A vote for the intriguing Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory showed up in the “Best Birdwatching” category, so we investigated.

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The Winners

No clear winner here, but lots of wonderful suggestions: “Periods of rain!” got several votes from readers. Others included sunset at Mt. LeConte, the annual memorial illumination of Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland, the re-openin...