Date: 3/15/26 7:49 pm From: Thomas Filip <thomasfilip0660...> Subject: Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch (15 Mar 2026) 23 Raptors
*Tussey Mountain Hawk WatchState College, Pennsylvania, USADaily Raptor
Counts: Mar 15, 2026SpeciesDay's CountMonth TotalSeason TotalBlack
Vulture000 Turkey Vulture31435 Osprey000 Bald Eagle83235 Northern
Harrier001 Sharp-shinned Hawk11417 Cooper's Hawk088 American Goshawk000
Red-shouldered Hawk12223 Broad-winged Hawk000 Red-tailed Hawk65157
Rough-legged Hawk011 Golden Eagle4152161 American Kestrel066 Merlin022
Peregrine Falcon000 Unknown Accipitrine002 Unknown Buteo011 Unknown
Falcon011 Unknown Eagle001 Unknown Raptor011 Total:23305352Observation
start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time:
7 hoursOfficial CounterThomas FilipObservers: Butch Rittlemann, Connor
Schmitt, Deb Rittlemann, Elizabeth Cathcurt, George Young, Nick Bolgiano,
Nina Wolf, Peggy Wagoner, Phil Park, Randy Flament, Warren
WolfVisitors:Becky Lengerich, Jean Lengerich, Matt Jackson, Amber Jackson,
Bruce Woods, Percy Meriwether, Vinnie ArcanaWeather:A warmer day than the
last few with a low of 4.8℃ and a high of 14.9℃. Mostly sunny with SE winds
in the morning turning to mostly cloudy with SSE winds in the afternoon.
Generally consistent wind speed of around 20mph but we did have some
stronger gusts up to 30mph in the afternoon.Raptor Observations:4 GOEA
spotted today.*
*3 adult*
*10:34, 10:40, 13:47*
*1 unknown*
*12:29*
*Less action than expected today despite seemingly perfect conditions. The
4 GOEA that came through today were a little distant and somewhat difficult
to view. No raptors were spotted after the last GOEA at 12:29, making for a
slow afternoon.*
