Anne Marie Higgins is dedicated to monitoring Red-tailed Hawks in Syracuse, New York. She often spends hours daily observing and documenting them. Hawks are a vital part of the ecosystem we live in, helping to control populations of rodents and small mammals, therefore maintaining an ecological balance. Due to the nature of being a top predator, hawks face a wide variety of threats including rodenticide poisoning and Avian Influenza. Higgins founded the Red-Tailed Hawk Tales Facebook page and helped fund Syracuse University’s first hawk nest camera in 2016. Through her Facebook page and the nest-cam, Higgins educates and inspires, fostering awareness and appreciation about and for the natural world.

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