Brought to you by Connecticut Ornithological Association
Woodpeckers Webinar Wednesday, November 13; 6 pm If you’ve walked through the woods of CT, chances are you’ve heard knocking on nearby trees. Woodpeckers are a ubiquitous sight and sound in our wooded areas and have some pretty amazing adaptations for their hard-hitting lifestyles. In this webinar, Conservation & Education Coordinator Joe Attwater will ... Read more
The winter wildlife of Japan offers a number of spectacles unmatched in the wild! Tens of thousands of Cranes of at least 5 species can be seen feeding on snowy fields or flying into roost against the backdrop of glorious sunsets in Kagoshima. The famous dancing Red-crowned Cranes are in full performance in Kushiro. Snow ... Read more
Webinars via Zoom Sparrows Webinar Wednesday, October 16; 6-7 pm Often overlooked compared to more colorful birds, sparrows are a study in details. The “Little Brown Jobs” can often be difficult to identify, and with so many species mixed together, it can seem quite the daunting task. In this webinar Conservation & Education Coordinator ... Read more
Join us for a special community program live from Dnipro, Ukraine, with Ukrainian birder Oleksandr Nastachenko. Because of the time difference between Ukraine and here, we’ve scheduled it for Saturday, October 12, at noon, 7:00 pm in Ukraine. Dnipro is a city in the eastern part of Ukraine, about 100 miles from Russian occupied areas. ... Read more
Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road (Rte 202), Litchfield, CT 06759 Dave Tripp's Trip to the Pantanal and the Amazon Dave Tripp, Jr., Board and almost life-long member of LHAS; committee member on CT's ARCC; founding member of the CT Big Day team, The Raven Lunatics. Photographer, traveller and leader of ... Read more
Learn about the hawks, eagles and other raptors that soar over Connecticut in this free online Zoom presentation sponsored by the Connecticut Ornithological Association. Then visit one of our state's premier hawk watches in person -- such as Lighthouse Point in New Haven or Quaker Ridge at the Greenwich Audubon Center in Greenwich. Hawkwatcher and ... Read more
Ponds, rivers, streams, and marshes are our most biologically diverse environments. Though two streams or ponds may be only a mile apart, each could harbor a unique mix of species, particularly when separated by the hilly landscapes familiar across southern New England. That very diversity can also make life in ponds, rivers, and streams vulnerable: ... Read more
WEBINARS VIA ZOOM - SHOREBIRDS Wednesday, September 25; 6pm Shorebirds are some of the champions of the bird world when it comes to migration. Most of the species that can be seen in CT breed in far north in the arctic, spending very little time on their breeding grounds before heading south again to their ... Read more
The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) was a rare breeder in Connecticut from 1850 to 1940, with only four known nest sites on trap rock ridges in the Connecticut Valley Lowlands. Peregrines also bred on the Traveler's Tower in Downtown Hartford from 1943 to 1948, the last published nesting record in CT in the pre-DDT era. ... Read more
Is your town or city ready for better lighting rules? In the webinar we will take a closer look at our new Model Outdoor Lighting Regulations for Connecticut, an easy-to-implement policy that helps Connecticut communities to safely reduce light pollution at little or no cost, while reducing unnecessary lighting. Based on the Five Principles for ... Read more
