Date: 10/26/25 3:06 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (26 Oct 2025) 114 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 12 22 29
Turkey Vulture 72 447 474
Unknown Vulture 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Osprey 0 9 163
Bald Eagle 0 124 311
Northern Harrier 0 39 79
Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 919 1409
Cooper's Hawk 2 149 239
American Goshawk 0 1 1
Unknown Accipitrine 0 6 12
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 27 31
Broad-winged Hawk 0 14 9015
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 10 181 255
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 1 6 9
Golden Eagle 0 19 19
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 61 212
Merlin 1 37 83
Peregrine Falcon 0 18 25
Unknown Falcon 0 3 5
Unknown Raptor 2 8 17

Total: 114 2090 12388
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Observation start time: 06:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10.75 hours

Compiler: Matt Wlasniewski

Counters: Aidan Hannon, Aniket Pawar, David Barber, Jeremy Scheivert

Visitors:
280


Weather:
Partly cloudy to overcast with good visibility, light north winds 1-7 mph

Raptor Observations:
Several local bald eagles moving up and down ridge.

Non-raptor Observations:
Canada geese, barred owl, winter wren, golden-crowned kinglet, ruby-crowned
kinglet, eastern bluebird, yellow-rumped warbler, dark-eyed junco, purple
finch, pine siskin

Predictions:
Sunny, with a high near 56. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in
the afternoon. Migration likely to be high and scattered.
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Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (<goodrich...>)
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary information may be found at:
http://www.hawkmountain.org/


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