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Top 10 Wildlife Watching in America

Ten places we think are worth the trip, hand-picked, not an exhaustive list, just a place to start.

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Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

Kempton, PA

Birthplace of raptor conservation; the most famous hawk watch site in the world

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Cape May

Cape May

Cape May Point, NJ

Legendary fall hawk migration corridor

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Congress Avenue Bridge

Congress Avenue Bridge

Austin, TX

World's largest urban bat colony (about 1.5 million bats)

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Bracken Cave Preserve

Bracken Cave Preserve

North of San Antonio, TX

World's largest bat colony

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Old Tunnel

Old Tunnel

Fredericksburg, TX

Famous Mexican free-tailed bat emergence

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Grandfather Mountain

Grandfather Mountain

Linville, NC

Well-known Appalachian hawk watch site

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Hawk Ridge

Hawk Ridge

Duluth, MN

One of the largest hawk migration counts in North America

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Pennsylvania Firefly Festival

Pennsylvania Firefly Festival

PA

Documented synchronous firefly viewing

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Ghost River State Natural Area

Ghost River State Natural Area

TN

Documented synchronous firefly viewing

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Cedar Grove

Cedar Grove

Cedar Grove, WI

Long-running hawk watch site

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