Date: 10/5/25 3:45 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (05 Oct 2025) 65 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Kempton, Pennsylvania, 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 0 0 7
Turkey Vulture 13 33 60
Unknown Vulture 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Osprey 2 4 158
Bald Eagle 1 24 211
Northern Harrier 2 9 49
Sharp-shinned Hawk 37 158 648
Cooper's Hawk 4 25 115
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Unknown Accipitrine 0 2 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 5
Broad-winged Hawk 1 10 9011
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 11 85
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 2 5
Golden Eagle 0 3 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 2 14 165
Merlin 2 8 54
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 11
Unknown Falcon 0 1 3
Unknown Raptor 1 2 11

Total: 65 311 10609
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 11 hours

Compiler: Rob Feldman

Counters: Chris Pugliese, David Barber, Paul Hiller

Visitors:
328


Weather:
Cloudless skies with moderate haze, SSW and S winds 1-7 mph

Raptor Observations:
Several adult bald eagles seen but not counted

Non-raptor Observations:
chimney swift, red-headed woodpecker, blue-headed vireo, red-breasted
nuthatch, brown creeper, n. parula, pine warbler, Cape May, black-throated
blue, yellow-rumped, black-throated green and blackburnian warblers, house
finch

Predictions:
Patchy fog between 8am and 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 81. Calm
wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
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Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (<goodrich...>)
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http://www.hawkmountain.org/


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