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NATURAL WORLD: 2 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: ON HAWK MOUNTAIN IN PENNSYLVANIA
Last Line: SLAUGHTERED FOR PLEASURE.
Subject(s): BIRDS; DEATH; HAWK MOUNTAIN, PENNSYLVANIA; HAWKS; DEAD, THE;

On Hawk Mountain in Pennsylvania
thousands upon thousands
upon thousands of hawks in migration
have been slaughtered for pleasure.
Drawn north or south in spring and fall:
merlin and kestrel, peregrine, gyrfalcon,
marsh hawk, red-tailed, sharp-tailed,
sharp-shinned, Swainson's hawk,
golden eagle and osprey
slaughtered for pleasure.



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