Greetings!

I'm writing today to tell you about the risks birds in Connecticut are facing. But not only that. This is also about how your support has helped them and can do so again with a gift to the Connecticut Audubon Society.

The climate is changing … dramatically, as we all know, and in ways that are not good for birds. This past summer was one of the hottest on record. And driest.

It was especially hard on birds. Where did they go to wait out the heat and drought? Warblers, vireos, tanagers, orioles, and other birds all found refuge in sanctuaries that are managed and restored with your support.

The work of providing rich, native habitats for birds is ongoing and long-term. But it yields important results each year. Those sanctuaries offer the best hope for Connecticut’s birds. In the short-term and over the decades.

Your gift today will go directly toward improving the places in Connecticut that birds need to survive and thrive.

Very generous long-time donors have reached out to help. They have challenged us to match their support, dollar for dollar.

Donate now, please! Your gift will go twice as far to restore and manage bird habitat!

Your support is leading to improvements at 14 Connecticut Audubon sanctuaries throughout the state, and at 9 other preserves in cooperation with local communities and organizations.

You have made habitat improvement possible in all corners of Connecticut.

Meadows at Larsen Sanctuary. Grasslands in Pomfret. Scrub-shrub forests at Deer Pond Farm. Urban woodlands at Birdcraft. Coastal habitat at Milford Point. Wetlands at Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center.

It’s a time-tested way of helping birds, and the evidence that it works is clear.

The birds let us know. As an example, here is one success story that you and donors like you can be proud of:

Five years ago, we identified 10 acres in the middle of the Chaney Preserve in Montville as a place that might be suitable for shrub-nesting birds. Your support got the project underway.

Throughout Connecticut, shrub-nesting birds are in the most trouble.

Blue-winged Warblers, Eastern Towhees, Indigo Buntings, Field Sparrows, White-eyed Vireos and other species have declined for 50 years.

But with the new shrub habitat at the Chaney Preserve barely 5 years old, the birds moved in to nest. Indigo Buntings, Field Sparrows and Blue-winged Warblers singing on territory. Eight Eastern Towhees.

And during the hottest days of summer, a White-eyed Vireo carrying food to feed its babies. 

That's a great result, and your support did it.

But work needs to continue and expand in many other locations to keep making a difference.

Please make a gift today! It will make a difference for birds throughout Connecticut!

The Connecticut Audubon Society has focused on protecting birds, other wildlife and their habitats in Connecticut since 1898.

Your contribution will make a real difference in protecting, expanding, and creating places for birds to stopover, feed, nest and thrive.

Thank you sincerely,

Tom Andersen

Communications Director

PS: A contribution to help Connecticut's birds is a great way to kick off Connecticut Audubon's 125h anniversary celebration. Click HERE! Thank you!