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Where he wanted to be

The Connecticut River depositing silt as it enters Long Island Sound at Old Lyme

“I have seen rather more of the world’s surface than most men ever do, and I have chosen the valley of this river for my home.’’

—Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996), in The Connecticut River, by Evan Hill (1972).


Peterson was a famed ornithologist and naturalist and author of best-selling wildlife guides. He lived in Old Lyme, Conn.

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