Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-8: Duties of commissioner re avian ecology.

The Commissioner of Agriculture shall investigate the distribution and food habits of the birds of the state; shall determine, so far as possible, the relation of birds to outbreaks of insects and animals; shall experiment with a view to discovering the best methods of protecting fruits and crops from birds and shall serve the people of the state in matters relating to the economic status of birds and to legislation concerning them.