Jul 16, 2007
Center and sanctuary
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The Connecticut Audubon Society, now more than a century old, has two locations in Fairfield. The Birdcraft Museum is at 314 Unquowa Road and the Connecticut Audubon Center is at 2325 Burr Street, in the Greenfield Hill section of Fairfield. The center was built in 1971 next to the 152-acre Roy and Margot Larsen Wildlife Sanctuary. The visitors’ center offers frequent classes, educational exhibits and a natural history library. There is also a solar greenhouse and a Nature Store with items related to environmental studies. Outdoors, the grounds include a Wildlife Theater, a Birds of Prey Compound, an Algonquin wigwam replica, and a wheelchair-accessible Trail for the Disabled. The sanctuary includes seven miles of trails and a variety of habitats. Children 12 and older may volunteer as wildlife caretakers. There are children’s programs and the center also accommodates birthday parties. The center is open Tuesday-Saturday 9 to 4:30; the sanctuary is open dawn to dusk throughout the year.
Details
The Fairfield Nature Center and the Roy and Margot Larsen Sanctuary are at 2325 Burr Street, Fairfield, 203-259-6305: on the Web, http://ctaudubon.org.
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