Date: 4/12/26 7:27 pm From: Thomas Filip <thomasfilip0660...> Subject: Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch (12 Apr 2026) 117 Raptors
*Tussey Mountain Hawk WatchState College, Pennsylvania, USADaily Raptor
Counts: Apr 12, 2026SpeciesDay's CountMonth TotalSeason TotalBlack
Vulture000 Turkey Vulture949193 Osprey42533 Bald Eagle21474 Northern
Harrier1915 Sharp-shinned Hawk44681 Cooper's Hawk1418 American Goshawk000
Red-shouldered Hawk0124 Broad-winged Hawk74106106 Red-tailed Hawk1472204
Rough-legged Hawk012 Golden Eagle215217 American Kestrel51732 Merlin113
Peregrine Falcon000 Unknown Accipitrine002 Unknown Buteo012 Unknown
Falcon001 Unknown Eagle014 Unknown Raptor068 Total:1173681019Observation
start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 18:30:00 Total observation time:
10.5 hoursOfficial CounterThomas FilipObservers: Nick
BolgianoVisitors:Amiena, Eric, Sebastion, Addie (good dog)Weather:Sunny
with SE winds when I arrived, shifted to S by 11:00 and cloud cover
gradually increased throughout the day. Wind speed was generally 12-18 with
some stronger gusts up to 21 mph. Low of 9.5℃, high of 23℃.Raptor
Observations:2 GOEA spotted today.*
*adult: 10:26*
*juvenile: 11:36*
*At 10:26, I spotted an adult GOEA soaring and gaining elevation on the S
side of the ridge. As I was looking at the eagle, a family just happened to
walk through at the right time. The eagle was higher than when I initially
spotted it, but they were still able to see it with the naked eye as it
crossed over the ridge and flew N. As it happens, it was Nolan's (the
dad's) birthday. I'm glad he and his family got to see a GOEA today. The
second GOEA was a juvenile and came through much more quickly.*
*We had a relatively low number of COLO flyovers today with just 7
considering the good conditions. It seems like we hit our big loon day last
Thursday.*
*There were 33 DCCO today between 2 flocks and 3 GBHE, both high counts for
season. **Passerine flyovers today include 3 TRES, 2 AMRO, 1 PUFI, 1 PISI,
4 AGOL, and 1 COGR.*
*Predictions:**Mostly cloudy with low SW winds in the morning and moderate
WSW wind in the afternoon. SW winds won't be as good as today's S wind, but
given that the BWHA today were coming through until sunset and that we are
getting close to the peak BWHA season, we could see some decent movement
tomorrow. *
