Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch State College, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 24, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 8.42 hours
Official Counter: AB
Observers:
Visitors: None
4 hikers.
Weather: SE winds to start the count at 12-19kph. The SE winds continued until noon when the winds slowly shifted to the W. Visibility was good by noon when some of the haze cleared out of Stone Valley. Cloudy skies for most of the morning hours. By noon the clouds lifted off from the W to the E rapidly. Low temperature of 5C at 09:05 and a high of 14C by 14:00.
Raptor Observations: TV 18 (168) OS 3 (6) BE 1 (55) SS 3 (45) CH 2 (19) RT 7 (159) AK 2 (16) Total 36 (681)
The flight got underway when the clouds started to lift quickly in the 11:00 hour. A total of 10 raptors moved through mostly along Stone Valley with some nice diversity. This activity continued until 13:00 when there was a brief lull. The 14:00 hour saw a nice kettle of TUVU along the N side of the ridge that climbed pretty high before the birds streamed N along the ridge.
The Leading Ridge RTHA was on territory throughout the count. An immature RT came in close near the OP before heading S along the ridge. An adult BE also moved S along the ridge at 14:24.
Non-raptor Observations: Mourning Dove 6 Killdeer 1 American Herring Gull 4 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 1 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Tree Swallow 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 European Starling 3 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 1 House Finch 2 Field Sparrow 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Predictions: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. West wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Adam Richardson (<poecile.gambeli...>) Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch information may be found at: tusseymountainspringhawkwatch.org/
