Date: 10/26/25 4:03 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Second Mountain (26 Oct 2025) 105 Raptors
Second Mountain
Ft. Indiantown Gap, 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 7 41 87
Turkey Vulture 65 381 395
Osprey 0 3 77
Bald Eagle 6 88 161
Northern Harrier 0 19 45
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 578 994
Cooper's Hawk 1 52 93
American Goshawk 0 0 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 17 24
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 4328
Red-tailed Hawk 10 160 227
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 6 17 19
American Kestrel 0 21 64
Merlin 1 8 17
Peregrine Falcon 0 7 15
Unknown Accipitrine 0 4 5
Unknown Buteo 2 6 9
Unknown Falcon 1 2 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 11 50

Total: 105 1418 6615
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours

Official Counter: Brian Weaver, Thom Kurtz

Observers: Andy Francis, Anil Kayohcu, Kurt & Sally Kraus,
Nancy Clupper

Visitors:
31 vista viewers and some interested in hawks

Many Qualified HW's, Gary LaBElle, Chip Temple and wife Peggy, Joe Malone,
Steve Rannals,


Weather:
winds from the north light to medium, cloud cover 30 to 90%,
temperature range 48 to 60% F

Raptor Observations:
An eagle day!!
1 GE not aged, 5 adult GE, 2 adult BE, 1 immature BE, unident Eagle,

1 BE and 1 GE seen but did not go past HW

Non-raptor Observations:
115 Double Crested Cormorants, blue jays, Carolina Wren, chickadees, yellow
rumped warbler, blue headed vireo, WB nuthatches, golden and ruby crowned
kinglets, downy WP, song sparrow and ravens
Brian Weaver heard 2 Barred Owls from Stoney Valley (N of the HW)

Predictions:
Slightly cooler, full sun, light winds out of the NE
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Report submitted by Frederick Wilcox (<Ftw539...>)
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