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Why You Should Experience a Hawkwatch

Laurie Goodrich, director of conservation science at Pennsylvania’s Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, has witnessed 35 fall raptor migrations. She shares why hawkwatching still excites her today.

: What makes hawkwatching different from other kinds of birding?

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