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Date: 10/29/25 3:22 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (29 Oct 2025) 53 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 31 38 Turkey Vulture 41 527 554 Unknown Vulture 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Osprey 0 9 163 Bald Eagle 0 128 315 Northern Harrier 0 42 82 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 936 1426 Cooper's Hawk 2 157 247 American Goshawk 0 1 1 Unknown Accipitrine 0 6 12 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 50 54 Broad-winged Hawk 0 14 9015 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 1 207 281 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 6 9 Golden Eagle 3 24 24 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 61 212 Merlin 0 39 85 Peregrine Falcon 0 18 25 Unknown Falcon 0 3 5 Unknown Raptor 1 9 18 Total: 53 2268 12566 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Compiler: Rob Feldman Counters: Catherine Elwell Visitors: 172 Weather: Partly sunny & cool, moderate northeast wind. 3-15mph. Raptor Observations: Good looks at 3 subadult golden eagles. Non-raptor Observations: Canada goose, eastern phoebe, blue jay, common raven, American Robin, cedar waxwing, purple finch Predictions: Overcast with east winds 20mph. Rain showers expected throughout the day will shut migration flight down. Fronts arriving Friday into the weekend should produce optimal migration conditions after the precipitation clears out. ======================================================================== 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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