Bert (sister) and Conger (Connie)

Jack and Connie Hagar

Connie and Patch

Courtesy of Aransas County Public Library

The Rockport Cottages as they 

used to appear on Church St.

PHOTO BY EDWIN WAY TEALE

Connie with Nellie Teale rescuing a white pelican near the old Copano Causeway.

Jack, Connie and Patch

on a spring outing.

Dr. Oberholser; Connie, 

Mrs. "Wrongway" Corrigan, and Jack enjoy an afternoon on the lawn.  Jack kept the  Rockport Cottages immaculately maintained.

Connie and friend Mary Donald sit under the oaks probably discussing the nesting habits of their favorite birds.

Eisenstaedt at Work:

Little Bay Photo Shoot, 1954

COVER OF LIFE MAGAZINE

Photograph by Jack Baughman; see main Connie Hagar page to view the actual photo.

Connie Trapping and Banding Birds

Connie at the entrance to

the Rockport Cottages.

Connie at Home 

Courtesy of Maynard Abrahams

National Audubon Society honors Connie for her life contributions to ornithology and conservation.

November 12th, 1962.

In her lifetime, Connie received many awards and praise for the work she did, but none expresses it so well as the hand-decorated scroll read by Carl W. Buchheister, then president of the National Audubon Society at the Society's national convention in Corpus Christ, Texas in 1962.

"National Audubon Society awards this citation to Conger Neblett Hagar, ornithologist and conservationist; who helped make Rockport famous, friend and mentor to three generations of field students of birds.  You opened our eyes to that great miracle of the natural world, the migration of birds; you enriched our knowledge by patient, open-minded and courageous observation and reporting of facts - so many of them unbelievable, yet true; in your selfless devotion to the truths of nature, you have literally discovered the link between heaven and earth; you stood so straight among the wind-bent oaks of your coast that you saw what others before you failed to see."