Date: 9/20/25 6:39 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (20 Sep 2025) 100 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 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 26 27
Unknown Vulture 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Osprey 2 82 119
Bald Eagle 4 91 148
Northern Harrier 3 27 32
Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 221 233
Cooper's Hawk 3 48 58
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Unknown Accipitrine 0 2 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 3
Broad-winged Hawk 59 6688 6803
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 2 23 64
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 5 77 90
Merlin 0 22 23
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 4
Unknown Falcon 0 2 2
Unknown Raptor 1 8 9

Total: 100 7324 7621
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours

Compiler:

Counters: Andy Price, Jeremy Scheivert

Visitors:
476


Weather:
Partly cloudy to clear throughout the day with E- SE wind 0-12mph

Raptor Observations:
Good diversity with many migrants cutting across the Kempton valley, flight
slowed in the afternoon.

Non-raptor Observations:
Canada geese, red-headed woodpecker, philadelphia vireo, blue jay,
red-breasted nuthatch, cedar waxwing, and scarlet tanager.

Predictions:
Partly sunny with Southeast wind 5 mph should see stable flight conditions
with broad-winged hawk likely to move out over piedmont.
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Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (<goodrich...>)
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http://www.hawkmountain.org/


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