Bird Friendly Communities

Gardens are outdoor sanctuaries for birds, insects, and other wildlife. Native plants are best at providing what they need.Learn more →

Gardens are outdoor sanctuaries for birds, insects, and other wildlife. Native plants are best at providing what they need.

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UrbanScapes Native Plant Nursery is a collaboration between Menunkatuck and New Haven’sCommunity Placemaking Engagement Network. We work with locan teens growing native plants.Learn more →

UrbanScapes Native Plant Nursery is a collaboration between Menunkatuck and New Haven’sCommunity Placemaking Engagement Network. We work with locan teens growing native plants.

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Native shrubs and perennials can be bought from the UrbanScapes Native Plant Nursery. Plants are listed here.Learn more →

Native shrubs and perennials can be bought from the UrbanScapes Native Plant Nursery. Plants are listed here.

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Glass and lights present major hazards to birds, killing hundreds of millions of birds each year. You can make your home Bird Safe.Learn more →

Glass and lights present major hazards to birds, killing hundreds of millions of birds each year. You can make your home Bird Safe.

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Every spring and fall, millions of birds fly over the city of New Haven during their seasonal migration to and from their summer nesting grounds. Artificial light can confuse them and cause them to crash into buildings. Lights Out! Connecticut is working to change that.

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Many species of birds can be given a better chance to survive and thrive through a little assistance from structures we build. Home for Birds can help.Learn more →

Many species of birds can be given a better chance to survive and thrive through a little assistance from structures we build. Home for Birds can help.

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Menunkatuck Annual Report 2023
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Menunkatuck Annual Report 2022
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Hog Island Teen Camp Scholarship - Summer 2022
Hog Island Teen Camp Scholarship - Summer 2022
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Community Programs, Field Trips, and Festivals

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Preventing Bird-Window Collisions at Our Homes
Apr 23
Preventing Bird-Window Collisions at Our Homes

Birds are facing significant population challenges all over the world. Changes in habitat, seasons that are shifting, severe storms, and increased temperatures are all playing a part in an overall decline in numbers. The National Audubon Society is working to find ways to change those trajectories through significant and ambitious goals in conservation - from both ends of the spectrum: increasing the chances for successful breeding bird seasons, and reducing bird mortality rates.

We hear a good deal about bird window collisions that occur in urban environments, because really, when you can show pictures of hundreds of bird deaths in a day during migration season, it becomes news. We read about it, we see pictures of it and in response, we work to find solutions to prevent it from happening again. What we don’t hear about are the average of two birds per residence per year that occur from window strikes in suburban and rural neighborhoods. Although these don’t feel like they are significant in comparison, if you add those numbers up, the deaths of birds as a result are staggering - more than in any city. It is estimated that over 1 billion birds die as a result of window collisions per year in North America. It is considered to be the third highest cause of bird mortality, following habitat loss and predation by domestic cats.

Menunkatuck President Dennis Riordan will provide an overview of the issues that surround building collisions and actions that can be taken at our homes, businesses, schools and other public buildings to help reduce the number of bird deaths each year.

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Plant Sale at Riverbound Farm Sanctuary
Apr 27
Plant Sale at Riverbound Farm Sanctuary

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!

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Earth Day in Guilford
May 4
Earth Day in Guilford

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..

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