Date: 11/7/24 3:56 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Second Mountain (07 Nov 2024) 48 Raptors
Second Mountain Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 07:45:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.25 hours
Official Counter: Brian Weaver
Observers: Bill Kametz, Gayle Lawrence, Jarrod Derr, Jay George, Rosemary Spreha, Sue Dibble
Visitors: 7 for the hawk watch
Weather: Temperature ranged from 59 to 67 degrees. Light to medium wind from the NW and NNW. Sunny.
Raptor Observations: Many Bald Eagles seen but not counted. 13 Bald eagles counted - 8 immature, 1 four year and 4 adult.
Non-raptor Observations: Ravens, crows, golden crowned kinglets, fox sparrow, titmice, juncos, goldfinch, doves, white-breasted nuthatch, grackles, cardinals, downy woodpecker, purple finch, robins, cedar waxwings, horned lark, blue jays, chickadee, pileated woodpecker and yellow-bellied sapsucker. And a chipmunk repeatedly filling its cheeks with sunflower seed.
Predictions: Mostly sunny, high 69 degrees, wind from the west at 10-20 mph.
======================================================================== Report submitted by Frederick Wilcox (<Ftw539...>) Second Mountain information may be found at: Facebook. Second Mountain Hawk Watch
