Meetings & Programs — 2025
Meetings, unless otherwise noted, are held, in-person, at the Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road (Rt. 202), Litchfield, CT. Additionally, for those that are not able to attend the monthly meeting at the Litchfield Community Center, the presentation will be available via Zoom. To register for the Zoom presentation, click on the link provided in the announcement write-up.
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Meetings:
Connecticut’s Broad-winged Hawks
November 3, 2025
Monday, 6:45 p.m.
Location: Litchfield Community Center
Broad-winged hawks, once very common, have been experiencing significant population declines throughout their breeding range. In an effort to understand why this is happening, scientists from Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association in Pennsylvania began the “Broad-winged Hawk Project” in 2014. In 2021, Larry Fischer, a federal- and state-licensed raptor bander, began collaborating with the project, providing information on Broad-winged Hawk nests in Connecticut. Larry will talk about Broad-wings nesting in our state and discuss where they go to spend the winter. Larry has been watching and banding hawks and owls for more than 40 years. Besides being the Connecticut collaborator on Broad-winged Hawk research with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association, he also is a member of the board of directors of the Northeast Hawk Watch. Larry is a past president of the Western Connecticut Bird Club and has also presented other programs on hawks and owls at LHAS meetings.
The meeting and program will be available via Zoom for those unable to attend the in-person meeting at the Litchfield Community Center. Click on the following link to register. <Broad-winged Hawks>
Wildlife Artist Talks About her Work and Passion Painting Birds
December 1, 2025
Monday, 6:45 p.m.
Location: Litchfield Community Center
Award-winning artist Dorie Petrochko will talk about her work and life, and her lifelong passion for birds: their plumage, behavior, and adaptability to change. Her work reflects her intense love for birds, and there is nothing she would rather do than travel, observe, and paint birds to benefit conservation and species preservation. There is something intrinsically spiritual and secretive about birds that is untouchable. That is precisely what she likes about them and what she will spend a lifetime trying to capture. Dorie works mostly in watercolor and gouache, and occasionally in acrylic and pastel. She is very careful to research her subjects and tries to work from life sketches and her own photographs as much as possible. Dorie has had many exhibitions around the United States. A founding instructor of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History’s Natural Science Illustration Program, Dorie teaches classes in drawing and painting birds, and is an active member and exhibitor of the International Guild of Natural Science Illustrators.
The meeting and program will be available via Zoom for those unable to attend the in-person meeting at the Litchfield Community Center. Click on the following link to register. TBA