The Connecticut Audubon Society released its annual State of the Birds report Thursday. The news is a bit of a mixed bag, but Patrick Comins of the Audubon Society said a few species are on the upswing.
“Nature is resilient, and there’s been a lot of cases of species making a comeback. Things like piping plovers, things like bald eagles.”
And the peregrine falcon. The bird has rebounded since the chemical DDT was banned in the 1970s.
“It was amazing to see a peregrine falcon 20 years ago. It was a huge deal, almost a mythical bird. But today you can see them nesting in our largest cities. There’s a pair of them nesting in a bridge on I-95 between Stratford and Bridgeport.,” Comins said.
But there are other species that are in big trouble, including the salt marsh sparrow, whose coastal habitat is threatened due to sea level rise.
And Comins said the state still needs to do more for migratory birds like warblers and thrushes that make Connecticut their temporary home on their long-distance routes. He said residents can do that by planting more trees and shrubs in their backyard – these plants attract the kind of insects migratory birds like to eat.
