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The Connecticut Audubon Society in Milford is doing its part to use water wisely by utilizing rain barrels. “It works just like your hose,” Comins said. “You hook your hose right up to it and there’s a little lever on the bottom and gravity does the rest.” A one-inch rainfall on an average size roof can yield up to the 700 gallons of water. Forty percent of the average homeowner's water use comes from using water outdoors. The water is used for activities such as watering your garden or lawn and washing your car. Rain barrels aren’t just budget-friendly, they also help keep our l...

Thrice cursed Charles Island now a sanctuary Kendra Wingate FacebookTwitterEmail Charles Island, a 14-acre island located approximately 0.5 miles off the coast of Milford, boasts a long and storied past. The unassuming island is steeped in decades of history, is said to be “thrice cursed,” and is a now cherished state resource for native wildlife. The first curse was said to have been laid upon the land by a Paugusset chief in 1639 when he lost the land, which he believed to be home to the sacred spirits, to European settlers. Resulting in ill will, he cursed the island, any structure tha...

Updated on April 21, 2021 at 6:36 pm NBC Universal, Inc. It’s a sure sign of spring…the return of osprey, a now-common migratory bird along the Connecticut shoreline. But that wasn’t always the case. The species population has made a big comeback in recent years. Third grader Clara Wurst knows a thing or two about osprey, and just about every other type of bird. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. Wurst, from Stafford, was at Milford Point bird watching with her mom on Monday. “I really enjoy coming down here just for the bird...

Bird colony on Charles Island at risk, but there is hope Jill Dion FacebookTwitterEmail 3of3 An invasive plant called mile-a-minute, which has been rearing its green vine around the state for a number of years, has proven to be the latest in what one environmentalist called “a perfect storm” of factors causing problems for the birds on Charles Island. “Charles Island was once densely vegetated with tall trees and mid-canopy trees and shrubs,” said Jenny Dickson, supervising wildlife biologist with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). “Several hundred long-le...

Robert Miller: The sound of a South Carolina bird sings in CT FacebookTwitterEmail Right now, the world is mostly white, black and gray. The birds at my feeder are like that as well. Chickadees, juncos, titmice, nuthatches — as black, white and gray as Whistler’s mother. Now and then, there’s the red/olive Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal to brighten the world, or the crimson patch on the back of a downy woodpecker’s head. But, lucky me, I’ve also had a pair of Carolina wrens — small, round, bright cinnamon-brown birds with their tails straight up like signaling semaphores. Nothing could be ...