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Message: [QUOTE="stuckinbig11, post: 1938340, member: 503"] [I][I] [IMG]http://image.newyorkupstate.com/home/adv-media/width380/img/newyorkupstatecom_national_desk_blog/photo/2016/11/01/21434209-large.jpg[/IMG][/I] [SIZE=3]The bald eagle statue at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge measures 22 feet from wing tip to tip[/SIZE] [/I] [B][URL='http://www.newyorkupstate.com/outdoors/2016/11/whats_with_the_huge_bald_eagle_statue_off_the_nys_thruway_at_montezuma.html']What's with the huge bald eagle statue off the NYS Thruway at Montezuma?[/URL] [/B](PS; Figura) [I] A huge, steel sculpture of a bald eagle is now visible on the southern side of the New York State Thruway as it passes through the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Seneca Falls. The eye-opening statue, dedicated last month and located on the refuge's northern end off of its wildlife drive, commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Bald Eagle Restoration program in this state. [I]The statue, which is 22 feet from wing tip to tip and weighs 1,300 pounds, was commissioned by Tom Jasikoff, the refuge manager. It took Rochester [URL='http://jamesseaman.com/']artist Jay Seaman[/URL] about 6 months to make it at his studio on Cayuga Lake.[/I] The head and the tail features are made of stainless steel. The rest of the bird's external body, including the wings, is made with regular steel that's been allowed to rust to give the eagle a brown color. "It was a wonderful challenge and an honor to be able to do it," said Seaman, who specializes in custom sculptures of all kinds. He said the bald eagle is his biggest work to date. It's symbolic of an amazing conservation success story. New York's eagle population reached its lowest in 1975 when the state could only document one unproductive pair – the result of habitat loss, indiscriminate hunting and contamination from the pesticide DDT. ...[/I][/QUOTE] Refuge Manager Tom Jasikoff is a friend of mine. His son Matt was once my work-study student. [/QUOTE]

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