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 over 2200 members have … Read more
The new Connecticut Ornithological Association cap will be available in time for the COA Annual Meeting on March 9. Featuring the new logo designed by Julian Hough, this is a quality offering exclusively from COA. Crafted from 100% cotton twill, garment washed, pigment dyed, it sports a khaki crown with a choice of contrasting green, … Read more
Connecticut Ornithological Association is thrilled to present science writer and author Jennifer Ackerman as the keynote speaker for the 2023 Annual Meeting. The online Zoom event takes place on Saturday, March 25. The COA Business Meeting begins at 6:30 pm with elections of Board members, officers and awards, Ms Ackerman will speak at approximately 7:30 … Read more
Green-tailed Towhee A Green-tailed Towhee was found in Veterans Park, Fairfield, by James Purcell on January 13, 2023 and posted to eBird. It was seen and photographed by many other observers through at least January 28, 2023. The Green-tailed Towhee breeds in the western U.S. and normally migrates to wintering grounds in the southwestern … Read more
Curlew Sandpiper (Bird of the Month, July 2022) Top photo:Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris furruginea) Milford, CT, 7/21/2022 © Frank Mantlik Frank Mantlik found this Curlew Sandpiper on July 18, 2022, and noted that this Curlew Sandpiper was the only one currently in the USA and Canada. In fact, it was the only one on eBird in … Read more
Enjoy a friendly competition based on the total number of species seen during the month of January 2023 within Connecticut. After one week , coordinator Steve Mayo posted the following on the CTBirds listserv. It’s just a week into 2023 and according to eBird, you’ve already tallied 155 species of birds in Connecticut! Some … Read more
Curlew Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper, Stratford, CT, 7/18/2022. Photo by Frank Mantlik Very few bird species could top Curlew Sandpiper (CUSA) as the best rare bird of the month of July in Connecticut this year. Frank Mantlik found it on July 18th, and recently noted that this CUSA is the only one currently in the USA … Read more
COA’s Mabel Osgood Wright award this year went to Creative Media Specialist and Photographer Paul Fusco, who has been with CT DEEP Wildlife Division for over 33 years. The award and honoree were featured in a recent issue of Connecticut Wildlife magazine. Learn more in CT Wildlife MayJune 2022
State-wide SBC compiler Tom Robben has announced the calendar of 2022 Summer Bird Counts. “There are no other breeding bird counts both on such a large geographic scale (eight 15-mile circles) and on such a very large time scale (done annually, every year, over multiple decades, some going back to the 1970s), ” Tom says. “As … Read more
Businesses and Residents Encouraged to Turn Off Lights Each Evening (Milford, CT) April 20, 2022—Last night, the Connecticut Ornithological Association launched its new Lights Out Connecticut initiative to help save migratory birds in the state of Connecticut. Connecticut is now the fourth state in the nation, after Colorado, Georgia, and Texas, to have a dedicated statewide “Lights … Read more