Love Birds? Hawks returned to Westport wilds after rehab

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:28:44 UT

Westport has its own developing love story between two red-tails that met in an unlikely setting: rehab in neighboring Weston under the care of Dara Reid and volunteers of her Wildlife in Crisis non-profit organization, which cares for injured and orphaned wildlife. Reid and Ben Harrell, store director for the Westport outdoor clothing and equipment outfitter, Patagonia, released both hawks late Saturday afternoon from the balcony of a home off Evergreen Avenue near Winslow Park. Harrell's participation indirectly paid homage to Patagonia's founder, Yvon Chouinard, who, according to the company's website, "got his start as a climber in 1953 as a 14-year-old member of the Southern California Falconry Club, which trained hawks and falcons for hunting." The male and female hawks were both injured in separate incidents in the same general area days apart and were recuperating at Wildlife in Crisis when they bonded, prompting Reid and her team to decide to release them together in hopes they will become a mating pair. Peter D'Amico, a Westport special police officer, Animal Control Division, said the male got caught in a net near Evergreen Avenue last month and he brought it to Reid's rehab center. All the while, volunteers must painstakingly implement care without letting an animal bond with humans because that would prevent their reintroduction to their natural habitat and impose on them a sentence of life in captivity for the remainder of their lives.

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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:24:02 UT

A New York man was charged Tuesday with stealing used fry grease from restaurants in Westport and Norwalk.

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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:00:00 UT

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