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Date: 9/15/25 5:05 am From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Second Mountain (14 Sep 2025) 87 Raptors
Second Mountain Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 8 17 Turkey Vulture 0 2 2 Osprey 3 35 50 Bald Eagle 1 15 38 Northern Harrier 0 4 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 52 59 Cooper's Hawk 1 12 19 American Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 5 5 Broad-winged Hawk 62 1039 1089 Red-tailed Hawk 2 22 37 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 5 14 18 Merlin 2 2 4 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 5 16 17 Total: 87 1228 1367 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Chip Templin, Thom Kurtz Observers: Chip Templin, Kurt & Sally Kraus, Mike Dale, Nancy Clupper, Rosemary Spreha, Sharon Rannels, Steve Rannels Visitors: 14 vista viewers Christine and Russell Lamm - periodic hawk watchers Weather: Clear skies in am and up to 45% cloud cover in the afternoon, light northeast wind, temperature range 65 to 86 F. Raptor Observations: Non-migrating adult BE 1, 2 immature BEs (one of which was a "white-belly") Non-raptor Observations: Warblers - Tennessee, Cape May, B&W, Yellow, Chestnut-sided. Eastern Peewee, Cedar Waxwings, Chimney Swifts, Ravens, Goldfinch, Yellow-throated Vireo, White-breasted Nuthatch, Scarlet Tanager. 7 non-migrating TVs. 6 non-migrating BVs. 8 Monarchs Predictions: 62-75 F, partly cloudy with slight chance of rain in the afternoon. NE winds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Frederick Wilcox (<Ftw539...>) Second Mountain information may be found at: Facebook. Second Mountain Hawk Watch More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=432

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