When I visited the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary last week, I had high hopes of spotting a few migrating raptors, AKA hawks and eagles. But my primary objective was to interview one of the sanctuary’s resident ornithological experts to get the scoop on the latest news about this world-famous bird watching destination. As it turned out, […]
A Bermuda bird conservation charity is exploring a potential name change to distance itself from John James Audubon, the anti-abolitionist slave owner it derives from.
The Bermuda Audubon Society said.
Special to the Sun-Gazette
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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.