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
Tom Robben has confirmed the eight Connecticut Summer Bird Counts with compilers. Contact the region’s compiler if you would like to participate. The schedule (see below) is similar to last year. These counts are very similar to Christmas Bird Counts, on those same 15-mile circles, except that they are run in June, the crucial time … 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
RecordedSaturday, November 6, 2021. 9:30 am – 3:15 pmBirds and the Environment Science Conference – Online This Connecticut Ornithological Association Birding Conference was held online via Zoom. It featured 17 short talks, each about 15 minutes in length, on bird science topics and projects conducted by a wide spectrum of birders, from professional ornithologists to … Read more
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Get ready for the waves of warblers that hit Connecticut in May with this COA Warbler Workshop. Chris Wood will give us tips on when and where to look for warblers in Connecticut during Spring migration. Plus, he will illustrate and explain how to narrow the identification challenges.
COA Annual Meeting – Saturday, March 20, 202110AM – 12:15 PM online via Zoom Hello Birders! The Connecticut Ornithological Association’s 37th Annual Meeting will be held virtually this year, via a Zoom Webinar, on Saturday, March 20th from 10 AM to 12:15 PM. Following the business portion of the meeting, including elections, awards, and reports, our featured speaker Scott Weidensaul will present “A World of … Read more