Second Mountain Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 07:45:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: Kurt/Sally Kraus
Observers: Andy Francis, Gary La Belle, Jonathan Heller, Peggy Holt, Sue Dibble
Visitors:
Many familiar faces observed throughout the day. Purposeful vista viewers and other assorted onlookers were many.
Weather: Temperatures steadily climbed throughout the day. Low heavy cloud/fog filled the valley to the south of the ridge for the first hour accompanied by calm winds from the ESE shifting to the WSW by the end of the day. Clear skies with a high haze for most of the day; additional clouds broke up the afternoon blue skies.
Raptor Observations: A single osprey began the morning at 8:15EST and a low-flying single osprey was our final bird of the day at 4:25EST. An adult Red Shouldered flew very close overhead at 4:15EST. Kettles of Broadwings accumulated throughout the day, streaming in turn to the west southwest most at high altitude.
Non-raptor Observations: Nine dragonflies. Twenty-one Monarchs.
Predictions:
Two significant kettles of Broadwings were counted late in the day, there's a strong chance other Broadwings settled in for the day and will rise with the thermals in the morning. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Frederick Wilcox (<Ftw539...>) Second Mountain information may be found at: Facebook. Second Mountain Hawk Watch
