Date: 8/19/25 2:49 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Second Mountain (19 Aug 2025) 32 Raptors
Second Mountain
Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 19, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 6 7 7
Bald Eagle 3 6 6
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 2 2
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 14 20 20
Red-tailed Hawk 2 3 3
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 2 2 2
Merlin 1 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1
Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 1 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0

Total: 32 44 44
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Observation start time: 06:45:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8.25 hours

Official Counter: Rosemary Spreha

Observers: Joe Meloney, Sue Dibble

Visitors:
One from Forestry department of FIG.


Weather:
Cloudy in morning, partial sun in afternoon. Light wind from the southeast.
Temperatures from 61 to 76 degrees.

Raptor Observations:
Bald eagles counted - 2 adult, 1 juvenile
Local turkey vultures, black vultures and red-tails not counted. Migrating
red-tails were counted.

Non-raptor Observations:
Black and white warbler, Ravens, Pileated WP, swifts and swallows,
goldfinch, indigo buntings and cedar waxwings.
Huey and Osprey helicopters flying from Ft Indiantown Gap.
Two monarch butterflies.

Predictions:
Possibility of rain.
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Report submitted by Frederick Wilcox (<Ftw539...>)
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