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Cooper's Hawk. Photo: Adam Stunkel/Audubon Photography Awards

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70 coastal and island nesting sites covered by new funding
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70 coastal and island nesting sites covered by new funding

A $677,700 grant will help reduce threats to vulnerable birds across Long Island Sound

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Environmental Leadership Awards Benefit
Environmental Leadership Awards Benefit

Environmental Leadership Awards

Our 2025 honoree, Eunice Burnett, drives local action with boundless energy. Eunice has devoted her life to making an impact on issues relating to children and the environment.

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Saltmarsh Sparrow research expands at Great Meadows Marsh
Coasts

Saltmarsh Sparrow research expands at Great Meadows Marsh

Scientists completed nest surveys, banding, and attached radio transmitters to birds to gather data that will guide future restoration

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Visit a Center Near You

Bent of the River Audubon Center
Centers

Bent of the River Audubon Center

Conserving open space and working lands through programming at our 700-acre nature sanctuary and education center in Southbury.

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Greenwich Audubon Center
Centers

Greenwich Audubon Center

Building a brighter future through engagement and education at our nature education center and seven sanctuaries in southwest Connecticut.

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Sharon Audubon Center
Centers

Sharon Audubon Center

Rehabilitating injured wildlife and protecting more than 2,100 acres of woodland habitat that they call home through stewardship and education in the Northwest Corner.

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Key Conservation Work

News & Information

2023 Environmental Leadership Awards Honors Local Mentor and Community Scientist
Environmental Leadership Awards Benefit

2023 Environmental Leadership Awards Honors Local Mentor and Community Scientist

Gary compiled the Greenwich-Stamford Christmas Bird Count for nearly 50 years, and co-founded the Greenwich Audubon Center's Summer Bird Count in 1976 - amongst many other accomplishments.

Greenwich Audubon Center Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Honor Indigenous Forest Management
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Greenwich Audubon Center Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Honor Indigenous Forest Management

$7,500 crowdfunding goal to receive matching grant from Sustainable CT’s Community Match Fund

"Lights Out" Bill Passes House Unanimously
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"Lights Out" Bill Passes House Unanimously

It is now up to the Senate to help save migratory birds from fatal collisions

Connecticut's Purple Martins Get a New Place to Nest
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Connecticut's Purple Martins Get a New Place to Nest

These new nest boxes will create bird conservation opportunities at Bent of the River Audubon Center.

Open Letter from the CEO on Audubon’s Name
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Open Letter from the CEO on Audubon’s Name

Hear directly from Dr. Elizabeth Gray on why Audubon is keeping its name.

Great Mountain Forest First-Ever Officially Recognized Bird-Friendly Maple Syrup Producer in Connecticut
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Great Mountain Forest First-Ever Officially Recognized Bird-Friendly Maple Syrup Producer in Connecticut

Just in time for production season, this 6,000 acre forest in Litchfield County is being recognized for managing its sugarbush in ways that help declining forest birds.

Top Tips to Manage Your Sugarbush in Ways That Help Birds
Working Lands

Top Tips to Manage Your Sugarbush in Ways That Help Birds

These guidelines will help forest owners and managers ensure birds have places to eat, nest and raise chicks.

Bird-Friendly Maple
Working Lands

Bird-Friendly Maple

A collaborative conservation project that aims to sweeten sugarbush habitat for songbirds.

Winter tips to best manage your land for birds
Working Lands

Winter tips to best manage your land for birds

Expert habitat managers from our Connecticut bird sanctuaries offer their advice to landowners.

How you can help, right now