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Connecticut DEEP Investigating After Illegal Shooting Of Red-Tailed Hawk Connecticut DEEP Investigating After Illegal Shooting Of Red-Tailed Hawk
Connecticut Deep Investigating After Illegal Shooting Of Red-Tailed Hawk The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is seeking the public’s assistance as they look to track down suspects who illegally shot and abused a red-tailed hawk. In December, DEEP officers were alerted to the bird, who was located in New Haven County after being impaled by an arrow in the area of Thorson Road and North Mark Drive in Oxford late in December. Further investigation found that the hawk also had BBs and an air rifle pellet embedded on its body. Officials said that the bird was successfully captured and is being treated by a licensed wildlife reha…

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by Zak Failla
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Flying High Now: America's Bird Stops By Backyard Of Fairfield County Home Flying High Now: America's Bird Stops By Backyard Of Fairfield County Home
Flying High Now: America's Bird Stops By Backyard Of Fairfield County Home Fly, eagles, fly. With America continuing its recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, a Connecticut resident received some surprise guests in the form of the national emblem of the United States. A pair of bald eagles were captured on camera taking in the sights in the backyard of a Greenwich home as they make the rounds up and down the East Coast enjoying the newly warm weather as winter completes its transformation into spring. The birds made a pitstop at the Greenwich home before moving on, but not before an eagle-eyed resident was able to capture them taking in the sights while perched ato…

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by Zak Failla