Date: 10/2/25 4:29 am From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Second Mountain (01 Oct 2025) 8 Raptors
Second Mountain Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Ed Chubb
Observers: Jarrod Derr, Larry Coble, Steve Rannels, TED NICHOLS, Ted Keene, Tom McKinne
Visitors: 8-PA State Police Motorcyclists(couldn't have been a good ride coming up the mountain).
Weather: "Deadly blue skies"(hard to find birds in these cloudless conditions). Temps in the 50's in the A.M. to 70's at the end of the count period. Winds out of the N/NE between 4 and 12 MPH, occasional gusts to 15+.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations: Early morning warbler flight-Blackpoll, BThr' Blue& Gr,Yellow rumped,Cape May,Mag', Ovenbird and Nashville plus RC Kinglet,RB Grosbeak and RB Nuthatch. Thank you Steve Rannels Also noted were 4 flights of Canada Geese throughout the day and a constant movement of migrating? Blue Jays.
Predictions: More of the same as Wednesday but maybe with a few more clouds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Frederick Wilcox (<Ftw539...>) Second Mountain information may be found at: Facebook. Second Mountain Hawk Watch
