Date: 3/21/26 8:51 pm From: Thomas Filip <thomasfilip0660...> Subject: Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch (21 Mar 2026) 32 Raptors
*Tussey Mountain Hawk WatchState College, Pennsylvania, USADaily Raptor
Counts: Mar 21, 2026SpeciesDay's CountMonth TotalSeason TotalBlack
Vulture000 Turkey Vulture133051 Osprey000 Bald Eagle63942 Northern
Harrier012 Sharp-shinned Hawk21821 Cooper's Hawk21010 American Goshawk000
Red-shouldered Hawk02223 Broad-winged Hawk000 Red-tailed Hawk66773
Rough-legged Hawk011 Golden Eagle3175184 American Kestrel099 Merlin022
Peregrine Falcon000 Unknown Accipitrine002 Unknown Buteo011 Unknown
Falcon011 Unknown Eagle001 Unknown Raptor011 Total:32377424Observation
start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time:
8.75 hoursOfficial CounterThomas FilipObservers: Nick
BolgianoVisitors:Alan, Mark Congrats to the young couple that came up to
the watch near the end of the day and got engaged.Weather:Another day with
very variable weather. The morning started off mostly cloudy with moderate
NW winds up to 15mph. After 10:00, the clouds slowly started to clear but
the winds sifted N and slowed down to just 1-3mph by 12:00. Around 15:30,
the winds quickly shifted to SSW and it became cloudy again. A warm day
throughout with a low of 7.0℃ and a high of 15℃.Raptor Observations:3 GOEA
spotted today.*
*1 immature: 16:02*
*2 juvenile: 14:07, 16:16*
*The morning started off slow with only a RTHA and TUVU in the first 3
hours. Around 11:00, which was when the clouds started to clear, we started
to see some more action with a few BAEA but still no GOEAs and the wind
slowed and raptor activity came to a halt again. Our first GOEA, a
juvenile, finally arrived a few hours later at 14:02. At 16:02, I spotted a
very high GOEA coming over the ridge. The nearby kettle of TUVU also
spotted it and they immediately cleared the area. They must have been
really afraid of the incoming GOEA as I have never seen TUVU flap so hard
and fast to get away from something like these were today. The last GOEA of
the day, another juvenile, almost slipped past but luckily it chose to soar
overhead momentarily and I was able to spot it before it moved on.*
