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Date: 10/29/25 4:26 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Second Mountain (29 Oct 2025) 14 Raptors
Second Mountain Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 42 88 Turkey Vulture 0 394 408 Osprey 0 3 77 Bald Eagle 1 95 168 Northern Harrier 3 25 51 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 583 999 Cooper's Hawk 1 55 96 American Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 25 32 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 4328 Red-tailed Hawk 3 190 257 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 18 20 American Kestrel 0 21 64 Merlin 0 8 17 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 15 Unknown Accipitrine 0 4 5 Unknown Buteo 0 6 9 Unknown Falcon 0 2 4 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 14 53 Total: 14 1495 6692 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Sue Dibble Observers: Gayle Lawrence, Joe Meloney, Rosemary Spreha, Ted Keene Visitors: 3 for view 3 hawk watchers Weather: Light ENE winds. 40 to 55 degrees F. Cloud cover varied throughout the day. Raptor Observations: Not many migrating raptors today but still had a nice variety. One immature Bald Eagle counted, 3 local Bald eagles not counted. A distant Golden eagle wrapped up the day Non-raptor Observations: purple finch flyovers, cedar waxwings, 5 double-crested cormorants Predictions: Rain ======================================================================== Report submitted by Frederick Wilcox (<Ftw539...>) Second Mountain information may be found at: Facebook. Second Mountain Hawk Watch More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=432

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