Potluck Celebration, Lyme Trivia Contestand Annual Meeting

Wednesday, June 4 from 6:00-8:00 pm

Please join us the evening of Wednesday, June 4 for our annual meeting celebrating the year’s events and future plans for the Public Hall and Bacdayan Local History Archives. We’ll have the traditional community potluck and fun trivia contest to test your knowledge about the town of Lyme (questions this year to be drawn from the Town of Lyme’s new Annual Report). All are welcome — bring family and friends and a favorite dish to share, and we’ll provide the rest for a lively evening to celebrate our Public Hall and wonderful community of supporters.

Nature Photography

with William Burt

Thursday, June 19 7:00-8:30 pm

We are pleased to announce that naturalist, photographer and writer William Burt will lead a Nature Photography presentation and discussion for the community at the Lyme Public Hall.

A resident of Old Lyme, Burt has a passion for wild places—especially marshes—and the elusive birds few people see. He is the author of four books, and his photographs and stories have appeared in Smithsonian, Audubon and other magazines. His print exhibitions have shown in museums across the country and Canada, including the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, The New Brunswick Museum, The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

For an exhibition of Burt’s photography of marsh birds in 1989, Roger Tory Peterson wrote: “William Burt is a perfectionist whose photographs of rails and other shy and elusive birds of the wetlands are unquestionably the finest ever taken. I admire his technical skill and perseverance (14 years) in getting these pictures. He has set a new standard.”

Burt is currently completing work on a book about birds of the shores and wetlands.

This talk is co-sponsored by the East Haddam Land Trust and the Lyme Public Hall. We anticipate a big turnout at this free event, and preregistration by June 16 is requested at: http://ehlt.org/register-photos. If you have questions, please contact Kyn at: kyn.tolson@ehlt.org