Trip Reports

A fun and enlightening bird walk on a sunny morning. 13 Avid birders walked the trails, as we enjoyed hearing and seeing many Red-winged Blackbirds and Warbling Vireos. A highlight for many of us was seeing 2 active Baltimore Oriole nests and an active Robin nest. We also viewed 2 active Tree Swallow nests. We had beautiful views of a… ..

Twenty-five NHBC members and guests braved the sprinkles of an approaching rainstorm while exploring the fields and the trap-rock ridge in Hansen Park. The town of North Haven has allowed successional trees and shrubs to overcrowd several of the former farm fields that made productive birding sites in the past. As a result, many of the colorful species that used… ..

14 enthusiastic and supportive birders joined us for a bird walk in Hamden’s Brooksvale Park. The weather was beautiful on this last day of spring and 43 species were noted. Although several species were only heard, many participants did get good looks at a few of our local breeding birds, including nesting Eastern Kingbird, Rose-breasted Grossbeaks, Eastern Bluebirds and a Broad-winged… ..

It was a clear, balmy morning with eight birders walking at the Mendell’s Folly, Bethany Land Trust. This property includes a variety of habitats: rocky ridge with a mix of deciduous and evergreen trees, wetland and adjacent wet forest, riparian corridor along the Hockanum Brook, upland forest, and a large grassy meadow pasture. The Mountain Laurel was in bloom on… ..

It was a brisk spring morning in June at the start of our First Wednesday Walk at Mohawk Mountain. We started the trip at the nearby Coltsfoot Valley in Cornwall where Bobolinks and other meadow habitat birds were encountered. A few participants, including Merlin, were able to pick out a singing Eastern Meadowlark, but it never perched out in the… ..

An early morning start at Roberts Field in Bristol brought out 8 bird watchers to see if we could find the elusive Grasshopper Sparrow as one had been reported there recently, however the target bird was not encountered that morning. Although habitat management has been done on a small scale here, there has not been any evidence of breeding in… ..

A predicted day of bad weather moved NHBC’s much-anticipated River Road field trip forward from Saturday to Sunday, May 10. Nevertheless, twelve birders arrived at Railroad Street in Kent before 7 a.m. on a beautiful Sunday morning, where a Cape May Warbler produced itself near the parking lot. A stop at the Kent Bridge gave us nice views of Cliff… ..

On Sunday, May 17, 2026, 28 interested birders participated in the field trip to the Naugatuck State Forest West Block.  We hiked along several footpaths as well as the gravel section of Hunter’s Mountain Road.  The hike took us through brushy fields and forested habitat and past scenic woodland ponds, and a power line cut.  We observed a nice variety… ..

With assistance from the Shore Line Trolley Museum, the New Haven Bird Club and the Friends of Farm River Estuary held a joint birding and trolley-riding field trip on May 3. Two antique trolley cars carried our huge group of forty-two from the museum to the end of the line in the East Haven Marsh Wildlife Area. From there, we… ..