The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT invited four birding experts who are current or former COA leaders to discuss birding’s popularity and role in science. What is the impact of birding on a local, national, and international scale, and what can birds teach us about ourselves? The program titled “Bruce Presents: Birding, from Back Yard … Read more
Thick-billed Murre The top Bird of the Month (BOTM) bird for January 2022 was Thick-billed Murre (two different individual birds –and now a third one at Harkness on February 2). One was spotted and photographed on Jan.17 by Patrick Dugan (at Cove Island Park) and the second was spotted and photographed at the other end … Read more
Here is Connecticut Ornithological Association’s preliminary 2022 Workshop and Events Schedule. All dates, leaders, presenters, and topics are subject to change. Watch the COA website (https://www.ctbirding.org) for updates. Currently, all workshop presentations and meetings are expected to be by Zoom, with guided field trips for seasonal birding workshops. Participants in public gatherings are encouraged to … Read more
Bird Of The Month (BOTM) BOTM for Connecticut for the month of December 2021 This brief project analyzed the most uncommon birds reported in Connecticut during the month of December 2021, and the results of that are summarized below. COA is running its new bird-of-the-month (BOTM) project for both December 2021 and January 2022 as … Read more
COA is holding a “Bird Of The Month” BOTM contest this month, December 1-31. If you find a (or are aware of an otherwise unreported) noteworthy bird this month, please immediately post it on the COA CTBirds listserv (send it into this email address ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org — this is our ONLY pipeline for input of these … Read more
The deadline for 2022 Mini-Grant applications is midnight on January 15, 2022. The grants in amounts of up to $1,000 are available for funding of projects which “benefit Connecticut’s birds.” Successful projects have been such things as osprey nest platforms and habitat improvements using native, bird friendly plants. Grants are typically awarded at our COA … Read more