-2 South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Braving a rainy, cold and windy day, U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee joined others in celebrating International Migratory Bird Day at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge on May 7th, 2005.
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-2 Fitting for this years theme, "Collisions: Clear the Way for Birds!", Senator Chafee released a rehabilitated Red-tailed hawk who had suffered a wing injury from colliding with a car. The collision occurred near the refuge lands on highway U.S. 1. To the delight and cheers of the on-lookers, the hawk flew from the Senators hands over a grassland to perch in a nearby tree. The hawk was brought back to health by raptor rehabilitator Vivian Maxson of Born to Be Wild Nature Center.
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-2 All day long there were nature crafts, bird banding information, guided walks, educational displays, chances to earn a "junior birder" patch, and a live bird of prey demonstration. International Migratory Bird Day celebrates the incredible journey of migratory birds between their breeding ground in North America and their wintering ground in Mexico, Central, and South America.
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-2 For more information of International Migratory Bird Day can be found at .birds/imbd/2005themewww.fws.gov">.birds/imbd/2005theme.
