Congratulations to Samantha DeMarco and Kalel Attonito, the winners of the 2023 Migration Madness Birdathon photo contest.

Samantha's winning photograph featured a Great Blue Heron and a Black-crowned Night Heron along the Derby Greenway.

In the Young Birder category, 10-year-old Kalel Attonito won first place for a photo of a Ruddy Turnstone at the shore.

The winning photos were chosen by this year’s photo contest judge, Heather Wolf, photographer and author of Find More Birds and Birding at the Bridge.

Click here to see a see the photos and read about the winners!

Your voice made a difference on 3 new bills

Three important environmental bills supported by you and the Connecticut Audubon Society passed the Connecticut General Assembly in Hartford in recent days.

The bills:

 - Authorize the state to set up a seabird and shorebird protection program.
 - Require outdoor lights to be turned off at night to protect birds during migration.
 - Ban commercial fishing for horseshoe crabs.

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Three bills you helped pass: Click!

Plus: Click HERE for updates on how last week's smoky conditions might be affecting birds, including hummingbirds and birds at your feeders