Date: 10/5/25 4:10 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Second Mountain (05 Oct 2025) 44 Raptors
Second Mountain Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Thom Kurtz
Observers: Chip Templin, Fred Wilcox, Kurt & Sally Kraus, Nancy Clupper
Visitors: 9 vista viewers
Novice Hawk watcher Sal, Mellisa and Hannah Montengo and Anil Had our annual picnic with the following qualified HW'S, Sue Gibble, Steve and Sharon Rannels, Jay George, Larry Coble, Andy Francis, Pat Neegan, Joe and Lee Maloney, Gary LaBelle, Rosemary Spreah, Ed Chubb
Weather: Light winds out of the S and SE, 0 cloud cover but light haze all day, temperature range 68 to 84 degrees F
Raptor Observations: 4 non-migrating BE and 1 red taile hawk
Non-raptor Observations: 6-10 no migrating turkey vultures, pileated WP, white breasted nuthatches, Blk throated green, blackpoll, cape may, yellow bellied flycatcher, towhee, chickadees, carolina wrens, blue jays (12), white throated sparrows, ravens (2)
Predictions: S winds 5 to 10 mph, full sun, and temperature range 58 to 83 degrees F ======================================================================== Report submitted by Frederick Wilcox (<Ftw539...>) Second Mountain information may be found at: Facebook. Second Mountain Hawk Watch
