This portion of the web site is intended to provide general information about birds that might be of interest to the general public.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
SCIENCE & NATURAL HISTORY IN THE NEWS
- Recent news articles about ornithology can be found here
- Recent news articles about conservation biology can be found here
- Greg Hanisek’s Talking Nature blog, focused Connecticut natural history is here
BIRD CONSERVATION
- Connecticut bird trends (analyses of local bird trend data)
- Connecticut State of the Birds (annual reports from the Connecticut Audubon Society)
BIRDING
- Where to watch birds in Connecticut
- Where to watch birds in the Storrs area (also, check out the book Birds of Storrs, Connecticut and Vicinity by George Clark (available from the UConn Co-op bookstore)
- For information on today’s Connecticut birding scene, check out the CTBirds discussion archive here
- More info on CT birding on Nick Bonomo’s birding blog
- Identification information relating to CT birds on Mark Szantyr’s blog (and his awesome photos here)
- For the latest debates on bird identification check out the Frontiers of Field Identification listserve (archived here) and David Sibley’s birding blog
- For information on identifying feathers check out the FWS Feather Atlas or the Slater Museum’s wing collection.
- To find out what migration was like last night go to David La Puma’s radar site; for a more local view go to Tom Auer’s site; to watch it as it happens, you can use the NOAA radar site (which is especially cool to watch right around dusk)
- Binocular advice
LOCAL BIRDING ORGANIZATIONS
- Connecticut Ornithological Association
- Connecticut Audubon Society
- Audubon Connecticut
- Natchaug Ornithological Society (Storrs area)
VOLUNTEER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIRDERS