Organizer Tom Robben has announced the 2025 Summer Bird Count dates in Connecticut as confirmed by all SBC compilers for this year. The Summer Bird Count is conducted in a similar way as the Christmas Bird Count by counting all the individual birds in a prescribed area. For this count, participants may rely more on … Read more
It’s our biggest, most popular event of the year and all are invited to attend. We expect it to be a sell out, so sign up soon! No walk-ins. Learn more and register in advance online at https://www.ctbirding.org/events/annual-meeting/ We are excited to have a great lineup of speakers: For the keynote talk and signing of … Read more
Applications are due in January for Mini-Grants to benefit birds and birding (January 15) and the Zepko Audubon Camp Scholarship for teens (January 31). COA is proud to be able to support these programs that help birds and young birders. Click the links to learn more,
125th ANNUAL NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTCONNECTICUT CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT 2024-2025 SCHEDULE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2024: *New Haven, CT (CTNH) Compiler: Chris Loscalzo, 67 Wepawaug Road, Woodbridge, CT 06525 closcalz@optonline.net 203-389-6508(New Haven Bird Club) *Storrs, CT (CTST) Compiler: Steve Morytko, 288 Varga Road, Ashford, CT 06278 smorytko@yahoo.com (M) 860-680-5728 *Woodbury-Roxbury, CT (CTWR) Compiler: Robert … Read more
CT Birders – Most of us have heard of Allen’s Meadow in Wilton, Woodbridge Community Gardens, or Bauer Farm in Madison. These areas include community gardens and they are all great places to see migratory birds in the Fall. Which got me thinking… For the month of October, let’s have a friendly competition at our … Read more
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
Tom Robben has announced the Summer Bird Counts in Connecticut for 2024. “This is an important multi-decade effort, especially in these times of changing environments, with us birders having a unique window into Nature, to observe and document the changes, and to enter this data into secure multi-decade databases,” he says, “so that … bird … Read more
Connecticut Ornithological Association is pleased to announce that Zeiss, an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics, is the Lead Sponsor of our 40th COA Annual Meeting. At the meeting, Zeiss will offer a 15-minute presentation on their new infrared birding technology, as well as participate as a vendor. This … 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
The COA Conservation Committee is conducting a survey on the current “care & maintenance” practices at Connecticut state parks, and their impacts on bird and wildlife habitats. We invite anyone with a comment on or an example of these impacts to habitats, good or bad, to please send that comment along. We very greatly appreciate … Read more