Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch State College, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 02, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Adam Bradley, Nick Bolgiano
Observers: Bob McLaughlin, Nick Bolgiano
Visitors: Bob McLaughlin
6 hikers.
Weather: Blustery day at Tussey Mountain with WNW winds gusting to 38kph for most of the morning. By 14:00 they had set down a little to 19kph. Visibility was limited to 6km to start the count as light snow formed over the Stone Valley. By 10:00 it began to clear and visibility improved to 12km. Mostly cloudy skies until 13:00. Low temperature of -9C at 09:00 and a high of 2C by 15:00.
Raptor Observations: GE A 11:08, U 14:07
Not much moving today with only a few GE’s and a few BE’s. All eagles were spotted on the W side of the ridge.
We are starting to note resident TUVU in the area more frequently. The resident adult RTHA was seen moving S along the ridge several times. A little after 14:00 we spotted two BAEA’s, one giving chase. A third was spotted and this third eventually took a swipe at the one being chased.
Non-raptor Observations: Canada Goose 180 American Crow 1 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 7 White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Predictions: Sunny, with a high near 40. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
For our local all-star spotters, keep an on eye on Tuesday’s possible S winds in the afternoon.
The trail is still quite icy up from the parking lot to the single track. Even on the single track I almost went down several times.
======================================================================== Report submitted by Adam Richardson (<poecile.gambeli...>) Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch information may be found at: tusseymountainspringhawkwatch.org/
