💻 Technology Sep 8, 2026 · Silicon Canals Editorial Team

In June 1934, a New York widow borrowed $500 to lease 1,400 acres of Pennsylvania ridge where gunners shot migrating hawks for sport, then bought the ground outright four years later for roughly $3,500. The sanctuary now covers 2,600 acres, and its counters had logged 1,029 raptors by September 5, 2026

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In June 1934, a New York widow borrowed $500 to lease 1,400 acres of Pennsylvania ridge where gunners shot migrating hawks for sport, then bought the ground outright four years later for roughly $3,500. The sanctuary now covers 2,600 acres, and its counters had logged 1,029 raptors by September 5, 2026

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In the early 1930s, the Kittatinny Ridge above Kempton, Pennsylvania was known for a grim autumn tradition. Each year, as broad-winged hawks, sharp-shinned hawks, ospreys and eagles funnelled south along the ridge on their migration, gunners gathered on the rocks and shot them out of the sky by the thousands, often for no purpose beyond sport. Photographs of the period show hunters posing with piles of dead raptors stacked at their feet.
Rosalie Edge, a New York widow and conservationist already