Take a Flyer Old Lyme, (Google Maps location) March 25, 2018 I feel like I shouldn't be writing about the Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center based upon an opening day visit. After all, the "center" is quite unlike all of the other Connecticut Audubon centers as of spring 2018. It is not housed in a homey … [Read more...]
Bunnell Turkey Farm
Gobble Gobble... For Real Though Bunnell Farm, Litchfield November 21, 2017 We have been purchasing farm-fresh turkeys for Thanksgiving for several years. Our first foray into fresh turkey was at Gozzi’s Turkey Farm down in Guilford – the home of the neon turkeys. Read all about it here. Those turkeys were … [Read more...]
226. Sharon Audubon Center
Sharon and Sharon Not Alike Sharon (Google Maps location) February 25, 2012 There are a lot of Audubon Centers in Connecticut. Certainly not as many as there are in other states, but we have more than you realize. And, as is always the case with most everything I write about, it's more confusing than you realize … [Read more...]
Connecticut Audubon Fictional Passport Challenge
Lots and Lots of Audubonalia For some reason, I wrote an intro to this intro page. This page came together simply because I wanted to have a page that put all the various Audubon “things” in Connecticut into one spot. In other words, I’m doing this for one person: me. As long as I’m comfortable with that, I … [Read more...]
Massport to Nachursetts: Wellfleet Bay
Passport to Nature, Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay, Wellfleet August 2016 At this point, I've only been to two Mass Audubon properties (of 21). Regardless, I imagine this one at Wellfleet Bay has to be one of the best. The Nature Center is large, modern, informative, and quite impressive. And the trails out to the … [Read more...]
Mass Audubon Passport to Nature
Mass Exodus? Mass Audubon Passport to Nature Warning: This page/challenge is absurd for me to even consider. It’s in Massachusetts. I don’t “do” Massachusetts on this website. Yet, here I am. “Doing” Massachusetts. Sigh. Though, if you sully yourselves and click on the links or tags, please know I … [Read more...]
Fisher Meadows
Dead Fisher Fisher Meadows, Avon May 8 & 21, 2016 I have no idea why we started hiking the trails of Avon in early 2016, but we did. I used the hikes as sort of a filler on those weekends when we didn’t have time to do a “real” hike or to go on another adventure. "We only have a couple hours? Fine, lets go over … [Read more...]
315. Horizon Wings Raptor Rehab Center
”Take... These Broken Wings” Ashford (Google Maps location) April 23, 2016 No, this isn¹t a museum and no, they don¹t call themselves one. But I am, for the sake of continuity on CTMQ. Horizon Wings isn¹t much different than any of the Audubon Society centers I lump in as museums. The worst part about this is … [Read more...]
Bloomfield’s Reservoirs/Flood Control Areas
A 2, A 3, and a Leveeeeee Reservoir's 2 & 3 Plus Bonus Flood Control Area, Bloomfield April 25, 2015 [This page is part of my ongoing series, “Hikes with my Boys.” The full list of those hikes can be found here.] As you will most likely never actually explore these places, and as there isn't much to explore … [Read more...]
33. Mystic Aquarium
Lion(fish) and Tiger(sharks), Oh My! Mystic section of Stonington (Google Maps Location) October 11, 2007, etc. I've been to the Aquarium a few times since the initial visit that most of this page is based upon - and have gained a greater appreciation for it over the years. In 2016, I fixed up the pictures here a … [Read more...]
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