Recorded
Saturday, November 6, 2021. 9:30 am – 3:15 pm
Birds 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 young students.
The table below will provide more information on the presenters and their topics as well as timings to be able to easily locate each one in the video.
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| PRESENTERS | TOPICS | START TIMES |
| Tom Robben, COA | Introduction | 00:00:00 |
| Judy Richardson, CAS Birdcraft | Bird Banding at Birdcraft | 00:11:14 |
| From Marvelwood School Aiden Cherniske Sebastian Killin Ashley Wilkins Brennan Wilkins Laurie Doss | Community Partnerships That Benefit Birds: Purple Martin Natal Dispersal in the Northwest Corner. | 00:27:12 |
| Laurie Doss, Marvelwood School | Inspiring the Next Generation of Conservationists: Birds & Project-Based Learning on Skiff Mountain, Kent, CT. | 00:51:40 |
| Min Huang, CT DEEP | Conservation Planning for Wintering Black Ducks: Full Life Cycle Models. | 01:08:01 |
| Steve Broker, COA | Overviews of Ongoing Research Topics: (1) The Connecticut Christmas Bird Count; (2) Field Studies. | 01:35:10 |
| Chris Elphick, UConn | CT Bird Atlas and More | 01:50:16 |
| Samantha Apgar, UConn | How Tidal Marsh Birds Cope with Nest Flooding during High Tides | 02:08:50 |
| Franco Gigliotti, UCONN | Saltmarsh Restoration and Its Consequences for Coastal Marsh Birds | 02:25:00 |
| LUNCH BREAK | BREAK for 5 minutes | 02:44:45 |
| Andrew Dasinger, COA | North American Breeding Bird Survey Transects and Results, Since 1960 | 02:49:20 |
| Morgan Tingley, UCLA | How and Why Some Birds are Better at Coping with Climate Change | 03:10:42 |
| Preston Lust, Princeton | Nocturnal Migration and Arrival Dates: Recordings, Methods, Results | 03:26:40 |
| Patrick Comins, CAS & Tom Robben, COA | Summer Bird Counts: Old and New | 03:41:10 |
| Chris Wood, COA | Wood Warbler Population and Habitat Trend: Observations From a Connecticut Summer Bird Count | 04:11:58 |
| Margaret Rubega, UConn | Tern Conservation in Long Island Sound | 04:24:33 |
| Brian Hoover, Chapman Univ. | Plankton, Fish & Birds: Marine Food Webs in a Changing World | 04:55:40 |
| Cody Limber, Yale Univ. | Extinctions, Genetics and Future Possibilities | 05:33:51 |
| Tom Robben, COA | Other Projects Summarized: CBC Data Mining, Gulf of Maine Research, Sabine’s Gulls Tracking, Shearwater Tracking, etc. | 05:47:15 |