Birding by Ear: Eastern-Central Audio CD, available at The Audubon Shop

How to Learn Bird Song

•   As the earth rotates and we in the northern hemisphere start enjoying longer hours of daylight, there’s a shift in bird behavior, too. Our ancestors likely studied birds and…

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Rainbow Driftwood Wind Chime, available at The Audubon Shop, the best shop for bird watchers, Madison CT

Adding to our Gift Department

Greetings, By request, we will be slowly adding popular items from our ever-changing gift department. There are several fun bird-themed gifts we need to add, but it’s a lot of…

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Bird Nesting Boxes, available at The Audubon Shop, the best shop for birdwatchers, Madison CT

Nesting Box 202: How to Place and Maintain your Bird Houses

When considering placing a new nesting box in your yard, it’s helpful to think about your responsibilities. It’s fun to think about hosting a brood of birds during nesting time,…

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Male Eastern Bluebird perched below his bluebird house.

Nesting Box 101

We often field phone calls and questions about buying nesting boxes and the best placement and maintenance of them, so it’s time to write it all down!   Here’s Part…

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What it's Like to Be a Bird, by David Alle3n Sibley, available at The Audubon Shop, the best shop for birdwatchers, Madison, CT

What it’s Like to be a Bird!

We’re pumped about this book, and it’s now in stock! The bird book for birders and non-birders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding…

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Curbside Pickup, available at The Audubon Shop, the best shop for birdwatchers, Madison CT

Curbside Pickup is now available for all products

Greetings! We have changed our entire website to include Curbside Pickup for all of our products. You are able to simply order and pay for a product on our website.…

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Spring Bird Calls or What the heck was That???

As winter is waning, you may notice that birds begin marking a new season by singing at dawn once again. In late January to mid February here in CT, American…

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Birding around the World

     Since 1996, we have had the opportunity to travel to the tropics all over the world to see birds, myriad animals and the unique habitats closer to the equator,…

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peanut feeder

How to Attract Birds to Your Yard

In order to attract birds to your yard, you need to understand their basic needs. Attracting birds to your yard is simple. You will not only enhance your habitat, but…

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birding hammonasset beach state park

Connecticut’s 2018 ‘State of the Birds’ Report is encouraging

Each year (annually since 2006), the dedicated people who work and volunteer for CT Audubon begin gathering information for their important report, CT State of the Birds. The 2018 edition…

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