Date: 3/22/26 5:01 pm From: Thomas Filip <thomasfilip0660...> Subject: Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch (22 Mar 2026) 41 Raptors
*Tussey Mountain Hawk WatchState College, Pennsylvania, USADaily Raptor
Counts: Mar 22, 2026SpeciesDay's CountMonth TotalSeason TotalBlack
Vulture000 Turkey Vulture93960 Osprey222 Bald Eagle44346 Northern
Harrier123 Sharp-shinned Hawk11922 Cooper's Hawk21212 American Goshawk000
Red-shouldered Hawk02223 Broad-winged Hawk000 Red-tailed Hawk168389
Rough-legged Hawk011 Golden Eagle6181190 American Kestrel099 Merlin022
Peregrine Falcon000 Unknown Accipitrine002 Unknown Buteo011 Unknown
Falcon011 Unknown Eagle001 Unknown Raptor011 Total:41418465Observation
start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time:
9 hoursOfficial CounterThomas FilipObservers: Deb Rittlemann, Nick
BolgianoVisitors:Sophie, AdamWeather:Today was the warmest day we have had
this season with a low of 9.1℃ and a high of 30℃. It was a sunnier day than
expected with little cloud cover for most of the day until around 14:00
when clouds started to roll in. By 14:00 it started to drizzle. Generally
8-12mph winds throughout the day, S winds early in the morning gradually
shifting to W by 13:00.Raptor Observations:6 GOEA spotted today.*
*sub-adult: 09:09, 09:40, 12:04*
*juvenile: 12:42*
*unknown: 11:10, 12:36*
*The stronger than expected S and SSW wind this morning led to some good
movement in the morning and mid-day. The first 2 GOEA of the day came
through early and very low over the ridge, both stopping to soar for a bit
and giving great views. The rest would come through a little higher but
still gave everyone some nice looks. Our last GOEA of the day seemed to be
spooked by our presence and turned around to head back the way it came.
Usually when this happens we see it return soon after, but we never saw
this one again. It is possible we missed it on its way back as many of the
raptors were very high up at this point, but it is also very likely it
simply cut out N when it was out of view. Other migrating raptors include 4
BAEA, 16 RTHA, 1 SSHA, 2 COHA, 1 NOHA, 2 OSPR, and 8 TUVU. The 2 OSPR were
the firsts of the season.Non-raptor
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