view can be hemispheric. Continue reading →

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Sound Summer Fun

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

Enjoying a boating trip from Norwalk Harbor in Norwalk CT to Oyster Bay, LI. Continue reading →

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Honoring Fallen Soldiers on Memorial Day 2012!

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

Honoring our Fallen United States Soldiers today on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012. Thank You to all the Men and Women who have served our country and continue to do so. Continue reading →

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News Article on Westport CT Christmas Bird Count

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

Thanks to a great article Chris Bosak wrote in The Hour Newspaper about the Westport Christmas Bird Count and others in Connecticut. Titled: “Birdwatchers tackle annual census locally.” If you want a PDF let me know and I will send you … Continue reading →

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Westport CT CBC 2011

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Westport, CT CBC Christmas Bird Count Sunday December 18th 2011. This year is the 65th Annual Westport CT Christmas Bird Count, and the 112th anniversary of the National Audubon CBC concept. The intent of the count is to locate, identify, and count all birds found within a 15-mile diameter count circle, centered at Westport’s twin Bridges on Route 57. Continue reading →

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Painted Bunting Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary Day Two

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

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Painted Bunting visits Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

What a nice Thanksgiving gift, a Painted Bunting came to visit Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary, Cove Island Park, Stamford CT, today! Cove Island is the lovely Sanctuary that was host to The Fork-tailed Flycatcher last year on November 17, 2010 and that … Continue reading →

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Commissioner Daniel Esty, CT DEEP, Talks at Sherwood Island S.P.

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Daniel C. Esty, Commissioner of the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP), spoke on July 28, 2011 at the Sherwood Island State Park Nature Center. The event was co-sponsored  by The Friends of Sherwood Island State Park and Green … Continue reading →

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Environmentalists from CT & NY head to Washington DC.

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Conservation, civic organizations, agency leaders and developers are collaboratively urging federal support of restored funding to clean water programs that are critical to the recovery of our nation’s economy and environment. Continue reading →

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Bird food for people™ ~ Speedy Donuts

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Many of us have fond remembrances about a really good donut, maybe like the ones we may have had when we were young, the kind that tasted homemade, and were truly delicious. It almost seems that they don’t make them … Continue reading →

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Keynote Speaker, CFE 2011 Annual Meeting

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

Connecticut Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound, 2011 Annual Meeting took place on Sunday, October 2, 2011 from 1-4pm. The breathtaking backdrop at the Stamford Yacht Club was packed with over 300 environmentalist who attended this important 2011 annual meeting. Connecticut … Continue reading →

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