Bird Friendly Communities
Gardens are outdoor sanctuaries for birds, insects, and other wildlife. Native plants are best at providing what they need.
Menunkatuck Audubon Society
Supporting measures to protect wildlife and the environment
Gardens are outdoor sanctuaries for birds, insects, and other wildlife. Native plants are best at providing what they need.
Menunkatuck has been invited to sell plants from the UrbanScapes nursery at the Riverbound Farm Sanctuary’s opening day for 2025. We’ll have a selection of our native perennials and shrubs and information about native plants and their value to birds and other wildlife.
Riverbound Farm Sanctuary on the Quinnipiac River was acquired by Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society in December 1989 as a bequest from the Estate of Esther Tappert Mortensen, wife of Reverend Ralph Mortensen, both long-time members of the chapter.
The sanctuary includes a house built in 1814 and 23.4 acres of diverse habitat preserved permanently as open space. The house, open the third Sunday of each month April to October, has a museum and nature center. The grounds at the sanctuary are open to the public every day from dawn to dusk. Please wear proper footwear for trails. Be prepared for ticks by wearing light-colored clothing and tucking your pants into your socks!
The Guilford Conservation Commission is sponsoring a community-wide Earth Day Celebration on Guilford Town Green on Sunday afternoon, May 4, 2025, from 1:00 – 4:00. Menunkatuck will be there.
These celebrations will honor the environmental legacy and spirit of the first Earth Day, which was held on April 22, 1970, by acknowledging the seriousness of today’s climate crisis and by affirming the ways in which residents of our town, region, and state are responding to the environmental crisis of human-caused global warming.
Join us to learn about our conservation programs including native plants for natural climate solutions, marsh migration, homes for birds, and making homes bird safe..
In 2025, World Migratory Bird Day will be celebrated on May 10 in the spring and October 11 in fall. The conservation theme this year is Shared Spaces: Creating Bird-Friendly Cities and Communities. This year’s theme promotes the importance of a healthy coexistence between people and birds by focusing on creating bird-friendly cities and communities.
Bird friendly practices include creating healthy habitats, reducing bird collisions with buildings and glass, reducing pollution, and providing ample food sources for birds. No matter what type of community you live in, you can help birds!
Join Menunkatuck and partners in the New Haven Harbor Urban Wildlife Refuge for fun, free, family-friendly activities at College Woods:
Bird Walks
Bird-friendly Gardening Tips
Native Plants for Sale
Scavenger Hunt
Information about New Haven’s Urban Oases and Schoolyard Habitats
Learn about the amazing distances that some birds travel in migration
Kids’ activities