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Town Hill
A great hawk watching spot in allegheny county west of Berkeley Springs. Located at the Town Hill B & B. Known for their numbers of Broad-winged hawks as well as the chance to see Golden Eagles during fall migration.

Address: 31101 National Pike NE, Little Orleans, MD 21766
Coordinates: 39.6978013 N, -78.4010875 W

(Male Ruby-crowned Kinglet, a common winter visitor of WV)

Links of Interest

• American Birding Association
• Birdwatcher's Digest
• Potomac Valley Audubon Society
• West Virginia Wilderness Coalition
  • WV Wilderness Coalition E-News: January/February 2010

Articles

• Attracting Hummingbids
• Winter Bird Tips

Online Field Guides

• Guide to Common Birds of WV
  (From WVU, opens in a pdf file)
• Macauley Library of Animal Sounds
• What Bird Online Field Guide

Citizen Science Projects
How YOU can get involved in the effort to conserve bird populations

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Great Backyard Bird Count
• Project Feeder Watch

 Fun

• Funny video! "Shagged by a Rare Parrot" - Last Chance to See (BBC)