Date: 10/5/25 6:35 pm
From: <reports...>
Subject: [NHBirds] Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory (05 Oct 2025) 57 Raptors
Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory
Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 2 2 4
Turkey Vulture 8 21 39
Osprey 0 4 165
Bald Eagle 0 5 110
Northern Harrier 12 27 97
Sharp-shinned Hawk 18 103 877
Cooper's Hawk 1 14 134
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 10
Broad-winged Hawk 1 5 5819
Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 8
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 9 32 185
Merlin 1 7 48
Peregrine Falcon 4 4 23
Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 3
Unknown Buteo 0 0 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 1 21

Total: 57 227 7546
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours

Official Counter: Levi Burford

Observers: Alan Chretien, Andre Moraes, Brian Rusnica, Chuck Carlson,
Glen Chretien, Glen and Alan Chretien, Katrina Fenton,
Mike Gebo

Visitors:
We had 248 visitors to the watch on a warm foliage weekend. It was great to
have Brian and Lizzie show up from Watatic. It's really nice connecting!


Weather:
The weather was pretty stable through the day, with only the temperature
changing by the hour. Starting at about 62 degrees (F), the temperature at
the summit of Pack Monadnock rose to a balmy 77 degrees.The wind remained
light from the WSW and nary a cloud could be seen in the sky at any point
today.

Raptor Observations:
Right off the bat a tiercel Peregrine was observed sliding from North Pack
by the watch and that one bird started a rather nice day of hawk watching.
While the temps rose and wind remained light, the morning remained steady
with approximately 10 birds an hour. Things slowed in the afternoon and
hawk watchers fought off warm sun-induced naps between birds. The thought
occurred to me that we might need random blasts from an air horn to liven
the watch up enough to stay awake but really there was enough vigilence at
any one point to maintain reasonable data.

Interesting notes for the day included 12 Northern Harriers (all
aged/sexed: eight Juveniles, three males, one female), one straggler
Broad-winged Hawk, and two Black Vultures heading south.

Non-migrants today included at least five Red-tailed Hawks, and one
Red-shouldered Hawk, one Bald Eagle.

Non-raptor Observations:
Migrants included:
2 Canada Geese

The area around the watch was busy when we arrived this morning with many
White-throated Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, Ruby-crowned Kinglets,
Red-breasted Nuthatches, and Yellow-rumped Warblers. The sound of
White-throateds could be heard throughout the day.

Notable for the count was a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that flew through in
front of the watch.

<a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S277550236">Today's eBird
checklist.</a>

Predictions:
Looks like more similar weather with a little more wind from the Southwest.
It's not the most inspiring weather forecast for watching migrant raptors
but if you throw your margarita in a blender and scurry it up to Pack, you
might have a good time keeping Nate company anyway! I bet there will be a
few birds to see at least!
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Report submitted by Levi Burford (<lbburford...>)
Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory information may be found at:
www.harriscenter.org


More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=320


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