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CTMQ > Birds

Bunnell Farm

December 21, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Gobble Gobble... For Real Though Bunnell Farm, Litchfield November 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 good. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Birds, Calvin, Damian, Farms, Litchfield

226. Sharon Audubon Center

November 13, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: audubon, Birds, Calvin, Damian, Hoang, Nature Centers, Sharon

Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, and US Army Corps of Engineers Trails

October 22, 2016 by Steve 1 Comment

Audubon, Nature Conservancy, South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, and US Army Corps of Engineers Trails I've thrown a bunch of very different entities' trails together on this one main page because... because I wanted to. And while you may think these are not hikes worth your time and effort, I'm here … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, US Army Corps of Engineers Trails Tagged With: Animals, Audubon trails, Birds, Nature Centers, Nature conservancy trails, RWA Trails, US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TRAILS

Massport to Nachursetts: Wellfleet Bay

September 28, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Calvin, cape cod, Damian, Hoang, Massachusetts, Nature Centers, passport to nature

Mass Audubon Passport to Nature

September 27, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Massachusetts, passport to nature

Fisher Meadows

June 13, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Animals, Avon, Birds, Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Wild Animals

Horizon Wings Raptor Rehab Center

May 12, 2016 by Steve 1 Comment

”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 isn't much different than any of the Audubon Society centers I lump in as museums. The worst part about this is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums, New Post Tagged With: Animals, Ashford, Birds, Calvin, Damian, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, reptiles

Mystic Aquarium

January 16, 2016 by Steve 4 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums, New Post Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Animals, Aquaria, BEARS!, Birds, Calvin, Damian, Fish, Mystic, Stonington, video

Harry C. Barnes Memorial Nature Center

November 27, 2015 by Steve Leave a Comment

Ain't No Party Like an Owl Party Bristol (Google Maps Location) November 22, 2015 You people have no idea. I have been waiting nearly ten years for this place to reopen. Not that I necessarily had high hopes for it or that I'm a huge Harry C. Barnes fan - it was more the principle of the thing. Back in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Birds, Bristol, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Nature Centers

HAS: Greenstone Hollow Nature Preserve

November 17, 2013 by Steve 4 Comments

What Did YOU Do on 11-12-13? Greenstone Hollow, East Granby November 12, 2013 I admit, I went to this little property up route 187 thinking it would be a “nothing” little walk. Of course, there’s not many miles of trail here and literally zero feet of elevation gain. I just wanted to finally get an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Birds, East Granby, Hartford Audubon Society, Trees

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