Help Save Connecticut’s Migratory Birds Every 9 seconds a bird dies from colliding with a building. Lights Out Connecticut is a non-profit project of the Connecticut Ornithological Association saving migratory birds from deadly window collisions and other threats caused by light pollution. Join the growing coalition of CT residents, businesses, schools, churches, green spaces, and … 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
Black Rail STATE YEAR LIST for 2022 During June 2022 our eBird “State Year List” added only THREE additional species for the year: Common Gallinule, Red Crossbill, and Black Rail (this rail was reported to eBird but is NOT even shown on this eBird listing below because eBird classifies it as a “Regionally Sensitive” species … 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
Arctic Tern Photo credit: Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) Bantam Lake, 05.13.2022 Larry Master www.masterimages.org STATE YEAR LIST for 2022: During May birders reported FORTY-FOUR additional species, bringing the state year list up to 295 species. During January birders reported 175 bird species, which initialized this year’s eBird CT “state year list.” FOUR species were added … Read more
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
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) The photo above by Joe McNally is from the COA 2022 Annual Meeting keynote talk by George Divoky about a study of the subspecies Mandt’s Black Guillemot in Alaska. No photo of the Connecticut bird is available. STATE YEAR LIST, for Connecticut, for 2022: During January birders reported 175 bird species, … 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
Friday, May 6 at 6:30 pm. Online via Zoom (Register in advance) Zoom Presenter: Chris Wood In-person Field Trips dates in May at various locations and times Hello Fellow Warbler Lovers! Once again Connecticut Ornithological Association offers its Spring Workshop on Wood Warblers, this year with guided field trips. (Yay!) Wood Warblers (family Parulidae) are … Read more
Photo above: Short-billed Gull, March 20,2022. Long Beach, Stratford, CT. Photo for eBird by Frank Mantlik Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) During January 175 bird species were added to initialize this year’s eBird CT “state year list”. Four species were added in February, and in March EIGHTEEN additional new species were added to our state year … Read more