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Where to watch migrating hawks in the Florida Keys

Birds of prey may be reluctant to fly over open water -- but that doesn't mean they don't
By Mark Hedden
Published: August 22, 2008
Birding tour leader and Key West-based writer Mark Hedden describes the surprisingly large number of Sharp-shinned Hawks, American Kestrels, Peregrine Falcons, Broad-winged Hawks, and other migrating birds of prey counted every fall by the Florida Keys Raptor Migration Project located in Curry Hammock State Park about midway between Key Largo and Key West, Florida.
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