On Sunday, April 26, fifteen New Haven Bird Club members and visitors set out to tour the Kellogg Environmental Center Grounds and the trails across the street in Osbornedale State Park. Though it wasn’t a super-birdy day, we got good looks at a male Common Merganser in the Housatonic River below, a couple of male Eastern Towhees (by virtue of… ..
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On Saturday, April 18, around 30 birders and geology enthusiasts participated in the Geology and Birds walk at the Branford Quarry Preserve surrounding the active Stony Creek Granite Quarry. The weather was cool and overcast, but no wind. Stony Creek Granite is a beautiful architectural building stone and widely exposed in the preserve. Participants were also able to watch the… ..
Thirty hardy birders started out on March 28 from the Edgewood Park tennis court parking lot to make the second of our twice-annual explorations of this often surprising park. At 37 degrees and breezy when we started, the feeling of sun from time to time on our faces and backs made us all happy. Our circuit from the tennis courts… ..
Hammonasset State Park Field Trip Report On Saturday, March 14th, 37 (!) birders got together at this wonderful local park for a morning of birding. The remarkable turnout can be attributed to the long, cold winter we had and the resulting cancellation of several of our outdoor activities in February. Our large and enthusiastic group was rewarded as we observed… ..
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126th Annual New Haven Christmas Bird Count Report On Saturday, December 20, 2025, 98 birders (most of them NHBC members) participated in the Christmas Bird Count in New Haven. The participants fanned out in our typically well-organized fashion and thoroughly covered the fourteen areas within the count circle. Some people started before dawn and finished after sunset while others went… ..
Hammonasset Beach State Park Bird Walk 10/4/2025 New Haven Bird Club Eighteen individuals, including myself, braved the summer-like warm weather to find birds. Working overtime we netted 49 species including Pectoral Sandpiper, Willet, Black-bellied Plover, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin, Greater Yellowlegs, American Kestrel, Merlin, a large flock of Golden-crowned Kinglets, Marsh Wren, White-crowned, Savannah, and Swamp Sparrows, Common Yellowthroat and Yellow-rumped… ..
Brickyard Point Field Trip Report – August 6, 2025 On Wednesday, August 6th, about 20 members of the NHBC went to this local preserve in North Haven. A former industrial waste site, it is now home to freshwater ponds and weedy fields and meadows. There are wide gravel paths that make it easy to survey the property. The property is… ..
Chippens Hill Grassland Birds Trip Report, June 1st, 2025 Continuing invasive species removal at Roberts Field in Bristol has led to increased grassland habitat suitable for Grasshopper Sparrows that have nested there in the past. 8 birders attended the walk to see if the Grasshopper sparrows returned again this year. Breeding has been intermittent at this site and this year… ..
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Naugatuck State Forest West Block Field Trip Report – May 2025 On Sunday, May 18, 2025, twelve members of the club went to this fine birding location west of Route 8 in Naugatuck. The weather was fine and there was a nice variety of birds in this beautiful forest. There is varied habitat there, including deciduous forest, brushy fields, woodland… ..
Rhode Island Coast Trip Report On Saturday, February 22, 2025, about 25 members of the club went to our neighboring state to the east for a full day of birding. We started out at Beavertail State Park in Jamestown, it was a bit windy and cold, but the skies were clear, and visibility was good. We saw many nice birds… ..