Connecticut ospreys are hatching for the season, but their numbers are at some of the lowest levels in over a decade — and conservationists say a shortage of their primary food source is to blame.

Along the Connecticut shore on Long Island Sound, scientists and citizens are noticing a troubling change in the local population of ospreys, the large fish-eating coastal birds. The raptors are havin...

Long Island Sound is home to a living fossil: the horseshoe crab. They have been around for nearly half a billion years, but today this hardy and helmeted species faces new challenges.

“I’ve been doing this for about eight years, I’ve never seen anything like this. …This is the worst year that I have ever seen,” a Connecticut resident said.

Why is the American Woodcock so popular? During spring migration, this unusual bird draws attention for its distinctive behavior, viral videos and fascinating mating dance.

The birds — or lack of them — are telling us there are problems: “They’re the canary in the coal mine.”

Want to learn more about how to identify plants and determine which ones you can take home to add to a meal? The Fairfield Nature Center is introducing a new educational series that can help.

Protecting Connecticut’s birds, other wildlife, and their habitats through conservation, education, and advocacy

Protecting Connecticut’s birds, other wildlife, and their habitats through conservation, education, and advocacy

Puffing up is just the start.

January 26, 2026 — The 2026 Young, Gifted, and Wild About Birds series highlights the ways that conservation research is responding to the realities of bird population declines in the modern world.  T...

Putting out bird feeders? Don't forget to let at least part of your yard get a little wild, too, says Earth Matters columnist Robert Miller.

The law marks one of the most significant limits on pesticides that Connecticut has passed in recent years.

December 18, 2025—The sandspit at the Coastal Center at Milford Point has long hosted a thriving nesting population of Piping Plovers. But as productive as it has been in the past, this year was even ...

Volunteers who monitored the birds reported anecdotal cases of starvation, possibly due to a decline in menhaden, a type of herring that osprey eat.

December 4, 2025 — New data from the Connecticut Audubon Society’s Osprey Nation program show the lowest number of young birds per nest in the program’s 12-year history, a small but worrying dip in th...

Wild turkeys were reintroduced to Connecticut in the 1970s as game birds. Now, the state’s flock stands at around 35,000.

Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades

While fall brings changing leaves, it also brings changing feathers.

The Osprey population in Connecticut, once considered on the verge of extinction has seen a remarkable comeback, but numbers are now trending down from a year ago as scientists launch a study to fi…

Fall can be a great time to enjoy the natural wonders of Connecticut. Today, we hear from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection about ways to make the most of this season.

Not as well known as the showy, colorful spring migration, autumn still brings new birds to Connecticut, delighting birders.

August 25, 2025 — Each year, American Oystercatchers return to Connecticut’s beaches to nest, but face constant threats from predators. At Milford Point, two banded birds — N29, once rescued as a chic...

The birds fly an “extraordinary” 12,000 miles to Argentina for the winter, one CT songbirds' longest migrations.

August 1, 2025 — You may have heard the news that Ospreys south of Connecticut, in Virginia especially, are not doing well. We have not seen anything similar in Connecticut but concern is growing, so ...

August 4, 2025 — You might never see a better reminder that birds need cool water on hot days than a photo of a Barred Owl visiting a birdbath. Here's a reminder that birds need cool water on a hot da...

In the words of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the piping plover is "an indicator of the health of the fragile beach ecosystem."

With the goal of identifying species in need and actions to take, the Statewide Wildlife Action Plan incorporates scientific expertise and comments from the ...

June 25, 2025—More than 1,500 people helped the cause of bird conservation in Connecticut this May by participating in Migration Magic 2025 — birding, donating, and attending walks and programs throug...

June 23, 2023 — Meadowsweet and steeplebush typically grow in moist, acidic soils, they are adaptable to drier sites. They don’t get very large and have a long flowering period. They feed many caterpi...

Welcome to Connecticut Audubon's Purple Martin Cam! Live from the Coastal Center at Milford point. Several dozen Purple Martins nest in a colony on the edge of the marsh at Milford Point. We are live-...

Channel 3's Melissa Cole visits the Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center in Old Lyme.

The Connecticut Audubon Society monitors osprey nests across the state, including at Milford Point, where a new family of birds is forming

The butterfly population in the U.S. has dropped more than 20% over the past two decades. Some species living in Connecticut saw drastic national declines.

May 20, 2025 —Attention, birders! Hartmut Doerwaldt, a master’s degree student at Wesleyan University, is conducting a summer field study on insect-eating birds and their predation on white oak caterp...

They’re doing it again! Last year’s Big Day challenge was such a success, that Deb, Matt, Stefan and Joe want to see if they can out-do themselves this year. And they have two new team members to impr...

In this Earth Matters column, Robert Miller says there are efforts to support the American kestrel by building houses for them and monitoring the nests.

Audubon’s Jeff Wells and other experts share insights during post-film discussion

A proposal to change the Endangered Species Act has conservationists in Connecticut alarmed rollbacks would endanger vulnerable species in the state.

Rather than getting an early start on lawn care at the first hint of spring, experts say consider waiting until the weather gets consistently warmer before cleaning up leaves and cutting back last yea...