The Yale Bird-Friendly Building Initiative is collecting data on bird collisions on Yale’s campus and in the greater New Haven area. In addition to contributing to scientific research, these data are very helpful for identifying buildings and facades that are killing birds frequently and for advocating for mitigation action to prevent future bird deaths. Members of New Haven Bird Club could...

Wednesday, September 7th Steve Mayo will have a workshop to help “newbe’s and oldbe’s”  learn the needed skills to take advantage of our fall migration of hawks and other birds.  Lighthouse Park in New Haven is one of the premier spots on the east coast to do this.  The geography will focus the birds before they cross New Haven...

There is a group organizing volunteers to help put up a chimney swift tower in Meriden.  The tower will be in Meriden, however volunteers from other communities could use participation as experience for towers in other communities.  The tower will be inspired by Meriden’s Castle Craig Tower and will look like a smaller version.  It will be made of...

New Haven Christmas Bird Count Summary On Saturday, December 18, 2021, 90 hardy birders participated in the 122nd annual New Haven Christmas Bird Count. The day was cloudy and relatively warm with the temperature in the upper 30s for most of the day. There was occasional mist and light rain, but we were fortunate that the weather was better...

  Native Plant Trust, the nation’s first organization devoted to protecting native plants, is currently accepting applications for the Plant Conservation Volunteer (PCV program). The PCV program engages those passionate about native flora and conservation to monitor and protect roughly 25,000 rare plant populations throughout all of New England.  We invite members of the New Haven Bird Club to...

I have added the 2017 version of the New Haven County bird list to our links page. click here to go to the links page...

click here to go to the Big Sit website...