Wonders of the Wood Thrush!

When hiking in a forest habitat in the summer, you have probably heard the beautiful flute-like song of a male Wood Thrush. These incredible birds arrive in our area in the spring to nest and raise their young. When fall comes around, they embark on an epic migration journey back to their wintering grounds in Central America.  

Join Bent of the River Audubon and the Housatonic Valley Association on a guided Nature Hike at Bent of the River Audubon Center in Southbury, CT, where we will explore some of the habitats that our birds and other wildlife depend on. We will have binoculars for folks to borrow for the hike. After our hike, we will settle in the Center’s historic barn for a presentation about one of the tracking methods scientists are using to learn more about migratory birds like the Wood Thrush. 

We will meet in the visitor parking lot of Bent of the River Audubon Center at 9:30 am. The hike will last an hour, followed by a half-hour presentation. Please wear comfortable footwear, bring water, and dress for the weather. 

Please note that if you are using GPS to find the Center, please type in the address: 185 East Flat Hill Road, Southbury, CT, 06488. GPS will take you to the wrong location if you input the name instead of the address. 

About Hike Leader Allison Middlemass 

Allison Middlemass is a naturalist, environmental educator, and artist. She grew up in a nature-loving family that cultivated her passion for wildlife conservation from a young age. She works now as the Senior Coordinator of Community Conservation Programs at the Bent of the River Audubon Center in Southbury, CT. Her role includes being an educator for the center as well as building partnerships with communities in underserved urban areas like Waterbury. 

About Bent of the River 

Audubon Bent of the River Center and Sanctuary rests on approximately 700 acres in the western Connecticut forest. In the early 2000s, Audubon Connecticut made the trails on the property open to the public. Today the land is managed for forest bird conservation and for the enjoyment and education for everyone in the community. We welcome you to visit us and to learn more about this wonderful area and those of us who work to protect and enhance it every day. 

About HVA 

The only conservation organization dedicated to the entire tri-state Housatonic Watershed, the Housatonic Valley Association acts to protect the natural character and environmental health of the region from the Berkshires to Long Island Sound. Learn more at hvatoday.org. 

Waiver

• I know that participation in "Wonders of the Wood Thrush" is a potentially hazardous activity. I will not register and participate unless I am medically able and properly able. I agree to abide by any decision of any hike leader as to my ability to safely complete the event. I assume all risks associated with this event, including but not limited to falls, contact with other participants, contact with water and/or potentially cold water, and effects of weather including condition of the river and the trail, all such risks being known and understood by me.
• Having read this waiver and knowing these facts and in consideration of your accepting of my registration, I, for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release Housatonic Valley Association Employees, Board of Directors, Volunteers, and all Sponsors from all claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of my participation in this event. I grant permission to all of the foregoing to use any photographs, motion pictures, recordings or any other record of this event for any legitimate purposes.
• I acknowledge and understand that Housatonic Valley Association, its Employees, Board of Directors, and Agents is/are committed to the exercise of due and reasonable care in the prevention and/or transmission of viral and bacterial illnesses, including but not limited to Coronavirus / Covid-19. However, Housatonic Valley Association cannot and does not guarantee that participants will not contract and/or transmit any particular viral or bacterial illness from or as a result of participation in Housatonic Valley Association's programs and/or activities.
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