Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch State College, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 19, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 18:00:00 Total observation time: 9.47 hours
Official Counter: AB
Observers: Bob McLaughlin, Deb Rittelmann, Jacqui McKee, Nick Bolgiano, Peggy Wagoner
Visitors: Deb Rittelmann arrived early this morning and promptly found our FOS OSPR. Bob McLaughlin rotated in during the afternoon and was great helping spotting. Peggy Wagoner found us a few distant GE’s trying to sneak by. Jacqui McKee helped me finish out the day strong picking out several sky high buteos and another NOHA.
Deb Rittelmann Bob McLaughlin Nick Bolgiano Peggy Wagoner Jacqui McKee
5 hikers.
Weather: SE winds to start the count at 12-19kph. The winds peaked at 15:00 at 40kph. Visibility was good for most of the day at 12km. A few high clouds to start the count, but the skies became cloudier as the day progressed. Low temperature of 11C at 09:30 and a high of 20C by noon.
Raptor Observations: TV 10 (136) OS 2 BE 1 (49) NH 2 (10) SS 8 (36) CH 4 (17) RS 2 (33) RT 18 (134) GE 7 (130) AK 3 (10) UA 1 (3) UR 1 (7) Total 59 (585)
GE A 10:55, U 12:41, A 12:45, U 13:07, U 13:46, U 14:14, A 14:56
Steady flight today with good diversity. The flight got underway at the top of the 09:00 hour with a total of 4 migrants. In the 10:00 hour our first of the season OSPR flew past the OP along Leading Ridge. Not a few minutes later a second one was detected following the same flight line. The flight lulled in the 13:00 hour then picked up again in the 14:00 hour and remained steady until the close of the count. I stayed an extra hour just to make sure the flight was over and the 16:00 hour was productive. By 17:00 though the flight had ceased.
The resident SSHA was spotted again flying south along Leading Ridge. The resident RTHA were quite active. Four adult BE’s were spotted directly over the cut in the afternoon with 2 going south along the ridge and 2 going north.
Non-raptor Observations: Canada Goose 12 Mourning Dove 1 Sandhill Crane 4 y Killdeer 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 4 Common Raven 3 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tree Swallow 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Eastern Bluebird 3 American Robin 2 House Finch 1 Pine Siskin 1 American Goldfinch 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Common Grackle 3
Predictions: Rain likely before 11am, then showers, mainly after 11am. High near 57. Southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Adam Richardson (<poecile.gambeli...>) Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch information may be found at: tusseymountainspringhawkwatch.org/
