Date: 9/17/25 3:19 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (17 Sep 2025) 355 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 2 2
Turkey Vulture 0 25 26
Unknown Vulture 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Osprey 1 75 112
Bald Eagle 1 70 127
Northern Harrier 2 24 29
Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 166 178
Cooper's Hawk 1 36 46
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Unknown Accipitrine 0 1 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 3
Broad-winged Hawk 338 6408 6523
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 18 59
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 51 64
Merlin 3 21 22
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 3
Unknown Falcon 0 2 2
Unknown Raptor 0 6 7

Total: 355 6909 7206
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.67 hours

Compiler: Beth Sassaman

Counters: Rosie Berkin

Visitors:
93


Weather:
Overcast throughout the day with northeast to variable winds throughout the
day.

Raptor Observations:
"Late pulse of 230 broad-winged hawk late in the day when the cloud ceiling
lifted briefly.

Non-raptor Observations:
Eastern wood-pewee, blue jay, cedar waxwing, magnolia, cape may,
black-throated blue, black-throated green, and blackburnian warbler.
scarlet tanager

Predictions:
Mostly sunny with light wind shifting west in the afternoon, could make for
a decent broad-winged hawk liftoff after todays cloudy weather as birds
move south off the ridge.
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Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (<goodrich...>)
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary information may be found at:
http://www.hawkmountain.org/


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