Introduction

This website is an evolving draft, as of November 16, 2021

This COA conference, held on November 6, 2021 via Zoom, is about scientific projects and field work focused on birds and the environment. It showcases about twenty such science projects, mostly in and around Connecticut.  This conference was inspired by and is dedicated to Joseph J. Hickey ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hickey ), one of the great bird watchers and ornithologists of the twentieth century. Joe and his 1943 book, "A Guide to Bird Watching", was inspirational to Roger Tory Peterson and many others (including me) in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and it is still a good read today. It is out of print but can be found on the internet. Its insights and principles are still valid and useful.  

This is the final schedule for the day:

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Here is a link to the deck of slides which was actually presented for this Introduction:   introductory 5 slides for COA nov.6 conference birds and science - Google Slides

We know there is a lot of information which will be presented today, and also that you may want to get even more details. In the next few weeks we will be publishing relevant documentation of this conference and its presentations online, and you will be able to get it from either of two locations:

BirdsAndScience2021.blogspot.com  (which is THIS webpage) 

OR

www.CTbirding.org 

This Introduction can also be viewed on the conference's video recording starting at the 0 (zero) minute mark:  COA's Birds and the Environment Science Conference - Online - YouTube