Date: 3/9/26 6:41 pm From: Thomas Filip <thomasfilip0660...> Subject: Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch (09 Mar 2026) 20 Raptors
*Tussey Mountain Hawk WatchState College, Pennsylvania, USADaily Raptor
Counts: Mar 09, 2026SpeciesDay's CountMonth TotalSeason TotalBlack
Vulture000 Turkey Vulture2526 Osprey000 Bald Eagle41720 Northern Harrier001
Sharp-shinned Hawk11013 Cooper's Hawk077 American Goshawk000 Red-shouldered
Hawk31617 Broad-winged Hawk000 Red-tailed Hawk12834 Rough-legged Hawk000
Golden Eagle5116125 American Kestrel244 Merlin022 Peregrine Falcon000
Unknown Accipitrine002 Unknown Buteo111 Unknown Falcon111 Unknown Eagle001
Unknown Raptor000 Total:20207254Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 7.67 hoursOfficial
CounterThomas FilipObservers: Constanza Ehrenhaus, Laurie McLaughlin, Mark
McLaughlin, Nick Bolgiano, Phil ParkVisitors:Lou, Bobby,
AngelenaWeather:Clear skies and warm throughout the day with a low of 14.1℃
and a high 22.4℃. SW winds at 4-7 mph at the start of the day that
gradually shifted to S and then SSE at 8-12mph around 12:00 before shifting
back to SW winds at the end of the day at 4-7mph.Raptor Observations:5 GOEA
spotted today.*
*1 adult 11:14*
*1 immature 14:54*
*3 unknown 14:42, 15:16, 16:05*
*Our first GOEA was an adult that came through on the S side at 11:14. The
next four did not come until over 2 hours later. These were much higher up,
making it difficult to spot and age them.*
