Summer Bird Counts Announced

Tom Robben has confirmed the eight Connecticut Summer Bird Counts with compilers. Contact the region’s compiler if you would like to participate. The schedule (see below) is similar to last year. These counts are very similar to Christmas Bird Counts, on those same 15-mile circles, except that they are run in June, the crucial time … Read more

Bird of the Month: February 2022

Common (Kamchatka) Gull During January 175 bird species were added to this year’s eBird CT “state year list”, and in February only four new species were added to our state year list (bringing the state year list up to 179 species). Here are those four species, in the proposed rank order of noteworthiness (regardless of how … Read more

COA’s Birds and the Environment Science Conference

Birds And the Environment Science Conference

RecordedSaturday, November 6, 2021. 9:30 am – 3:15 pmBirds 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 … Read more

It’s Warbler Time! 

Prothonotary Warbler, Fairfield CT Apr 2015. © C.S. Wood

COA Warbler Workshop (Online via Zoom) 

April 25, 2021 at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

FREE.

 

Get ready for the waves of warblers that hit Connecticut in May with this COA Warbler Workshop.  Chris Wood will give us tips on when and where to look for warblers in Connecticut during Spring migration. Plus, he will illustrate and explain how to narrow the identification challenges.

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Connecticut Ornithological Association’s 37th Annual Meeting

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

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

The MEGA BOWL of Birding in 2021!

The Mega Bowl is a fun and friendly activity that celebrates birds, birders, and birding!  Participants go birding alone or in small groups in the CT county of their choice, trying to observe as many species as they can. Birders are awarded points for seeing each species observed, with a range of 1 point for … Read more

COA Mini-grant applications due January 15

The deadline for 2021 Mini-Grant applications is midnight on January 15th. The grants in amounts of up to $1,000.00 fund projects that “benefit Connecticut’s birds.” Successful projects have included osprey nest platforms and habitat improvements using native, bird friendly plants. Grants are typically awarded at our COA annual meeting in March. Full details and applications … Read more