Date: 3/23/26 7:57 pm From: Thomas Filip <thomasfilip0660...> Subject: Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch (23 Mar 2026) 4 Raptors
*Tussey Mountain Hawk WatchState College, Pennsylvania, USADaily Raptor
Counts: Mar 23, 2026SpeciesDay's CountMonth TotalSeason TotalBlack
Vulture000 Turkey Vulture03960 Osprey022 Bald Eagle04346 Northern
Harrier023 Sharp-shinned Hawk01922 Cooper's Hawk01212 American Goshawk000
Red-shouldered Hawk02223 Broad-winged Hawk000 Red-tailed Hawk18490
Rough-legged Hawk011 Golden Eagle3184193 American Kestrel099 Merlin022
Peregrine Falcon000 Unknown Accipitrine002 Unknown Buteo011 Unknown
Falcon011 Unknown Eagle001 Unknown Raptor011 Total:4422469Observation start
time: 11:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 5.5
hoursOfficial CounterThomas FilipObservers: Nick BolgianoWeather:Dense fog
at the lookout in the morning that cleared after a couple of hours. Cloudy
for the rest of the day with a snow squall around 12:00. NW winds for most
of the day at 20-22mph, slowing a little to 14-16mph at the end of the day.
The temperature decreased in the afternoon from a high of 4.2℃ to a low of
2.1℃.Raptor Observations:3 GOEA today.*
*unknown: 13:50, 13:52, 15:02*
*We were quite surprised to get this many GOEA today given the weather
conditions. We spotted 2 GOEA at the same time, both soaring and gaining
altitude before continuing, though they went different directions and left
at different times. The first left the ridge and went N while the second
continued NE along the ridge top. The last GOEA went past more quickly over
the ridge top. All of the GOEA today were very high which was unusual with
the lack of thermals and cloud cover.*
