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

Top Stories

70 coastal and island nesting sites covered by new funding
News

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

Hurricane Matthew May Have Decimated Piping Plover Population
News

Hurricane Matthew May Have Decimated Piping Plover Population

Listen to what Patrick Comins, Audubon Connecticut Director of Bird Conservation, has to say on NPR

Audubon Announces Recipients of 2016-2017 Schoolyard Habitat Grants
News

Audubon Announces Recipients of 2016-2017 Schoolyard Habitat Grants

Audubon Connecticut awards grants to eight Connecticut schools to support the creation of schoolyard habitats that also serve as outdoor classrooms

Make Your Own Suet
Nature Notes

Make Your Own Suet

With this easy vegetarian recipe, you can attract insect lovers like woodpeckers and nuthatches.

WildLife Guards Program Receives $35,000 Grant
News

WildLife Guards Program Receives $35,000 Grant

November 14, 2016—In an announcement made by top federal and state environmental officials, Audubon Connecticut was honored to be one of 25 grant award recipients of the Long Island Sound Futures Fund—to continue its successful WLG program.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Announces Creation of Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge
Advocacy

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Announces Creation of a New Wildlife Refuge

October 25, 2016—Exciting news! Thanks to a great coordinated response by Audubon, the new Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge has been created to conserve key shrubland habitat in the Northeast.

Making Connecticut Better for Birds and People
News

Making Connecticut Better for Birds and People

Learn how the Bird-Friendly Communities Program has expanded and made a difference in 2016

Is the Saltmarsh Sparrow Headed for Extinction?
News

Is the Saltmarsh Sparrow Headed for Extinction?

Listen to what Patrick Comins, Audubon Connecticut Director of Bird Conservation, has to say on NPR

Meet Jane-Kerin Moffat
News

Meet Jane-Kerin Moffat

Conservation Advocate and Audubon Connecticut Board Member Emeritus

Building a Stronger Audubon Community in Connecticut
News

Building a Stronger Audubon Community in Connecticut

President and CEO of the National Audubon Society, David Yarnold, and Audubon Connecticut staff, board, and state Chapter leaders gather for an unprecedented day of information sharing and networking

Put Down That Rake
Nature Notes

Put Down That Rake

A fall checklist of gardening to-do's that will benefit you and your wildlife neighbors

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