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Andrew Griswold, Director of EcoTravel
35 Pratt Street, Suite 201
Essex 06426
860-767-0660
Fax: 860-767-9988


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Andrew Griswold

CAS Director of EcoTravel

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Testimonial - David S.

It really was a great trip, thanks mostly to all the hard work you did to prepare for it, and we are really in your debt. I am still spinning over how great it was.

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CALL NOW FOR

UNIQUE

GIFTS!

TRAVEL GIFT CERTIFICATES

Boat Tickets

Binoculars

More!

If you have a special someone who needs a very unique gift, or have someone who is just plain hard to shop for, consider giving them a gift certificate to travel with Connecticut Audubon Society. Your special someone can apply your gift to any of our travel programs; day trips, work shops, museum tours, or overnight travel listed in the EcoTravel News and on this website. Give them a choice of one of our many destinations, or pick one out for them yourself!

 

The Best

OPTICS FOR BIRD WATCHING

If you need help in selecting binoculars or a spotting scope, give the EcoTravel Office a call. We are dealers for the full lines of binoculars and scopes made by Vortex, Meopta and Swarovski. We would be pleased to help you find the equipment that best fits your needs and budget. Call for our discount pricing.

 

SPONSORSHIP FUND

The Ulric Hellmann Sponsorship Fund within the EcoTravel Program, now makes travel available to teachers, students, and families who would otherwise be unable to participate. This allows the program to reach a larger segment of the community and remove financial barriers. It is important that Connecticut Audubon Society’s programs are made as accessible as possible to everyone. If you are interested in making a donation to this fund or know of a worthy recipient, please contact Andrew Griswold at the EcoTravel Office. All donations are tax deductible.

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Testimonial - Margaret L.

Having just returned from a fabulous 4 days at the Vineyard with "our group" I wanted to say thanks for the great job you did with driving, arranging all activities and suggesting the "succulent lobster roll!"

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Rarities Expeditons

Anytime!

Have you ever wanted to chase a rarity near Connecticut, but couldn’t find directions, or were concerned about going alone? Here’s your chance to join CAS EcoTravel Rarities Expeditions. We’ll provide the transportation, driver, company, and experienced leadership. This is how it works: first, call EcoTravel to sign on. When a bird of significance is in “the area,” EcoTravel will contact you with the chance to join the adventure. You have the option to come along or wait for the next big rarity. The fee will be determined by how far we have to drive for each bird. Call 800-996-8747 to get your name on the list! Call now so you will not miss out!

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CUSTOM AND PRIVATE TOURS

Connecticut Audubon Society EcoTravel offer custom tour design assistance including private tours for you, your family, or a private group. Give us a call if your would like more information on these special services.

FAMILY RATES

Family travel can be some of the most joyful and cherished experiences of our lives. Perhaps you can remember how a journey somewhere helped shape your own life, or helped create memories and understanding and love among family members. I know that holds true for many of us at CAS. But if you've ever traveled with your family to some of the world's wild places, you already know that there is no experience that brings people closer together. There's a real thrill that accompanies discovering wildlife and meeting people from different cultures in a friendly, easy way. That's the kind of atmosphere we try to create for families on all of our tours. Please, call for special family rates.

HELP US EARN MONEY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION

If  dates for CAS tours do not work for you, or if there is a tour that you are looking for but do not see listed, we are able to provide you with many natural history destinations through our contacts with the for-profit travel industry. These companies will make a donation to our education programs when you sign up for one of their tours through us.  Call us to book!

Please call or send an email to learn more about these extensive offerings or to make an appointment to visit our EcoTravel Office in Essex, CT.

 

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

Grand Texas

Next Offered April 2010

Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

Arizona Tour

Next offered August '10

Lupine

Arizona Tour

Next offered August '10

Woodland Arrangement

Nova Scotia Tour

Call for departures!

Hudson River Day Trip

Mt. Katahdin, Maine

Peregrine Falcon

Block Island

Next offered Oct. 2010

Cooper's Hawk

Ant Nebula

Great Horned Owl

Tri-colored Heron

Green Jay

Peregrine Falcon

Block Island

Next offered Oct. 2010

Grand Texas

Next Offered April 2010

Galapagos

Next Offered April 2010

Galapagos

Our personal yacht!

 

Dave Tripp

CAS Tour Leader

and Volunteer

 

 

 

 

Jaguar, Matto Grosso, Brazil © 2009 Andrew Griswold

Connecticut Audubon

Society

EcoTravel

Support Environmental Education and Conservation

by traveling with our small, personal groups!

All proceeds support Connecticut Audubon Society's

environmental education and conservation programs.

 

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Featured Day Trip

 

ROCKEFELLER SCULPTURE GARDEN
Sat., Dec. 12 ALL DAY!

The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden at The Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, is long considered the heart of the Museum. The installed works of art represent a vision of modern sculpture ranging from the end of the nineteenth century to more recent times. The landscaped garden includes such celebrated works as Pablo Picasso’s She-Goat (1950) and Alberto Giacometti’s Tall Figure III (1960), as well as works by contemporary artists. The Sculpture Garden has always been central to the redesign of the Museum. In fact, architect Yoshio Taniguchi kept the garden as the focus of his plans, around which the building was designed. Taniguchi’s new design now affords unparalleled views of the garden from the east, south, and west sides of the building that surrounds it and also gives visitors in the garden the opportunity to view some works through the Museum’s windows. Fee includes transportation, admission and guide. Fee: Members $75, Nonmembers $85.


Featured Overnight Tours

 

Amazon Cruise

Our Most Popular Cruise!

Two depaartures per month! Call for exact dates!

(a one night stay in Manaus is required before the cruise)

This trip explores some of the most untouched rainforest in all of the Amazon. On your eight cabin expedition vessel, you will venture far up some of the least inhabited rivers in the Amazon Basin. Travelers explore areas very rarely visited, and seek out the mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest and in the heart of the Amazon Basin. This is the most thorough, detailed, and sophisticated trip offered in the entire Amazon and comes with rave reviews from past CT Audubon Society participants. The guides are accomplished naturalists and you will see creatures almost never seen by other visitors. This trip is like being on a time machine in that one is able to visit places that have not changed for millions of years. Truly the trip of a lifetime and an easy tour for seniors and families! Fee: $2,400. Call for dates! Extensions available! Great trip!

 

 

Ecuadorian Holiday Extravaganza

The Magic Birding Circuit

December 19 – 29, 2009

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The “Magic Birding Circuit”is the first of its kind in South America. We will visit four private birding reserves in four different eco-systems throughout Ecuador. Experience birdwatching tours at their best as you visit the High Barren Plains and Paramo, Highland Rainforest, Cloud Forest and Subtropical Rainforest.

Begin your birding adventure as soon as you arrive in Ecuador with lots of birding opportunities on San Jorge's prime trails. San Jorge Botanical Reserve provides the perfect opportunity to combine nature, culture and birding at its best. Tours are based from two eco-lodges offering birding tours to private reserves, all within close proximity. Enjoy the pristine beauty at a new birding lodge located at San Jorge de Milpe Orchid & Bird Reserve which was recently opened in December 2006.

Tours will take you through San Jorge Botanical Reserve (High Barren Plains and Highland Rain Forest), San Jorge de Tandayapa Hummingbird Reserve (Cloud Forest), San Jorge de Cosanga-Yanayacu Bird & Wildlife Reserve (Andean Cloud Forest), adjoining Antizana National Park, and San Jorge de Milpe Bird Reserve, (Subtropical Rain Forest), known for its majestic waterfalls and swimming holes. Kept in their rich, natural state, all of these exclusive reserves offer the chance to fully immerse yourself in all that is Ecuador; a diverse array of flora, fauna, climate regions, where hundreds of beautiful species await you.

Bird diversity varies according to latitude and tropical regions such as the one in which Ecuador is located, containing the greatest number of bird species. Due to its several distinct climates, Ecuador has an amazing variety of bird-life. With over 1,600 species of birds and more than 16% the world’s population, Ecuador offers more bird diversity in less space than any other country in the world.

Fee: $2,798.

Call for a detailed itinerary and family pricing.


 

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NANTUCKET ESCAPE
Long-tails and Razorbills

January 15 - 18, 2010 4 Days!

Birding starts the minute the mainland is left behind, yielding scoter, eider, Long-tailed Duck, and perhaps Razorbill. Travelers can revel in the peace and quiet of an off-season resort, the inescapable sense of history, and the abundance of open space along the wind blown moors and interior pine barrens. Participants enjoy the sunset spectacle of thousands of Long-tailed Ducks flying to their nighttime roost and then relax at one of the delightful pubs in the heart of the historic town. Enjoy this relaxing long weekend. Birds we hope to see include Razorbill, Northern Gannet, Iceland Gull, and a few rarities. Fee: $795.

 

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Exclusive Northern Adventure

The Northern Tier of the United States is one of the least birded areas of our country, not because of its lack of birds, but because of its vast, not easily accessible tracts of land. CAS EcoTravel has eliminated the difficulty of reaching this area by designing and running an exclusive private tour for you and four others aboard a private aircraft with a CAS tour leader and local guides all along the tour’s route. Travel to New York and visit the Connell Laboratory of Ornithology, Jamestown, NY to the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Michigan in search of North America’s rarest warbler, the Kirtland’s Warbler, Minnesota for its vast boreal forests and bog nesting birds, North Dakota for the outstanding sparrows of the prairies, and South Dakota to visit the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Monument, and the Badlands. On the way home, stop in Wisconsin to see the highly endangered Whooping Crane. This trip is designed to use the King Air 200 made by Beechcraft. Long known for its quality, the King Air is a safe, reliable and versatile aircraft uniquely suited to perform a variety of flight services. The King Air, powered by two Pratt and Whitney PT6 turbo prop engines, offers safety, exceptional reliability and performance. The aircraft has a remarkable record of reliability. Call us about this exceptional opportunity for adventure along our Northern Tier. This is all first class service and absolutely the trip that you will talk about for years to come. Call now to reserve your exclusive departure for June 2010 and for more information. 800-996-8747.

 

Connecticut Audubon Society EcoTravel

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Altimira Oriole weaving a nest © 2008 Andrew Griswold

Grand Texas again offered April 2010

 

Ramsey Canyon, AZ © 2004 Andrew Griswold

Arizona Monsoon next Offered July 2010

 

Pearl Kite © 2006 Alison Olivieri

Look for the Pearl Kite on our Costa Rica Tour

Call for dates .

 

Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus © 2007 Mark Jankura

Enjoy hundreds of migrating birds of prey on our Cape May trip

scheduled for October 2009.

 

Magnificent Frigatebird © 2007 John McGinley

See this tallented flyer on our Galapagos Adventure

departing April 2010.

 

Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris © 2006 Peter Swap

 

Look at our listings and call us if you would like to join us

on one or more of these exciting outings.

 

Drop us an email at ecotravel@ctaudubon.org if you would like to be added to our email list and receive our Nature Photos.

NASA Earth Image - Hurricane Andrew

CT Audubon Photographers © 2008 Andrew Griswold