Date: 10/22/24 3:30 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Second Mountain (22 Oct 2024) 65 Raptors
Second Mountain
Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2024
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 24 37
Turkey Vulture 20 314 314
Osprey 0 12 63
Bald Eagle 2 106 157
Northern Harrier 0 17 34
Sharp-shinned Hawk 30 997 1207
Cooper's Hawk 5 53 83
American Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 16 26
Broad-winged Hawk 0 25 4409
Red-tailed Hawk 6 181 288
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 14 14
American Kestrel 0 37 92
Merlin 0 13 26
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 10
Unknown Accipiter 0 6 9
Unknown Buteo 0 2 8
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 21 37

Total: 65 1844 6816
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours

Official Counter: Rosemary Spreha

Observers: Sue Dibble

Visitors:
FIG police, four for the view, two hawkwatchers.


Weather:
Cloudless sky, temperature ranged from 60 to 80 degees. Light variable
wind.

Raptor Observations:
Two adult bald eagles were counted, one adult and one juvenile bald eagle
headed north and were not counted.

Non-raptor Observations:
Chipping sparrow, both kinglets and all the usual species came in to the
feeders.

Predictions:
More of the same.
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Report submitted by Frederick Wilcox (<Ftw539...>)
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