Audubon Magazine September-October 2010

Photograph by Ewan Burns. A kettle of mostly Swainson's hawks over Veracruz as birders gather at the Hotel Bienvenido. Photograph by Ewan Burns.

Travel

River of Raptors

One of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles takes place every autumn as millions of hawks and other soaring birds funnel through Veracruz, Mexico, where a pioneering program aims to keep them flowing for millennia to come.

The Empire Builder in Glacier National Park. Painting by J. Craig Thorpe

Travel

The Great Escape: Touring North America by Train

Traveling by train might sound old-fashioned, but it remains one of the best, most environment-friendly ways to see some of America’s wildest places. Here are 10 trips of a lifetime.

Mountain Men: A Father-Son Backpacking Journey

By T. Edward Nickens

In the Appalachians of Virginia, a first father-son backpacking trip reveals panoramic vistas and glimpses of discoveries yet to come.

As the United States develops offshore energy, it will follow the example of such projects as Lillgrund, a wind farm off Sweden that generates enough electricity for more than 60,000 homes. Gerald Haenel

Windfall

By Mike Tidwell

If ever there was a time to get off of oil and plug into offshore wind power, it is now, argues Mike Tidwell, a clean-energy activist and veteran journalist with deep roots in the bayou.