DERBY- The Naugatuck Valley Audubon Society in cooperation with Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection will host a program at 7 p.m. Wednesday about the bald eagle at the Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave.
Larry Fischer, President of Western Connecticut Bird Club and a federally licensed raptor bander will present In the Eye of An Eagle.
The bald eagle was considered extirpated from Connecticut by the mid-1950s.
As breeding populations in eastern Canada and northern Maine began to recover in the late '70s migrant bald eagles began to appear in Connecticut during the winter months on open rivers and at hydroelectric dams.
In 1992 Connecticut had its first nesting pair of bald eagles since the early '50s.
Raptor researcher Larry Fischer will recount this remarkable comeback with slides, digital photos, and anecdotes. His presentation begins with the bald eagle’s earliest winter residents, on to Connecticut’s first nest, and concludes with the present population of nesting eagles.
Join Fischer as he scales some of Connecticut’s tallest trees to come face to face with eaglets in their Connecticut aeries.
A donation of $5 for adults is requested. Children under 12 are admitted free.
Light refreshments will be served.
For further information, directions, or to register call 203-734-2513 or email donna.kingston@ct.gov.
This is a press release from DEEP.
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