{"id":14857,"date":"2021-02-27T19:08:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T00:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/?p=14857"},"modified":"2021-06-22T18:03:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T22:03:04","slug":"coa-annual-meeting-2021-on-zoom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/coa-annual-meeting-2021-on-zoom\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut Ornithological Association&#8217;s 37th Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"block-53a4153d-f50d-4d58-a96b-99204e5c428b\" class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-content\/uploads\/COA-Annual-Mtg-2021-Weidensaul-India-Amur-Falcons.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is COA-Annual-Mtg-2021-Weidensaul-India-Amur-Falcons.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/><figcaption>Amur Falcons in India. Photo Courtesy Scott Weidensaul<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-75d72d9a-255c-402d-a321-c7a7934c181d\"><strong>COA Annual Meeting  &#8211;&nbsp; Saturday, March 20, 2021<\/strong><br><strong>10AM \u2013 12:15 PM online via Zoom<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello Birders!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Connecticut Ornithological Association\u2019s 37<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Annual Meeting will be held virtually this year, via a Zoom Webinar,&nbsp;on&nbsp;Saturday,&nbsp;March 20<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;from&nbsp;10 AM&nbsp;to&nbsp;12:15 PM.&nbsp; Following the business portion&nbsp;of the meeting, including elections, awards, and reports, our featured speaker <strong>Scott Weidensaul <\/strong>will present&nbsp;\u201cA World of Wings: Migratory Birds on a Changing Planet.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">You are invited to register and pay ($10) for the annual meeting by clicking on this link: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">(Link No Longer Valid)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When registering, follow the prompts. To complete the payment, you may choose PayPal, a credit card, or a debit card <strong>(you may need to scroll down to see the credit\/debit option<\/strong>). Once the payment is complete, you will receive instructions at your registered email about how to join the annual meeting webinar. Save&nbsp;that&nbsp;message, as you will need it to join the meeting on March 20th.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow-up reminders&nbsp;will also be sent&nbsp;one week, one day, and one hour&nbsp;prior to the Webinar.&nbsp;You will receive a refund automatically if you are unable to join the meeting or if you cancel in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-content\/uploads\/COA-Annual-Meeting-2021-Agenda-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here for the Annual Meeting Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-755e970b-20b5-4210-a195-b4cff3f6a1fb\"><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottweidensaul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A World of Wings: Migratory Birds on a Changing Planet<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-6256b1c6-40d8-43b3-9783-e23a9431b59a\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottweidensaul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Keynote speaker:&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-051694e9-f199-4526-94bc-8794a7d05a4c\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottweidensaul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scott Weidensaul, author, field researcher, and&nbsp;Pulitzer Prize finalist<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_14860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14860\" style=\"width: 207px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14860 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-content\/uploads\/COA-Annual-Mtg-2021-Weidensaul-and-Snowy-Owl-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-content\/uploads\/COA-Annual-Mtg-2021-Weidensaul-and-Snowy-Owl-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-content\/uploads\/COA-Annual-Mtg-2021-Weidensaul-and-Snowy-Owl.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 217px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 217\/300;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott Weidensaul, with a Snowy Owl, is the featured speaker of the 2021 COA Annual Meeting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Scott Weidensaul\u2019s talk will be based on his forthcoming book <em>A World on the Wing \u2013 The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds<\/em>. The author and researcher will take us around the globe:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>with researchers in the lab probing the limits of what migrating birds can do<\/li>\n<li>to the shores of the Yellow Sea in China,<\/li>\n<li>to the remote mountains of northeastern India where tribal villages saved the greatest gathering of falcons on the planet<\/li>\n<li>to the Mediterranean, where activists and police battle bird poachers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212; to learn how people are fighting to understand and save the world&#8217;s great bird migrations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Scott Weidensaul is the author of nearly 30 books on natural history, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist<em> Living on the Wind, Return to Wild America <\/em>and <em>The First Frontier.<\/em>&nbsp;Weidensaul is a contributing editor for<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14859 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-content\/uploads\/COA-Annual-Mtg-2021-Weidensaul-book-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-content\/uploads\/COA-Annual-Mtg-2021-Weidensaul-book-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-content\/uploads\/COA-Annual-Mtg-2021-Weidensaul-book.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 198px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 198\/300;\" \/> <em>Audubon<\/em>, a columnist for <em>Bird Watcher&#8217;s Digest<\/em> and writes for a variety of other publications, including <em>Living Bird<\/em>. He is also an active field researcher, studying saw-whet owl migration for more than two decades, as well as winter hummingbirds, bird migration in Alaska, and the winter movements of snowy owls through Project SNOWstorm, which he co-founded.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Scott and his latest book, click&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottweidensaul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.scottweidensaul.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614528186895000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFOC3A58uqkUJ1LhguTDrcyBw-fPw\">http:\/\/www.<wbr>scottweidensaul.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hope you can join us for this exciting virtual event, and we certainly hope to meet in person next year.<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut&nbsp;Ornithological Association<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COA Annual Meeting &#8211;&nbsp; Saturday, March 20, 202110AM \u2013 12:15 PM online via Zoom Hello Birders! The Connecticut Ornithological Association\u2019s 37th&nbsp;Annual Meeting will be held virtually this year, via a Zoom Webinar,&nbsp;on&nbsp;Saturday,&nbsp;March 20th&nbsp;from&nbsp;10 AM&nbsp;to&nbsp;12:15 PM.&nbsp; Following the business portion&nbsp;of the meeting, including elections, awards, and reports, our featured speaker Scott Weidensaul will present&nbsp;\u201cA World of &#8230; <a title=\"Connecticut Ornithological Association&#8217;s 37th Annual Meeting\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/coa-annual-meeting-2021-on-zoom\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Connecticut Ornithological Association&#8217;s 37th Annual Meeting\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[3,62,14,30,17,134,79,132,131,133],"class_list":["post-14857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-uncategorized","tag-annual-meeting","tag-bird","tag-birding","tag-birds","tag-coa","tag-coa-ann","tag-connecticut-ornithological-association","tag-migration","tag-weidensaul","tag-world-of-wings","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14857"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15919,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14857\/revisions\/15919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}