Birding For Pleasure Walk This Month in Durham

Information via Birding for Pleasure

DURHAM, CT — A Combined Walk with Birding for Pleasure in Durham/Middlefield and Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society

“Count Bobolinks and More”

Saturday June 24, 2023 at 8 a.m. - about 11 a.m. FREE

Meet at Durham Meadows (Fredrick White’s Farm open space)
70 Maple Ave
Durham, CT

Heavy rain or lightening cancels

An experienced birder, Melissa Baston will lead the walk. Melissa is a board member of Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society and Connecticut Ornithological Association. Melissa helps to install and monitor American Kestrel boxes in Durham and throughout Connecticut.

Join us for a fun walk & talk at White's Farm - an important habitat for the Bobolink, a migratory songbird who travels all the way from South America to nest in the grasses at the town-owned farm. Bobolink are a species of special concern in Connecticut so we will learn how to support their nesting success. During this walk we will observe and count the Bobolink and other grassland species as we explore the farm fields.

Grassland meadows always produces an assortment of bird species, wild flowers and plants that attract butterflies and other insects.
The walk around the farm will not be strenuous (mostly flat).

Run by volunteers, Birding for Pleasure’s goal is to engage communities in conversation, restoration and enjoyment of grasslands focusing on birds, wildlife and their habitats.

• Bring your binoculars, drinking water, bug repellent and wear waterproof shoes or boots. It may be very muddy.
• No dogs.

Vortex binoculars are available through a CVEF grant for check-out at the Durham and Middlefield Public Libraries during their business hours.

Registration is not required.