Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum
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Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Tashua Hill stands 179 m to the north, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Powder House - 1814, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
The Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary, also known as Birdcraft Museum & Sanctuary or simply Birdcraft Sanctuary, in Fairfield, Connecticut is the oldest private songbird sanctuary in the United States. It was established in 1914 by Mabel Osgood Wright. The 6-acre (2.4 ha) site was originally planted as a refuge to attract, harbor and feed migratory and resident birds. The Connecticut Audubon Society has documented sightings of more than 120 species of birds at this site, and the organization has operated a bird banding station here since 1979. The natural history museum contains mounted preserved animals displayed in dioramas depicting Connecticut's wildlife as it existed at the end of the 20th century, as well as the Frederick T. Bedford Collection of African Animals. Structures at the sanctuary include a frame bungalow and a museum building, the former built as a caretaker's residence. Significant man-made or man-sculpted features of the sanctuary include a pond, gardens, and meadows, as well as a chimney constructed as a nesting spot for chimney swifts. Most of these structures were built in 1914, although the museum and bungalow have both been enlarged (substantially in the case of the museum) since then. The Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993. Its establishment marked the revival of a bird conservation movement which had begun in the 1880s but languished and declined since then. The property is one of six nature centers and 22 wildlife sanctuaries operated by Connecticut Audubon, which is not affiliated with the National Audubon Society.
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Wikidata Q5161481, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 14 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 26.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Powder House - 1814: 0.1 mi
- Roger Ludlow: 0.5 mi
- Fairfield Honor Roll: 0.5 mi
- Saint Mary’s By-The-Sea: 1.3 mi
- Ash Creek Restoration Project: 1.4 mi
- Ludlowe Road Community Park: 0.2 mi
- Fairfield Town Gazebo: 0.3 mi
- L. A. Sturges Park: 0.4 mi
- Mill Plain Green: 0.4 mi
- Jennings Park: 0.5 mi
- Bill Burr 4-H Park: 0.5 mi
- Old Fording Place: 0.7 mi
- Welch Terrace Marsh Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Old Fording Place: 0.7 mi
- Sturges Ponds Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Fairfield Museum And History Center: 0.6 mi
- Housatonic Museum of Art: 4.1 mi
- Barnum Museum: 4.2 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 5.0 mi
- Mid Fairfield Youth Museum: 6.2 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 0.6 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 3.0 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 3.3 mi
- Formal Garden: 7.7 mi
- Round Hill: 0.7 mi
- Mill Hill: 1.2 mi
- Sasco Hill: 1.3 mi
- Osborne Hill: 1.4 mi
- Orchard Hill: 1.5 mi
- Penfield Beach: 1.2 mi
- Jennings Beach: 1.2 mi
- Fairfield Beach: 1.3 mi
- Fairfield Beach: 1.6 mi
- Sasco Hill Beach: 1.7 mi
- Heron: 7.8 mi
- Mother Mary: 9.4 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 9.9 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 9.9 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 11.8 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 8.1 mi
- Cascade: 8.3 mi
- Cascade: 10.5 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 11.4 mi
- Cascades: 11.6 mi
- Burr Homestead: 0.5 mi
- Earthplace: 6.3 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.0 mi
- 3-town marker: 10.6 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 10.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 6.1 mi
- Cedar Grove: 11.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 11.7 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 11.8 mi
- Pond View: 11.9 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 17.4 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 17.8 mi
- Castle Rock: 17.9 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 17.9 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 4.5 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 7.4 mi
- Fog Signal House: 8.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 8.1 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 8.1 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.4 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 4.9 mi
- Cuties Island: 15.1 mi
- The Silver Spring: 14.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tashua Hill | N 3° | 179 m | 8.0 mi |
| Round Hill | N 350° | 170 m | 7.5 mi |
| Hirams Hill | N 359° | 167 m | 10.5 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | WNW 292° | 164 m | 11.4 mi |
| Booth Hill | NNE 22° | 160 m | 10.0 mi |
| Powells Hill | NNW 329° | 159 m | 7.4 mi |
| Sport Hill | N 356° | 154 m | 6.7 mi |
| Flirt Hill | NNW 335° | 148 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367140322
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 16 mi
- Bayville · 23 mi
- Port Chester · 23 mi
- Oyster Bay · 24 mi
- Rye Brook · 24 mi
- Purchase · 25 mi
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