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Date: 4/9/26 12:03 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (09 Apr 2026) 5 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 09, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 1 9 Unknown Vulture 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Osprey 1 8 8 Bald Eagle 2 19 22 Northern Harrier 1 10 10 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 17 20 Cooper's Hawk 0 13 14 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Unknown Accipitrine 0 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 4 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 1 16 17 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 11 11 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Raptor 0 5 5 Total: 5 109 126 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Compiler: Counters: Alyona Kaptyonkina, Bracken Brown, Zachary Underwoood Weather: Party cloudy early morning followed by clear skies later in the day. Calm winds from southeast early, west in mid-afternoon, ending with east winds. Raptor Observations: 4 local Black Vultures, 2 adult and 1 immature local Bald Eagles, and 2 local Broad-Winged Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (<goodrich...>) Hawk Mountain Sanctuary information may be found at: http://www.hawkmountain.org/ More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=109

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