Peebles Island State Park will be the host of The Audubon Society of the Capital Region’s lecture on Bald Eagles of the Hudson Valley on Saturday, February 13 at 2 pm. Special speaker Tom Lake, Hudson River Estuary Program Naturalist for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation will be presenting. [private]In addition to Tom’s work with eagles, he has compiled and edited the Hudson River Almanac, a weekly natural history journal, for 20 years. In addition, he teaches Anthropology and Archeology at SUNY Dutchess Community College.
The Bald Eagle has been our national bird since 1782, however the last 230 years have been difficult for them to survive. This lecture will travel across those centuries to see how the eagle evolved from an honored symbol to a target for human ignorance and neglect. This downward spiral culminated in the mid-20th century with their extirpation from New York State from the effects of DDT and subsequently placed on the Federal Endangered Species list. The final chapter in this story finds the Bald Eagle rising from near extinction to their present day abundance, and a recovery so complete that you may see an eagle any day of the year, anywhere in the Hudson Valley.
Free and open to the public. Kindly register by email to: president@capitalregionaudubon.org or call 518-268-2188 for more information.
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