Posts by Janet Connolly
How to Make Your Yard a Haven for Birds
Imagine walking out into your yard on a late spring morning, seeing and hearing birds, butterflies and and bees, or watching Bluebirds bringing nesting materials in to start a new…
Read MoreHow to Identify a Bird
Over the last year as people have been spending more time at home, a new bird feeder or nesting box certainly brightened up the yard. And, so begins a new…
Read MorePress 1 if Woodpeckers are Pecking on your House….
Jerry and the Audubon Shop Crew often joke that during the bird-centric season of spring we should have 2 options on our answering system: “Press 1 if a woodpecker is…
Read MoreThe Best Hummingbird Feeders
Wherever you live in the US you’ll have opportunities to see and attract hummingbirds, one of our favorite spring migrants here in CT. A bird that weighs well under 1…
Read MoreTips: Helping Injured Wildlife or Finding a Young Bird
Spring is the time of renewal in the natural world in much of North America. The month of March finds many bird migrants winging their way back into the north…
Read MoreSpring 2021 Bird Walks
It’s Spring! Eastern Phoebes are back in CT singing their telltale song, Killdeer can be seen especially down along the shore, Osprey are coming in, Bald Eagles are nesting, Great…
Read MoreA World on the Wing – An Exciting New Book on Migration
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds is an exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. Drawing on his own extensive fieldwork,…
Read MoreInspiration for the kids in your life!
Nothing excites us more than introducing kids to nature, and giving names to all of the things they see right outside in their own yards. We all were inspired to…
Read MoreHow to Keep Squirrels OFF of Feeders – Forever!
Squirrels…if they only knew that a whole industry has arisen devoted to keeping them off of bird feeders. A little cooperation would be appreciated, guys… Over the past 33 years…
Read MoreWhere are the hummingbirds?
In early June we start fielding phone calls at the shop about hummingbirds’ arrival here in CT, as in: “Where are MY hummingbirds?” We are often so enthusiastic about seeing…
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