Date: 11/17/25 6:38 pm From: Ron Rovansek <rrovansek...> Subject: Re: Stone Mt. (14 Nov 2025) 32 Raptors
I don’t think Broadwings are twice as numerous as other species combined, but they’re twice as numerous at hawk watches. Broadwings ALL migrate south and they tend to migrate in groups and in a way that makes them highly visible, so they’re easier to see and count than many other species. I’d guess Cooper’s Hawks have a similar breeding population as Broadwings, but not all Coops migrate far and they usually don’t fly as high or kettle as much as Broadwings so the Coops are more likely to pass by unnoticed.
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On Nov 14, 2025, at 5:15 PM, Blizard, David A <dab22...> wrote:
BW’s represent approx 2/3rds of those recorded…any comments? Are BW’s twice as numerous as all other raptors/hawks/whatever combined in our flyway?
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Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2025
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
BV 5 10 11
TV 8 35 294
OS 0 0 30
BE 4 75 252
NH 2 10 34
SS 1 20 389
CH 0 4 42
AG 0 0 0
RS 0 3 13
BW 0 0 2410
RT 11 113 317
RL 0 0 0
GE 1 41 64
AK 0 0 28
ML 0 0 19
PG 0 1 12
UA 0 0 3
UB 0 0 3
UF 0 1 1
UE 0 1 3
UR 0 1 12
SW 0 0 2
Total: 32 315 3939
Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 15:45:00
Total observation time: 6.25 hours
Official Counter Jen Anderson, Mark McLaughlin
Observers: Connor Schmitt, Julian Avery, Mark McLaughlin
Visitors:
Connor, Mark McLaughlin, Julian Avery and 15 PSU students
Weather:
Started with 25% cloud cover and increased to 100% by noon. Not much wind all day.
Raptor Observations:
BAEA: AD 11:17, AD 12:07, IMM 12:28, AD 12:34 GOEA: AD 1:04 1st NOHA: male 2nd NOHA: female A Barred Owl called around 2:30.
Non-raptor Observations:
Groups of robins flying over early. 5 Rusty Blackbirds Snow Bunting (male in winter plumage) by the parking area
