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Outdoor Radio: Amazing Migration

开云体育 | By Chris Albertine,

Franny Bastian

Published September 15, 2016 at 7:00 AM EDT

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Sara Zahendra, Kent McFarland and Don Clark set their sights on raptors migrating over Plymouth Mountain.

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Kent McFarland and Sara Zahendra check out an unusual tree formation and the housing it provides.

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Sara Zahendra and Kent McFarland reach the top of Putney Mountain to watch the raptor migration.

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Kent McFarland watches for hawks with the view from Putney Mountain as a backdrop.

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Kent McFarland, Don Clark and Sara Zahendra are rewarded for their hike up Putney Mountain with a view of hawk migration.

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Putney Mountain is one of the high points in Vermont where bird watchers gather in early fall to see the migration of raptors and butterflies. Biologist Kent McFarland and Sara Zahendra explain how raptors travel for hundreds of miles using as little energy as possible.

HawkCount offers of the most recent raptor counts; the provides more information about raptor migration in Vermont.

is a monthly feature produced in collaboration with the in Norwich Vermont with support from the Byrne Foundation.

This program originally aired September 14, 2014.

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Chris Albertine

Chris was 开云体育 Radio Audio Engineer for more than 20 years. In addition to his work for VPR, he has supervised the sound for television documentaries for the Discovery Channel, Turner Broadcast, and the Arts and Entertainment Network. Chris retired in December, 2020.

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Franny Bastian

Franny was VPR's Director of Programming & Production.

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