It's not the big city, but it's also not the country, being near the center of the village. Bobwhites get their name from their call, which sounds like Bob-white . Peterson's island Senator Chris Dodd's office reports that the Great Island nature preserve in Old Lyme was dedicated Monday, July 24, in honor of Roger Tory Peterson, the author and artist of the famous field guide to birds and many other books. From his field guides to his advocacy to protect our natural habitats, he led the way in teaching others about the nature of the world around us. I can think of no better tribute to his legacy than to name this nature preserve in his honor.
Great Island is in the mouth of the Connecticut River.
Mr. Peterson, who lived nearby, often went birding there with his wife, Virginia Marie. After he died in 1996, his ashes were buried on the island. Mr. Peterson's close observations of the declining bird life on Great Island in the 1950s and 1960s played a large role in the banning of the insecticide DDT in 1972, Mr. Dodd said. Lt. Gov. Jodi Rell, noted ornithologist Dr. Nobel Procter, Virginia Peterson, Mr. Dodd, and many officials of environmental organizations were at the dedication last week. Monk mess Anyone who has visited the shoreline of Fairfield County from New Haven to Stamford would have a hard time not running across a Monk Parakeet - in fact, a lot of Monk Parakeets.