Night Flight

The World

Migration time has begun, and we mostly notice it during the day. The afternoon sky can carry the “V” shaped formations of Canada geese, and it’s possible to spot hawks passing over mountain tops at dawn and dusk. Most birds pass by more subtly, and sometimes we don’t see them at all. But they don’t get by commentator Sy Montgomery. She lies awake and listens for their voices in the night. Commentator Sy Montgomery lives in Hancock, New Hampshire and comes to us from New Hampshire Public Radio.

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