The Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) is the only statewide organization dedicated specifically
to Connecticut's birds, birders, and birding.
For some birders, part of the fun of birding is compiling lists of bird species seen. COA would like to give Connecticut birders, and those who have birded in Connecticut, the opportunity to post your list totals online. CT Birders' Lists are updated regularly and posted on the web site.
Send your updates to: ctbirding@gmail.com
State/Yard Lifetime Totals
Name |
Residence |
State Total |
Best State Bird |
Yard Total |
Best Yard Bird |
| Frank Mantlik | Norwalk Stratford |
380 |
Bell's Vireo | 153 127 |
Chuck-Will’s Widow Red Crossbill |
| Frank Gallo | Milford | 379 |
Red-necked Stint | Red-headed Woodpecker | |
| Mark Szantyr | Ashford | 378 |
Brown-chested Martin | 113 |
Swainson’s Hawk |
| Greg Hanisek | Waterbury | 368 |
Pacific Loon | 104 |
Black-billed Cuckoo |
| Dori Sosensky | East Haven | 359 |
Pomarine Jaeger | Peregrine Falcon | |
| Neil Currie | Southbury | 358 |
Mountain Bluebird | ||
| James Dugan | New Milford | 357 |
Dovekie | Northern Saw-whet Owl | |
| Jay Kaplan | Canton | 355 |
LeConte's Sparrow | Long-eared Owl | |
| Patrick Dugan | Stamford | 354 |
Northern Fulmar | 135 |
Mississippi Kite |
| Dave Tripp Jr | Canton | 353 |
MacGillivray's Warbler | 130 |
Golden-winged Warbler |
| Dave Provencher | Preston | 352 |
Sooty Tern | 162 |
Swainson's Hawk |
| Janet Mehmel | Guilford | 352 |
Long-tailed Jaeger | 120 |
Whip-poor-will |
| Clay Taylor | Moodus | 350 |
Ross's Gull | 143 |
Golden Eagle |
| Nick Bonomo | Orange | 345 |
Slaty-backed Gull | 135 |
Kentucky Warbler |
| Joe Zeranski | Greenwich | 344 |
Pomarine Jaeger | ||
| Roy Harvey | Beacon Falls | 343 |
Black-tailed Godwit | Barn Owl | |
| Brian O’Toole | Greenwich | 342 |
Gray Kingbird | ||
| Bruce Finnan | Waterbury | 341 |
Mississippi Kite | 86 |
Oregon Junco |
| Carl Ekroth | Ellington | 341 |
Calliope Hummingbird | Pine Grosbeak | |
| Jamie Meyers | Canton | 340 |
Red Phalarope | 114 |
Dickcissel |
| Bill Asteriades | S. Glastonbury | 340 |
LeConte's Sparrow | ||
| Kevin Finnan | Goshen | 339 |
Mississippi Kite | 102 |
Northern Saw-whet Owl |
| Renee Baade | Newtown | 336 |
King Eider | 109 |
Mourning Warbler |
| Elaine Nye | Guilford | 331 |
Brambling | Bald Eagle | |
| Ray Belding | Torrington | 327 |
Ross's Gull | 66 |
Louisiana Waterthrush |
| Steve Mayo | Bethany | 326 |
Sandwich Tern | White Ibis* | |
| Glenn Williams | Mystic | 326 |
Fork-tailed Flycatcher | 136 |
Rufous Hummingbird |
| Chris Wood | Woodbury | 325 |
Sooty Tern | ||
| Bob Dewire | Pawcatuck | 323 |
Great Gray Owl | 168 |
Prothonotary Warbler |
| Meredith Sampson | Old Greenwich | 320 |
Brambling | 147 |
Dickcissel |
| John Oshlick | Bethany | 318 |
White Ibis | ||
| Ed Reneson | Middletown | 316 |
Thick-Billed Murre | ||
| Michael Hamilton | Rocky Hill | 315 |
Brambling | 54 |
Pileated Woodpecker |
| Paul Cashman | Bridgeport | 315 |
Barrow’s Goldeneye | 92 |
Red-headed Woodpecker |
| John Himmelman | Killingworth | 315 |
Hawk Owl | 102 |
Yellow-headed Blackbird |
| Len Kendall | Simsbury | 315 |
Red Phalarope | Red Crossbill | |
| John Ogren | Old Saybrook | 313 |
Pomarine Jaeger | 123 |
Black-necked Stilt |
| E.J Raynor | Fairfield | 310 |
Ross’s Goose | ||
| Fred Norton | Ledyard | 310 |
Spotted Towhee | Purple Finch | |
| Ralph Amodei | East Haven | 306 |
Bohemian Waxwing | Connecticut Warbler | |
| Patrick Comins | Portland | 304 |
Thayer's Gull | 24 |
American Woodcock |
| Brian Kleinman | Granby | 295 |
Boreal Owl | ||
| Anthony Zemba | Durham | 293 |
Fork-tailed Flycatcher | ||
| Nita Hamilton | Milford | 290 |
Red-necked Stint | 156 |
Black-headed Gull |
| Bob MacDonnell | Niantic | 289 |
Great Gray Owl | Rough-legged Hawk | |
| Mark Aronson | New Haven | 286 |
Lark Sparrow | 85 |
Evening Grosbeak |
| Mark Barriger | Meriden | 286 |
Cave Swallow | Meriden | |
| Georgia Abbott | Stamford | 283 |
Long-tailed Jaeger | 86 |
Black-billed Cuckoo |
| David Lawton | Avon | 273 |
Le Conte's Sparrow | 109 |
Evening Grosbeak |
| Bruce Carver | North Windham | 271 |
Sabine's Gull | 94 |
Common Redpoll |
| Joseph Wojtanowski | Windsor | 270 |
Lazuli Bunting | 155 |
Snowy Owl |
| Dan Rottino | East Haddam | 270 |
Graylag Goose | 108 |
Swallow-tailed Kite |
| Brian Webster | Stratford | 269 |
Pacific Loon | 118
|
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
| Debbie Bishop | North Granby | 266 |
Eared Grebe | North Granby | |
| Dan Drega | Manchester | 256 |
Purple Gallinule | Swainson's Thrush | |
| Harold Moritz & Sheila Gleason | East Haddam | 259 |
Purple Gallinule | 114 |
Indigo Bunting |
| Dorothy Holabird | Clinton | 251 |
Least Bittern | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | |
| Chris Tamborra | Salem | 250 |
Boreal Owl | 111 |
Bald Eagle |
| Pat Tamborra | Salem | 250 |
Boreal Owl | 111 |
Bald Eagle |
| Peter Bono | Niantic | 249 |
Boreal Chickadee | 112 |
White-winged Crossbill |
| Donna Rose Smith | Torrington | 248 |
Boreal Chickadee | 91 |
Northern Goshawk | William Haffey | Norwalk | 239 |
Barnacle Goose | 95 |
Mississippi Kite |
| John Triana | Prospect | 235 |
Ross's Gull | 79 |
Ruffed Grouse | Michael Aurelia | Greenwich | 212 |
Anhinga | 104 |
Golden Eagle |
| Jack Swatt | Wolcott | 209 |
Boreal Owl | 67 |
Northern Bobwhite |
| Theresa Wojtanowski | Windsor | 198 |
Hoary Redpoll | 97 |
Snowy Owl |
| Ross Geredien | Annapolis MD | 197 |
Red Phalarope | ||
| Rob Ballinger | 196 |
Eastern Screech-Owl | Northern Bobwhite | ||
| Richard Duddy | Portland, ME | 195 |
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| Patty Scott | Wilton | 164 |
undecided | 53 |
Red-headed Woodpecker |
| Grace Profatilov | Hamden | 161 |
Purple Gallinule | ||
| Luke Seitz | Falmouth, ME | 132 |
44 |
Pileated Woodpecker | |
| Simon Harvey | Durham | 123 |
Louisiana Waterthrush | American Redstart | |
| Quin Kirsten | 107 |
Snowy Owl | |||
| Lisa Gagnon | Stafford Springs | 100 |
Carolina Wren | Carolina Wren |