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
Common (Kamchatka) Gull During January 175 bird species were added to this year’s eBird CT “state year list”, and in February only four new species were added to our state year list (bringing the state year list up to 179 species). Here are those four species, in the proposed rank order of noteworthiness (regardless of how … Read more
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