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
COA Gull Workshop Sunday, March 14, 2021 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM Online via Zoom. Register in advance at the link or button below. Free. Join us as we learn about the gulls of Connecticut. Nick Bonomo will share his considerable knowledge about how to identify members of this extraordinarily challenging group of birds. Nick’s … Read more
This past January we at COA decided to do something a little differently. Instead of a normal Big January (just what is normal these days?) where birders take to the field to try and see the most bird species they can during the month of January, we decided to promote a competition to help the … Read more
The 5th annual Mega Bowl of Birding in CT, held on Saturday, February 6, 2021, was a great success. Sixty CT birders participated in the event, spread out over much of the state. The top scorers in the 7 counties for which there were participants (nobody signed up for Windham County) were: Karin Dionne in … Read more
The COA Gull Workshop, originally scheduled for Sunday, March 22, 2020, has been cancelled. Thank you for your understanding.
COA Annual Meeting (Schedule Here) March 24, 2018 Registration Form The Connecticut Ornithological Association’s 34th Annual Meeting is being held on March 24, 2018 at Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT. Guest speakers include: Scott Weidensaul Of a Feather: A (Brief) History of American Birding From the moment Europeans arrived in North America, they were awestruck … Read more
UPDATE! Workshop start time has been moved to 11AM due to predicted heavy rain! Join us for a workshop on identifying sea ducks at Harkness State Park in Waterford on January 13, 2018 at 8AM. End time of 11AM is approximate. Loons, Grebes,Scoters, Eiders, Mergansers and maybe an alcid (Razorbill) all possible. Unusual gulls, Northern … Read more
COA Annual Meeting March 24, 2018 The Connecticut Ornithological Association’s 34th Annual Meeting is being held on March 24, 2018 at Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT. Guest speakers include: Scott Weidensaul Of a Feather: A (Brief) History of American Birding From the moment Europeans arrived in North America, they were awestruck by a continent awash … Read more
Zepko Audubon Camp Scholarship 2018 The Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) is pleased to announce that through the great generosity of one of our founding members, George W. Zepko , we now are offering one Zepko Audubon Camp Scholarship in 2018 to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. When George was a … Read more