SAXTON B. LITTLE FREE LIBRARY Home Adult Services* Library Services Children's Corner Hot Spot (for Teens) |
Friends of the Library
|
Speaking VolumesKeeping you up-to-date on what's happening at your library. We invite you to join in the conversation!
NOVEMBER 17, 2008
An Eagle Has Landed
A few weeks back I was complaining about the leaves falling off the trees. However, one direct advantage of bare trees is that you can more readily spot our beautiful birds and their nests. Last Friday, driving on Route 6 towards Andover, my eagle eyes spotted, well, a bald eagle. He/she was sitting high in a barren tree on the corner of the road that leads to Asto Wamah. I made my husband turn around and back we went for a second look. After a few moments this majestic bird flew off in all its glory. A truly beautiful sight to behold. I've only seen an eagle in Columbia one other time so feel quite fortunate to have spotted this one. According the DEP's fact sheet the eagle was placed on our first official Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern Species List in 1992. This was also the first year year that the state documented its first successful nesting of bald eagles since the 1950s, when a pair raised two young in Litchfield County. You can find the the DEP Fact Sheet about Eagles at: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?q=325972 A call to the Franklin DEP garnered this information. In the January 2008 Midwinter Bald Eagle survey, no eagles were spotted in Columbia. Of course, that is just a one day snapshot and doesn't mean there aren't any eagles in Columbia. The Dep has received information of sighting of a single eagle flying between Andover and Columbia lakes for the past several years. The 2009 Midwinter Eagle Survey resulted in sightings of 32 Immature and 49 Adult Eagles for a total of 81 in the state. This seems a healthy number but the bald eagle remains on Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern Species List. The US Fish & Wildlife Service reports “On August 9, 2007, the bald eagle was removed from the federal list of threatened and endangered species. After nearly disappearing from most of the United States decades ago, the bald eagle is now flourishing across the nation and no longer needs the protection of the Endangered Species Act.” If you'd like to read more about eagles try these books located @Saxton B. Return of the eagle : how America saved its national symbol Greg Breining 598.942 BREINING PBK Conversations with an eagle : the story of a remarkable relationship Brenda Cox. 598.943 COX PBK The great seal of the United States Norman Pearl J 929.9 PEARL The bald eagle Patricia Ryon Quiri. J 598.943 QUIRI
If you've seen an eagle in Columbia, let us know! |
Recent Posts
Categories
Archive
|