Date: 9/23/25 1:19 pm
From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...>
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Mount Watatic (23 Sep 2025) 9 Raptors
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:05:56 +0000
From: <reports...>
Subject: Mount Watatic (23 Sep 2025) 9 Raptors


Mount Watatic
Ashburnham, Massachusetts, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 14 14
Turkey Vulture 0 3 3
Osprey 0 74 74
Bald Eagle 0 100 100
Northern Harrier 0 28 28
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 260 260
Cooper's Hawk 2 54 54
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 6 6
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3328 3328
Red-tailed Hawk 0 13 13
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 97 97
Merlin 0 21 21
Peregrine Falcon 0 6 6
Unknown Accipitrine 0 4 4
Unknown Buteo 0 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 19 19

Total: 9 4029 4029
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Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total
observation time: 3.75 hours

Official Counter: Brian Rusnica

Observers:
Visitors:
Kristen from Ashburnham and a few day hikers.


Weather:
Fogged in until 10:30am EDT, then SW winds, overcast, and threatening
clouds to our north and west which ended the count at 1pm.
Raptor Observations:
Just a handful of accipiters today; no signs of Broad-winged Hawks.
Non-migrant Raptors:
Turkey Vulture 15

Non-raptor Observations:
Common Raven 8

Predictions:
Forecast calls for 50% chance of rain throughout the day tomorrow, so we
will not hold a watch. Thus ends my continuous coverage at Mt. Watatic
after 13 straight - we'll try to come back up on the weekend if conditions
are appropriate.
If you count any raptors in the coming days at Mt. Watatic, please email me
at <14hawks8owls...> with your sightings. Thank you!
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Report submitted by Brian Rusnica (<brian_rusnica...>)
Mount Watatic information may be found at:
http://www.massbird.org/emhw


More site information at hawkcount.org:
https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=229
Count data submitted via Trektellen.org - Project info at:
http://trektellen.org/count/view/3470/20250923

 
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