MEETINGS and PROGRAMS — 2022
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.
To be added to our mailing list to receive announcements to programs and events, please send your email contact information to: lhasct@me.com
MEETINGS:
All About Bald Eagles
October 3, 2022 - General Meeting
Monday, 7:00 p.m.
Refreshments: 6:45 p.m.
Bald Eagles were once so endangered that many considered whether to replace them as America’s national symbol. The ongoing story of their recovery as a species and Connecticut’s healthy eagle population is a comeback story worth hearing. Join Ginny Apple, a Master Wildlife Conservationist (MWC) with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, for a talk about these magnificent birds of prey and their valuable contributions to our ecosystem. Ginny will discuss and give a slideshow presentation on the Bald Eagle and its resurging population in Connecticut. As an MWC, she serves as a Bald Eagle interpreter for the Shepaug Dam Eagle Viewing area in Southbury and the Essex Steam Train’s Eagle Flyer, along with many other activities. This in-person meeting will be held at the Litchfield Community Center in addition to offering it on Zoom for those wishing to see it remotely.
Click here to register for the Zoom option: <Bald Eagles>
October 3, 2022 - General Meeting
Monday, 7:00 p.m.
Refreshments: 6:45 p.m.
Bald Eagles were once so endangered that many considered whether to replace them as America’s national symbol. The ongoing story of their recovery as a species and Connecticut’s healthy eagle population is a comeback story worth hearing. Join Ginny Apple, a Master Wildlife Conservationist (MWC) with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, for a talk about these magnificent birds of prey and their valuable contributions to our ecosystem. Ginny will discuss and give a slideshow presentation on the Bald Eagle and its resurging population in Connecticut. As an MWC, she serves as a Bald Eagle interpreter for the Shepaug Dam Eagle Viewing area in Southbury and the Essex Steam Train’s Eagle Flyer, along with many other activities. This in-person meeting will be held at the Litchfield Community Center in addition to offering it on Zoom for those wishing to see it remotely.
Click here to register for the Zoom option: <Bald Eagles>
Life History of the Peregrine Falcon
November 7, 2022 - General Meeting
Monday, 7:00 p.m.
Refreshments: 6:45 p.m.
By the mid-1960s, peregrines had become extinct east of the Rocky Mountains. Then in 1998, the Travelers Tower in downtown Hartford hosted a nesting pair. Today there are at least 14 known territorial pairs in Connecticut. Our presenter, Steve Broker, has spent 24 years observing, studying, and photographing peregrines at West Rock Ridge in Woodbridge and East Rock Park in New Haven. Steve will discuss the life history strategies of peregrines, including sexual dimorphism, gender roles, territoriality, nest site selection and preparation, behavior, feeding, mating, egg laying, care of nestlings and fledglings, dispersal of young, site fidelity, and longevity. Steve's illustrated presentation draws on his 24-year experience with superb photographs of the birds in their most natural habitat. Steve worked in science education in Connecticut for 45 years. He is a past president of the New Haven Bird Club as well as the Connecticut Ornithological Association, for which he has also served as secretary and vice-president. He has also been a compiler of the Connecticut Christmas Bird Count for 35 years.
This in-person meeting will be held at the Litchfield Community Center in addition to offering it on Zoom for those wishing to see it remotely.
Click here to register for the Zoom option:
November 7, 2022 - General Meeting
Monday, 7:00 p.m.
Refreshments: 6:45 p.m.
By the mid-1960s, peregrines had become extinct east of the Rocky Mountains. Then in 1998, the Travelers Tower in downtown Hartford hosted a nesting pair. Today there are at least 14 known territorial pairs in Connecticut. Our presenter, Steve Broker, has spent 24 years observing, studying, and photographing peregrines at West Rock Ridge in Woodbridge and East Rock Park in New Haven. Steve will discuss the life history strategies of peregrines, including sexual dimorphism, gender roles, territoriality, nest site selection and preparation, behavior, feeding, mating, egg laying, care of nestlings and fledglings, dispersal of young, site fidelity, and longevity. Steve's illustrated presentation draws on his 24-year experience with superb photographs of the birds in their most natural habitat. Steve worked in science education in Connecticut for 45 years. He is a past president of the New Haven Bird Club as well as the Connecticut Ornithological Association, for which he has also served as secretary and vice-president. He has also been a compiler of the Connecticut Christmas Bird Count for 35 years.
This in-person meeting will be held at the Litchfield Community Center in addition to offering it on Zoom for those wishing to see it remotely.
Click here to register for the Zoom option:
MEETING CHANGES OR CANCELLATIONS
Bad weather? Meeting and event cancellations or postponements are broadcast on WFSB TV Channel 3 in Hartford and on radio station WZBG at 97.3 FM. Notices are also emailed to members on our email notification list; if you want to be added to our email list, send an email to lhasct@me.com.
Bad weather? Meeting and event cancellations or postponements are broadcast on WFSB TV Channel 3 in Hartford and on radio station WZBG at 97.3 FM. Notices are also emailed to members on our email notification list; if you want to be added to our email list, send an email to lhasct@me.com.
