Ornithology
information for the public
This portion of the
UConn Ornithology Group's web site is intended to
provide general information about birds that might be of interest to the
general public.
FORTHCOMING
EVENTS
·
Nature and the
Environment: The Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series.
SCIENCE
& NATURAL HISTORY IN THE NEWS
·
Recent news articles about ornithology can be found here.
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Recent news articles about conservation biology can be found here.
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Greg Hanisek’s Talking Nature blog, focused Connecticut natural history is here.
·
WFC’s Field Notes, with many
pieces on recent research conducted in New England is here.
BIRD
CONSERVATION
· Connecticut State of the Birds
(2008 report now available: see news article from The
Day)
BIRDING
·
The Connecticut Birding Event Calender
is here.
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For information on bird identification and behaviour,
check out the Sibley Guides, which are now
available on-line.
·
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).
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For information on today’s Connecticut birding scene, check out
the CTBirds discussion archive here.
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More info on CT birding on Nick Bonomo’s
birding blog.
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Identification information relating to CT birds on Mark Szantyr’s
blog (and his awesome photos here).
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For the latest debates on bird identification check out the Frontiers
of Field Identification listserve (archived here) and David Sibley’s birding blog.
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To find out what migration was like last night go to David La Puma’s radar site. To watch it as it happens, you can use the NOAA
radar site (which is especially cool to watch right around dusk).
LOCAL
BIRDING ORGANIZATIONS
· Connecticut Ornithological Association
· Natchaug Ornithological Society (Storrs area)
VOLUNTEER
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIRDERS
·
Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection Bird Surveys