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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (<goodrich...>) Hawk Mountain Sanctuary information may be found at: http://www.hawkmountain.org/ More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=109

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