Meigs Point Nature Center

02/09/2025

Just a reminder to those registered for today's program...it has been postponed. Check your email

02/09/2025

The goldfinches say thanks for the feeding station on this snowy Sunday

02/08/2025

This program has been POSTPONED due to the weather and is waitlist only.

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02/05/2025

The Meigs Point Feeder Station is participating in Project Feeder Watch. If you are one of our regular feeder watchers (meigspointnaturecenter.org) and would like to help us by collecting data to submit please email if you are interested in helping out

We need to submit the day you watched
the time you watched (from 9- 9:20)
species you saw and total count
photos or exact times are helpful especially if you saw an unusual bird so we can go back and check.)

email us at
[email protected]
Thanks

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02/05/2025

This morning on the feeder platform we have the first European Starling (the darker bird) These birds as its name suggests, are not native to North America but were introduced in Central Park in the late 1800's by a Shakespeare fan who released 60 birds referenced in his plays. They have adapted very well to the U.S. and can be seen in large numbers coming to feeders. Let's hope they don't like the buffet we are providing.

02/04/2025

This is what the Northern Harrier looks like when it's not sitting on the Osprey platform, skimming the fields looking for food.
Thanks to Bill K FOH photographer

02/04/2025

This morning on the Osprey platform

02/03/2025

Mark Your Calendars for Saturday, March 29th! Family Astronomy Night Returns to the Meigs Point Nature Center. Members of the Astronomical Society of New Haven, the , and Thames Amateur Astronomical Society will have their telescopes set up to show you some of the best objects in the spring sky. This event is open to the public.

02/03/2025

The snow makes it much easier for the Northern Harrier to see its prey especially from this vantage point.

https://menunkatuck.org/hammo-osprey-cam

02/01/2025

Another great Saturday morning talk at the Nature Center.Dr. Elisabeth Ward from the CT Agricultural Station speaking to a full house about the changing compostion of forests due to invasive pests and pathogens.

01/31/2025

This morning (Jan 31)on the Hammonasset Osprey cam. The Northern Harrier using the platform as a lookout perch again.
Harriers are opportunistic feeders. Although they generally fly over fields and look for small rodents, depending on where they are and the time of year, they will also take small birds, frogs, lizards and occasionally larger prey like rabbits or ducks.

01/29/2025

Every day in the park has some special beauty
Thanks Bill K. For sharing your sky

01/27/2025

This Saturday! Just a few spots left! Register here: https://www.meigspointnaturecenter.org/calendar/

01/25/2025

Seals are enjoying the sunshine today ( from Faulkners island cam)

01/24/2025

Join us Saturday, March 8 at 10am for The Wonders & Perils of Bird Migration. We will explore the awe-inspiring phenomenon of bird migration and uncover the mysteries behind their epic voyages.

Presented by Craig Repasz, President of the Friends of Stewart B McKinney National Wildlife Refuge

Reservations Required.
meigspointnaturecenter.org/calendar

01/20/2025

A hundred Osprey were delivered today part of a special surprise in April! Stay tuned

01/20/2025

WAITLIST ONLY
Join us Sunday, February 9th at 10am to learn about the Fisher in Connecticut! In the 1900s, fishers were considered completely gone from Connecticut, but reforestation and changes in land-use practices have allowed a population to recolonize the state's northeastern section.
Registration information on poster