SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 ONLINE CONFERENCE YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS COA’s Birds and the Environment Science Conference On Saturday, November 6, 2021, from 9:30 am to 3:45 pm, the Connecticut Ornithological Association is delighted to host its first online Zoom conference focusing on science projects about birds and their environment. The event features more than a dozen 15-minute presentations by both seasoned and budding scientists , and will give a sampling of some of the bird-related science being done in Connecticut and beyond . You may have already contributed to these projects through your eBird reports, Christmas Bird Counts, Summer Bird Counts, Bird Atlas work, Hawk Counts , Big January , seawatches, bird photography, bird art, finding and identifying uncommon birds, bird banding, etc. Thank you! Birders' contributions to science (and conservation) have grown substantially in every decade, and this conference will highlight and recognize some of those contributions. Register in advance at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEscu-gqj0vGNXGTHfmEwkjNbF4hk1Ow2HW Registration and the presentations are all free. This conference includes a range of topics and presenters from young to old, from citizen-scientists to professional scientists, and from high school students to university professors. With your registration link, you can drop in any time (s) to watch the scheduled presentations of your choice. For more details about COA’s Birds and the Environment Science Conference and its many short presentations, visit: https://www.ctbirding.org/eventcal/coa-science-conference-1/ We hope to see you there, online via Zoom. Can’t make the whole event on Nov. 6? Look for the recording on the COA website ctbirding.org a day or so after the conference. Thank you , Tom Robben President Connecticut Ornithological Association