COA’s Big January

Big January

Steve Mayo, coordinator

Once again, The Connecticut Ornithological Association is organizing a Big January event in 2023. We are continuing with a traditional format of a friendly competition based on the total number of birds seen within Connecticut during the month of January, 2023. Birders can submit total numbers for the entire state of Connecticut, and/or any counties within Connecticut. You can even submit a town list. Species that qualify are those species that currently are accepted to the State List, or are observed during January that would represent first state records for Connecticut. The current list of species can be found on the Connecticut Ornithological website:
https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/checklist-of-the-birds-of-connecticut/

To participate, birders should submit their list totals to  Steve Mayo by February 15, 2023. The email address is scmayo999@gmail.com. You needn’t submit your entire list but rather the numerical totals. This is run on the honor system as always, and it is a requirement that birders who participate do so in an ethical and responsible way.  There will be prizes, and additional information and reminders will be posted in January.