Join us for a COA Workshop!
The COA Workshops Committee is tasked with organizing events online and around the state that are geared for birders of all skill levels.
From “How to use eBird and Birding Technologies” to “Advanced Shorebird” or “Gull Identification,” our goal is to provide relevant and interesting topics for our birder community.
Current COA Members are able to view our entire library of previously recorded workshops in the Membership Portal (requires login).
If you have questions or suggestions for future workshops, we’d love to hear from you! Please send us an email at workshops@ctbirding.org.
Upcoming Workshop Topics:
- Fall 2025 – Panel Led Discussion on a TBA topic
- Winter 2025 – Waterfowl
Suggested Books and Online Resources:
Spring 2025 – Aerial Insectivores
- Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Empidonax and Pewees – Lee & Birch
- Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Kingbirds and Myiarchus – Lee & Birch
- White Feathers – The Nesting Lives of Tree Swallows – Bernd Heinrich
- Nightjars, Potoos, Frogmouths, Oilbird, and Owlet-Nightjars of the World – Nigel Cleere
- Purple Martin Conservation Association
- Chimney Swift Conservation Association
COA Board Member Micky Komara has created an amazing Shared Google Map featuring all of the “hotspots” at Hammonasset Beach State Park. This great resource is available for all to use. We’ll be consulting this map for our Aerial Insectivores Workshop Spring 2025.
Click Here to View the Map
Winter 2025 – Birding Technologies
- Birds of the World (requires subscription for full access)
- eBird (bird observations and citizen science portal)
- COA CT Email ListServ “CT Birds” (may also be viewed online)
- CT Rare Bird Alert GroupMe Info
- Merlin (phone app) for Bird Sound and Photo ID
- BirdCast
- COA Facebook (also on Instagram @ct_birds)
Past Videos
View the Library of Past Workshops
(Members Only Portal – requires login)
Contact Us
workshops@ctbirding.org. Happy Birding!