Bake Oven Knob 2 miles North of Germansville, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 9.75 hours
Official Counter: AB
Observers: Sam Arnold
Visitors: Tom Millard – Mount Peter HW Dan Sam Arnold
Thanks to Sam for some of the late day observations. I was also gifted some traditional Saudi Arabian coffee and dates at the end of the count from a friend I made earlier this season.
Weather: One of the cooler surveys yet this season with hopefully more to come. NNW winds to start the count at 4-7 mph. Around noon they shifted to the NE and I was concerned I might have to switch to the South Lookout. However, every time I thought I might need to move the winds gusted again out of the NW. Visibility was superb at 30 miles for the entire survey. Not a cloud to speak of with expansive blue skies over Blue Mountain. Low temperature of 6C at 08:00 and a high of 12C by 15:00.
Raptor Observations: 9.75 hrs (470.20)
BV 3 (151) TV 31 (873) BE 22 (297) NH 2 (42) SS 18 (985) CH 5 (99) RS 2 (15) RT 6 (169) AK 1 (111) UR 6 (160) Total 96 (18005)
BAEA (22): 08:10 A, 08:30 I, 08:48 I, 09:56 U, 10:37 A, 10:59 I (2), 12:10 A, 12:12 U, 12:15 A (2), 12:15 I, 12:43 A, 12:43 I, 12:54 U (3), 13:24 A, 13:39 I (3), 15:24 I
The flight got underway in the 07:00 hour with SS’s leading the mornings flight. By 08:00 the BE’s started to be detected migrating in numbers similar to the small accipiters. The flight peaked in the 12:00 hour with 10 BE’s moving through marking the first day of the season that BE’s have led the flight. The flight tapered off after that, but we did get a second late day pulse in the 15:00 hour with 8 more migrants moving through.
At 08:56 a resident adult RT was spotted on the N side of the notch making its way up ridge over the bowl. At 11:39 a resident adult RT was detected performing a roller coaster display near the red and white tower.
Non-raptor Observations: Several migrating flocks of BLJA during the first half of the survey. A couple of sky-high migrating CANG too.
Canada Goose 170 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 124 American Crow 1 Common Raven 5 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 Tree Swallow 33 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 1 American Pipit 1 American Goldfinch 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Predictions: Widespread frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 61. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Adam Richardson (<poecile.gambeli...>) Bake Oven Knob information may be found at: www.lgnc.org
