Female Osprey Rescue – Sad News
YOUNG FEMALE OSPREY RESCUED, BUT SAD ENDING This is our third wildlife rescue in Ash Creek in the past month. Abandoned fishing line has become a tremendous danger to our Ash Creek birds. We knew it was just a matter…
Gail
Fishing Line Recycling Bins Built
FISHING LINE RECYCLING BINS BUILT – THANK YOU TO VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS! Students volunteers from Scholar Athletes Serving Others constructed 24 bins from PVC pipe, fittings and glue, and placed informative stickers on them yesterday. The bins will be installed at the…
Fishing Line Recycling Project Being Sponsored by the Connecticut Audubon Society
Discarded monofilament fishing line is dangerous to birds & other wildlife who become tangled in line that is disposed of along beaches, lakes, and ponds. Fishing lines caught in branches and bushes harm aquatic animals such as turtles and frogs,…
Osprey Drama Unfolds at Ash Creek
It was heartwarming to see how many of you care deeply about the welfare of Ash Creek’s osprey. The drama began unfolding last Monday, when dog walkers in Fairfield near the Ash Creek Open Space saw a large bird caught…
50 Years Behind the Binoculars
UPCOMING EVENT – RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY The event is free to members and $10 per person for non-members. Membership forms will be available at the door. There will be a cash bar and refreshments. RESERVE YOUR SEAT by clicking…
Ash Creek Clean Up – April 9th 2016
Thank you to SPRING CLEAN UP Volunteers! There was a good turnout for the annual Spring clean up of St. Mary’s and the Ash Creek tidal estuary on Saturday, April 9th. Thank you for carrying on this tradition for almost…
Photo by ACCA Member Karen Tereshkow
Winter Sunset 2016
Photo by one of our members, Joe Luciano. 1/29/16
Fall Clean Up – November 7
This year’s beach clean up by ACCA in conjunction with Save the Sound will be held on Saturday, November 7 starting at 10 AM and continuing until noon. Please meet at 10 AM at St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea and look for the…
Spring Bird Walk with Milan Bull May 31, 2015
Join Connecticut Audubon bird expert, Milan Bull, on a walking tour of one of the stopover areas along the Atlantic Flyway for migrating shorebirds, located right in our midst at the Ash Creek tidal estuary. Meet at the St. Mary’s Sand…