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  1. 1Hawk Ridge, DuluthHawk Ridge, DuluthBroad-winged hawk flights, mid to late September Most raptors are reluctant to cross big water, so when they meet Lake Superior they veer southwest along the shore and straight past this hillside overlook above Duluth. The standardized count runs from mid-August through November and averages more…0
  2. 2Hawk Mountain SanctuaryHawk Mountain SanctuaryRidge-top raptor migration, September through November Founded in 1934 on Pennsylvania's Kittatinny Ridge, the sanctuary counts migrating raptors through a four-month autumn season that averages about 18,000 birds. Come in September for numbers: the broad-winged hawk peak can push a single day…0
  3. 3Corpus Christi HawkWatchCorpus Christi HawkWatchBroad-winged hawk flights, peaking at the end of September For sheer numbers, this hilltop count site in Hazel Bazemore County Park, on the Nueces River just west of Corpus Christi, has no rival on this list. Texas Parks and Wildlife puts the average at about 700,000 raptors each fall, and season…0
  4. 4Katmai National Park and PreserveKatmai National Park and PreserveBrown bears fattening on Brooks River salmon, September July is when bears famously fish the lip of Brooks Falls, but September is the other great month at Brooks Camp, when the bears are visibly heavier and most are seen at the mouth of the river rather than the falls. Getting there is the…0
  5. 5Denali National Park and PreserveDenali National Park and PreserveMoose rut, late September and early October Moose breed in late September and early October, and the rut is one of the few times these usually solitary animals form small groups, which makes Denali's open country one of the better places to watch bulls following cows and squaring off. It is also…0
  6. 6Rocky Mountain National ParkRocky Mountain National ParkElk rut, peaking mid-September to mid-October Every autumn the elk come down from the high country to the montane meadows to breed, and bulls open the season with a crescendo of deep, resonant bugling at dawn and dusk. Horseshoe Park, Moraine Park and Upper Beaver Meadows are the classic stages.…0
  7. 7Benezette Township, PennsylvaniaBenezette Township, PennsylvaniaElk rut in Pennsylvania's elk country, September and October You do not need to fly west to hear a bugle. Benezette, a tiny village in north-central Pennsylvania, sits in the heart of the state's wild elk range, and in the rut it becomes the destination for elk watching in the East. An education…0
  8. 8Cap Tourmente National Wildlife AreaCap Tourmente National Wildlife AreaGreater snow geese on the St. Lawrence, late September to mid-October On the north shore of the St. Lawrence about 30 miles northeast of Quebec City, the tidal marshes and mudflats of this wildlife area fill with greater snow geese stopping over on their way south. Recent fall surveys put the peak…0
  9. 9Monarch butterfly migrationMonarch butterfly migrationMonarchs crossing Texas, late September to the third week of October Monarchs bound for their wintering grounds in central Mexico pass through Texas from the end of September through about the third week of October, and in a good year you can see them streaming south or clustering on trees and…0
  10. 10Cape May Point State ParkCape May Point State ParkMonarchs and hawks at the tip of New Jersey, September and October Migrating monarchs use the coast as a guide on their way south, and west or northwest winds push more of them to the shore, piling them into the dunes at Cape May Point while hawks pass over the park's hawkwatch platform. In 2024…0