Category Archives: Environmental

Phil Donahue and Milan Bull talk Purple Martins!

Phil Donahue and Milan Bull talk aerial insectivores at the Friends of Sherwood Island 15th Annual Meeting on June 6, 2013. Continue reading

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

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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Blackburnian Warbler, A Survivor!

Is one of the most beautiful birds in the Neotropical Wood Warbler family. Take a journey with us and discover how this little bird overcomes the obstacles to survive. Continue reading

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PledgeToFledge Connecticut Boat Trip!

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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“Gifts of the Crow”

John Marzluff author of “Gifts of the Crow,” does a Illustrated presentation to a packed house at the Mid-Manhattan New York Public Library, New York, NY on April 2, 2013. Dr. Marzluff discusses the amazing and intelligent corvid family, with a focus on crows. Mardi Dickinson also Includes a book review and the link to her radio interview with both authors. Continue reading

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Happy Easter!

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

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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Happy First Day of Spring!

Happy First Day of Spring! Just around the corner. Enjoy the moment. Continue reading

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CT NOFA 31st Annual Winter Conference 2013

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

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

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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Nest, Eggs, Heartbreak & Beauty Exhibition

Now an extraordinary exhibition has been created called “Nests, Eggs, Heartbreak & Beauty” put together by the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon ~ formerly the Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center. This exhibition was formed around the recently published book “America’s Other Audubon” by author Joy M. Kiser. Continue reading

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Bird Migration Lecture

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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Pledge To Fledge 2012

Mardi Dickinson describes her thoughts on PledgeToFledge Continue reading

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BenJamin Van Doren wins prestigious award!

Benjamin Van Doren talks with Mardi Dickinson about his scientific project on “Birds migrating in autumn”, that won him fifth place in the prestigious National Intel Science competition awards. Continue reading

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Berry Merry Christmas

Berry Merry Christmas Card 2011 Continue reading

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News Article on Westport CT Christmas Bird Count

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

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

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Painted Bunting visits Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary

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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