Waggoner's Gap 40 km W of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 0 0 0 TV 0 0 0 OS 6 93 125 BE 2 149 216 NH 10 60 68 SS 185 938 954 CH 3 40 48 AG 0 0 0 RS 0 2 3 BW 274 9929 10075 RT 1 65 129 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 1 1 AK 10 83 92 ML 3 18 18 PG 1 14 18 UA 1 11 12 UB 0 4 9 UF 0 2 2 UE 0 0 0 UR 0 16 18 SK 0 0 1
Observation start time: 05:00:00 Observation end time: 15:45:00 Total observation time: 10.75 hours
Official Counter: Dave Grove, Ian Hess, Ron Freed
Observers: Abby Sentz, Betsy Shaver, Dave Grove, Gene Wagner, Ian Hess, Jason Baker, Katherine Weber, Pat Freed, Paul Kosten
Visitors: 31
Weather: The day started with overcast skies and light NW wind, then it became mostly cloudy with calm wind. Spotty light showers slowed the flight late afternoon.
Raptor Observations: First bird ML 6:20 Last bird SS 3:14
The group of ~20 broadwings that settled down at the end of yesterday waited until 11:30 DST to lift. A group of 23 rose up and passed through, followed shortly after by 70 more before noon.
Ian Hess had over 300 thrushes passing overhead before sunrise, along with 2 great-horned owls calling. ======================================================================== Report submitted by dave grove (<waggap...>)
