Special to the Sun-Gazette
PHOTO PROVIDED
This is the 1930 photograph which enraged Rosalie Edge and led to her purchase of the land now known as Hawk Mountain. It is used with permission of the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association (https://www.hawkmountain.org/)
The Hawk Mountain Sanctuary near Kempton is well-known to bird watchers, and especially those who enjoy birds of prey (raptors).
A new book review recently stirred my interest in learning more about the creation of the sanctuary. The popular raptor migration viewing site has existed for nearly 90 years, yet many people know little about the feisty woman who made it all possible. And not only did she enable the creation of the sanctuary, she also challenged, and eventually changed, the raptor protection policies of the Audubon Society.