Date: Tue April 22, 2014
Time: 7 pm
Place: Lyme-Old Lyme High School
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!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.
Conservation biologist and ornithological expert Dr. Paul Spitzer will discuss his planned study of osprey in the lower Connecticut River estuary, slated for April-June of this year. Over the next few months, Dr Spitzer will be studying a new threat to our osprey population â the overfishing of menhaden, a primary food source for osprey chicks. While eggs are now surviving incubation, osprey parents are finding it difficult to catch enough fish to sustain their young. Dr Spitzer will be joined by CT DEEP biologist Steve Gephard, who manages the Stateâs diadromous fisheries program.  Â
The Lyme-Old Lyme High School Ecology Club will provide refreshments. Attendees can also visit with representatives of the Lyme and Old Lyme Land Trusts, the Lyme and Old Lyme Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions, the Potapaug Audubon Society, and the CT River Gateway Commission.
Conservation biologist and ornithological expert Dr. Paul Spitzer will discuss his planned study of osprey in the lower Connecticut River estuary, slated for April-June of this year. Over the next few months, Dr Spitzer will be studying a new threat to our osprey population â the overfishing of menhaden, a primary food source for osprey chicks. While eggs are now surviving incubation, osprey parents are finding it difficult to catch enough fish to sustain their young. Dr Spitzer will be joined by CT DEEP biologist Steve Gephard, who manages the Stateâs diadromous fisheries program.  Â
The Lyme-Old Lyme High School Ecology Club will provide refreshments. Attendees can also visit with representatives of the Lyme and Old Lyme Land Trusts, the Lyme and Old Lyme Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions, the Potapaug Audubon Society, and the CT River Gateway Commission.
