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    Audubon Center Bent Of The River Summer Day Camp

    Audubon Center Bent Of The River Summer Day Camp

    185 East Flat Hill Road Southbury, CT, Southbury, CT 06488

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    Audubon Center Bent of the River Summer Day Camp, for Grades 4 - 8 in Southbury. Email Ken Elkins at [email protected]. Please visit our website here: bentoftheriver.audubon.org

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    The 2024 Environmental Leadership Awards, hosted by Audubon Connecticut and New York at the Wee Burn Country Club in Darien, CT, honored Carole Clarkson and the Jeniam Foundation. Video: Sean Clark ABOUT THE HONOREES When Carole Clarkson was growing up, her family spent three memorable winters and summers camping on an uninhabited island in the Bahamas. By the age of 12, Carole had learned how to scare off a boa constrictor, fish for grouper, and appreciate the wonders of the natural world around her. Today, Carole and her family’s Jeniam Foundation generously help many local organizations to protect and restore our own beloved ecosystem, the Long Island Sound. They have been especially supportive of projects which place young people at the forefront of conservation. https://ct.audubon.org/environmental-leadership-awards-benefit
    The 2023 Environmental Leadership Awards, co-hosted by Audubon Connecticut and the Greenwich Audubon Center, honored the legacy of Gary Palmer. A co-founder of the Greenwich Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch in 1972, Gary spearheaded the hiring of the first official hawk counter in 1985, a position which has become a career entry point for many young conservationists. He compiled the Greenwich-Stamford Christmas Bird Count for nearly 50 years, and co-founded the Greenwich Audubon Center's Summer Bird Count in 1976 -- one of the first in our country and first for Connecticut. Since the early 1960s, Gary has served either on the Advisory Board for the Greenwich Center or his local Audubon chapter.
    If you’ve ever heard a “thud” and rushed to help a bird that collided with your window, or scooped up a stunned bird off the sidewalk while walking to work, you’re not alone. Each year up to 1 billion birds die after hitting glass surfaces in the United States. Fortunately there are many things we can do to reduce glass collision mortality, from fixing our own windows to advocating for bird-friendly policies in our communities. Panelists: ◾ Kaitlyn Parkins, Glass Collisions Program Coordinator at the American Bird Conservancy ◾ Anikó Tótha, Bird Collisions Glass Testing Coordinator at the American Bird Conservancy Attendees will learn: ◾ Why birds collide with windows ◾ Which collision prevention options work best ◾ How we test and rate bird-friendly materials ◾ Opportunities to help advocate for safer buildings in their community
    It is widely known that natural climate solutions, like the storing of carbon in forest ecosystems, have the additional benefit of protecting animal diversity, but the inverse is also true: animal diversity can be an important driver of climate solutions. Learn about the untapped potential of wildlife and habitat protection and restoration to supercharge climate mitigation. Panelists: - Oswald Schmitz, Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology at the Yale School of the Environment. - Eileen Fielding, Center Director for Sharon Audubon Center in Sharon, CT. Topics addressed: - How can conservation help mitigate climate change? - How can we restore and conserve wild animals in a heavily-populated world? - What opportunities for human-wildlife coexistence are offered by natural climate solutions?
    Standing 34 feet high, the new Motus tower installed at the Sharon Audubon Center in Sharon, CT will help track migratory birds by picking up radio signals from any bird with a radio tag that flies within nine miles of the site. The tower will connect the Center’s important bird habitat to the global Motus network, increasing the network’s coverage of the northeastern American forest, where large numbers of migratory birds raise their young. Watch Sharon's Motus tower go up and hear from Audubon experts on why it matters!
    Biomimicry is the process of designing new technologies that are inspired by the animals of planet Earth. The natural world is full of problem solvers with solutions we can use to aid our survival. Woodpeckers, for example, are helping us create safer bike helmets. In everything from fashion to architecture, medicine to transportation, it may surprise you how many extraordinary inventions have been inspired by the natural world.
    Each year, shorebirds travel along the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America. These birds spend their winters in the southern US, Caribbean, and South America, then head north in the spring to breeding grounds in the United States and Canada. During this webinar, viewers learn about some of these amazing migrants, the threats that they face annually, and management activities and programs that Audubon and partners have pioneered to reduce threats—as well as how you can help share the shore this summer.
    In this webinar, learn the science behind neonicotinoid pesticides or “neonics,” their surprising prevalence in our environment, and their threats to biodiversity. The popular pesticides contaminate soil, water, and plant life across the nation on a nearly unprecedented scale. We explore the many impacts—both immediate and chronic—that the pesticides have on birds at the individual and population level, and what can be done to reduce harm. Led by Audubon's Dr. Nicole Michel and Natural Resources Defense Council's Dan Raichel.
    Conservation professionals from the Audubon Society, CT DEEP, and US Fish and Wildlife share the stories of their professional journey, and recommendations for those interested in pursuing a similar path. Speakers include: conservation biologists, a toxicologist, a national wildlife refuge manager, communicators/writers, educators, and more. A few tips to find YOUR career in conservation: Visit any of the participating organizations' career pages, use keywords like "conservation" in searches, and see what's posted at https://www.usajobs.gov/. Contact info for participants and more links here: https://ct.audubon.org/sites/default/files/audubon-handout-careersinconservation.pdf Rehabber feeds juvenile American Robin. Photo: Camilla Cerea/Audubon
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