Date: 10/26/24 3:55 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (26 Oct 2024) 249 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2024
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 3 47 78
Turkey Vulture 24 316 366
Unknown Vulture 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Osprey 0 44 192
Bald Eagle 9 188 360
Northern Harrier 8 63 92
Sharp-shinned Hawk 109 2554 2878
Cooper's Hawk 14 246 316
American Goshawk 0 1 1
Unknown Accipiter 1 10 19
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 30 40
Broad-winged Hawk 0 13 5378
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 59 363 454
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 3 12
Golden Eagle 3 15 15
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 81 223
Merlin 10 76 106
Peregrine Falcon 5 32 42
Unknown Falcon 0 3 3
Unknown Raptor 0 11 17

Total: 249 4097 10593
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10.25 hours

Compiler: Scott Morrison

Counters: Bracken Brown, Chris Arndt, Erik Albrecht, Holly Merker,
Joseph Afrifa

Visitors:
974


Weather:
Partly to mostly cloudy throughout the day with sustained northwest winds
10-25mph

Raptor Observations:
Great looks at migrants highlights included two adult peregrine falcons
moving together low on the north slope and several male northern harrier,
finished with a late day immature golden eagle.

Non-raptor Observations:
Canada geese, golden-crowned kinglet, tree swallow, American Robin, pine
siskin

Predictions:
Sunny conditions with light west winds 5mph expected.
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Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (<goodrich...>)
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary information may be found at:
http://www.hawkmountain.org/


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