Organizer Tom Robben has announced the official dates for the 2026 Summer Bird Count across Connecticut, with all count areas now confirmed. Modeled after the well-known Christmas Bird Count, the Summer Bird Count invites birders to help document bird populations by counting all individual birds within a designated area. Unlike winter counts, summer birding often … Read more
This is a friendly competition to see which community garden hotspot has the most species for the month of October! Just bird at your local community garden hotspot any time during the month of October to see how many species you can find. Record your birds in eBird, and be sure to use the hotspot … Read more
It’s our biggest, most popular event of the year and all are invited to attend. We expect it to be a sell out, so sign up soon! No walk-ins. Learn more and register in advance online at https://www.ctbirding.org/events/annual-meeting/ We are excited to have a great lineup of speakers: For the keynote talk and signing of … Read more
COA has become more social! Board Member Corey Leamy has taken the lead in developing our new COA Instagram account, @ct_birds. Follow us to get news on workshops, events, personalities, special birds and more. We are also on Facebook (facebook.com/ctbirding) as both the official COA page and the public group where more than 2200 members … Read more
The new Connecticut Ornithological Association cap will be available in time for the COA Annual Meeting on March 9. Featuring the new logo designed by Julian Hough, this is a quality offering exclusively from COA. Crafted from 100% cotton twill, garment washed, pigment dyed, it sports a khaki crown with a choice of contrasting green, … Read more
We received applications for project totaling $13,000.00 and were able to fund the projects listed below within our budget of $7,500.00. Brown Charitable Trust $1,000 To increase the number of nesting boxes and feeders, replace older ones and purchase birdseed on property in Griswold, CT Litchfield Hills Audubon $250 To expand pollinator gardens at Wigwam … Read more