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January 11, 2008

Connecticut counting its eagles

NEW HAVEN -- State environmental officials say that more than 100 volunteers will be spending the next few days looking for eagles in Connecticut.

They're taking part in the state Department of Environmental Protection's annual eagle count, which offers a snapshot of how the state's eagle population is doing.

Julie Victoria, a wildlife biologist with the DEP, is coordinating where the teams conducting the count go. Victoria says that last year, 153 volunteers saw 62 bald eagles, four fewer than in 2006.

The statewide eagle count is part of a national event that has been done every winter since 1979. The eagles that are in Connecticut for the winter come from northern New England and Canada.

-- Associated Press

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