Our 2026 Annual Meeting is almost here and we are excited to announce that we’ll be joined by Amar Ayyash as our keynote speaker, along with Holly Merker and our very own Nick Bonomo. You won’t want to miss this event!
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
Smith’s Longspur Honorable Mention: Gray Kingbird State Year List for Connecticut 2022 By the end of the month of October 2022, Connecticut had recorded 329 species on eBird. Five new species were added during October (see the image below, which is an eBird SYL list sorted by date), and Smith’s Longspur was the 327th species … Read more
In case you missed our latest COA email news (read how to avoid missing emails here), here is a copy of what was sent. Latest News from COA A new season is upon us and we have three messages to share with you below: a new issue of the COA Bulletin; an upcoming identification workshop. and a … Read more
Black Rail STATE YEAR LIST for 2022 During June 2022 our eBird “State Year List” added only THREE additional species for the year: Common Gallinule, Red Crossbill, and Black Rail (this rail was reported to eBird but is NOT even shown on this eBird listing below because eBird classifies it as a “Regionally Sensitive” species … 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