Originally, he had only thought to quietly record the behavior of the birds, but with the encouragement of the ROC Wild Bird Society, he brought together bird-loving friends from the Keelung area and in June of 1993 founded the Keelung Wild Bird Society. Shen also formally resigned his teaching position to concentrate on protecting the kites.
原本只想安靜記錄老鷹行為的他，在中華鳥會的敦促下，集合設籍基隆的鳥友，基隆鳥會於是在一九九三年六月誕生，沈振中正式辭去教職，專心「守護」老鷹。