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 5th annual Mega Bowl of Birding in CT, held on Saturday, February 6, 2021, was a great success. Sixty CT birders participated in the event, spread out over much of the state. The top scorers in the 7 counties for which there were participants (nobody signed up for Windham County) were: Karin Dionne in … Read more
Birders, Thankfully 2020 is winding down and we are on the threshold of a new year. We can only hope 2021 will be better in every way! Better than hope however is action. In years past COA has encouraged Connecticut birders to go out during the month of January and find as many avian species … Read more
121st Annual National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count – Connecticut 2020-2021 For a PDF of the 2020-2021 Christmas Bird Count schedule, click here. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2020: Storrs, CT (CTST) Compiler: Steve Morytko, 288 Varga Road, Ashford, CT 06278 smorytko@yahoo.com (M) 860-680-5728 (Natchaug Ornithological Society) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2020: New Haven, CT (CTNH) Compiler: Chris Loscalzo, 67 … Read more
The following is an excerpt from an OCTOBER 30, 2020 message BY CHRIS ELPHICK Winter is here [At our] third annual volunteer appreciation event, [we showed] preliminary results and provide[d] more guidance on how to use the web site. We were not able to record the event, but you can review the presentation sides here and we … Read more
The COA Board of Directors met electronically on March 21, 2020, in lieu of the annual meeting that we would have held at Middlesex Community College on the same day if not for the coronavirus outbreak that has impacted our local community and the world. We voted in the new slate of officers and board … Read more
The COA Gull Workshop, originally scheduled for Sunday, March 22, 2020, has been cancelled. Thank you for your understanding.
The COA Annual Meeting, scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2020 has been cancelled. Middlesex Community College has withdrawn its invitation to us to hold our meeting at their hall. This is in keeping with the current recommendations restricting the size of any gathering of people in one location to < 100 individuals in an effort … Read more
The 2019 Winter COA Bulletin is now available to download here (PDF file). Be sure to check out the COA Bulletin archives here.
Zepko Audubon Camp Scholarship 2020 The Connecticut Ornithological Association is pleased to announce that we will again offer one Zepko Audubon Camp Scholarship to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2020 Scholarship will cover the full cost of ($1,395) of the Coastal Maine Bird Studies for Teens program from June … Read more