Eagle Festival photos by Lisa Sartorius.

Festival co-hosts Phil Donahue and Faith Middleton of NPR.

Ken Elkins of Connecticut Audubon handling a great
horned owl, whose broken wing suffered a few years ago
has made it a non-releasable captive used for education.

A mature bald eagle perches on channel marker #22.
Eagles rarely perch on man made objects.

Close-up of eagle.

The Essex waterfront from South Cove. You can see the
Steamboat Dock, home of the Connecticut River Museum,
with the Baptist Church cupola visible in the background.

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