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Birding in a Hellmouth

10,000 Birds

I remember going to a health and safety seminar and struggling to identify potential pitfalls. First off as we drove in was the Crested Serpent-eagle I’ve shown you before. A Bat Hawk hunting bats. Maybe I’d trip on rocks walking to the cave? For starters, the cave is surrounded by some rather nice forest.

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Extreme Raptors

10,000 Birds

Besides the presence of several noted birding personalities, interesting seminars and phenomenal prize give-aways, the real stars of the show were undoubtably the birds. We have just returned from hosting this past weekend’s inaugural Extreme Raptor Weekend and Hawk Mountain was one of our chosen partner venues.