Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch State College, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 23, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.58 hours
Official Counter: AB
Observers:
Visitors: None
29 hikers 1 runner
Weather: 12-19kph NNW winds until noon. At noon the winds began to shift eventually to the SE at 13:00 at 6-11kph. Visibility was good for the entire count with views to Stone Mountain. Sunny skies to begin the day, but high stratus clouds formed increasing to mostly cloudy skies by 11:00. The thinly clouded skies still let some sunshine through. Low temperature of -5C at 08:00 and a high of 8C by 14:00.
Raptor Observations: TV 4 (150) BE 1 (54) RT 2 (152) UB 1 (13) Total 8 (645)
Slow flight again today with only a few migrating raptors. Most came through between the 10:00 – 12:00 window. After that it was pretty dead. First day since 2/22 without a GE.
Two adult BE’s were dog fighting over Stone Valley at 10:17. Usual area where the skirmishes occur. The Leading Ridge RTHA was only spotted a few times during the count.
Non-raptor Observations: A CORA was out over Stone Valley near the end of the count with something in its beak it was proud of. Maybe some bread, a burger bun or some pancakes. Another CORA was following it.
Mourning Dove 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 American Crow 3 Common Raven 8 Black-capped Chickadee 10 Tufted Titmouse 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Finch 1 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Predictions: A chance of rain before 8am. Cloudy through mid-morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 59. South wind 5 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Adam Richardson (<poecile.gambeli...>) Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch information may be found at: tusseymountainspringhawkwatch.org/
