Curlew Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper, Stratford, CT, 7/18/2022. Photo by Frank Mantlik Very few bird species could top Curlew Sandpiper (CUSA) as the best rare bird of the month of July in Connecticut this year. Frank Mantlik found it on July 18th, and recently noted that this CUSA is the only one currently in the USA … Read more
COA’s Mabel Osgood Wright award this year went to Creative Media Specialist and Photographer Paul Fusco, who has been with CT DEEP Wildlife Division for over 33 years. The award and honoree were featured in a recent issue of Connecticut Wildlife magazine. Learn more in CT Wildlife MayJune 2022
State-wide SBC compiler Tom Robben has announced the calendar of 2022 Summer Bird Counts. “There are no other breeding bird counts both on such a large geographic scale (eight 15-mile circles) and on such a very large time scale (done annually, every year, over multiple decades, some going back to the 1970s), ” Tom says. “As … Read more
Businesses and Residents Encouraged to Turn Off Lights Each Evening (Milford, CT) April 20, 2022—Last night, the Connecticut Ornithological Association launched its new Lights Out Connecticut initiative to help save migratory birds in the state of Connecticut. Connecticut is now the fourth state in the nation, after Colorado, Georgia, and Texas, to have a dedicated statewide “Lights … Read more
Friday, May 6 at 6:30 pm. Online via Zoom (Register in advance) Zoom Presenter: Chris Wood In-person Field Trips dates in May at various locations and times Hello Fellow Warbler Lovers! Once again Connecticut Ornithological Association offers its Spring Workshop on Wood Warblers, this year with guided field trips. (Yay!) Wood Warblers (family Parulidae) are … Read more
Meriden Natural Resources $800 Build a Chimney Swift tower using community youth Sue Frisch $1,000 Project to restore a heron rookery Simsbury Land Trust $300 Habitat improvement project Southington Land Trust $400 Restore habitat with native plants Sam Merker $675 Bittern study under supervision of Chris Elphick and Min Huang Nancy James $300 Educate about … Read more