Date: 11/19/25 6:34 am
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (18 Nov 2025) 45 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 33 70
Turkey Vulture 0 115 671
Unknown Vulture 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Osprey 0 0 163
Bald Eagle 2 254 592
Northern Harrier 1 19 102
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 140 1569
Cooper's Hawk 1 36 284
American Goshawk 0 0 1
Unknown Accipitrine 0 1 13
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 53 110
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 9015
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 28 676 966
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 6 15
Golden Eagle 6 92 120
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 4 216
Merlin 0 17 103
Peregrine Falcon 0 7 33
Unknown Falcon 0 0 5
Unknown Raptor 0 0 18

Total: 45 1453 14066
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.33 hours

Compiler: Rebecca McCabe

Counters: Mara Anderson-Skelly

Visitors:
51


Weather:
Overcast to mostly/partly cloudy. Light snow flurries between 1400-1500. W
and WNW light winds

Raptor Observations:
Nice looks at red-tails, red-shoulders and golden eagles.

Non-raptor Observations:
Arrived at the lookout to two ravens curious about the owl pole, flying low
and close to it. Over 100 American goldfinches passing in small flocks
throughout the day.
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Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (<goodrich...>)
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary information may be found at:
http://www.hawkmountain.org/


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