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Date: 4/23/26 4:10 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch (23 Apr 2026) 12 Raptors
Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch State College, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 23, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1 62 206 Osprey 0 37 45 Bald Eagle 1 25 85 Northern Harrier 0 10 16 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 54 89 Cooper's Hawk 0 12 26 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 26 Broad-winged Hawk 8 354 354 Red-tailed Hawk 1 97 229 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 2 Golden Eagle 0 22 224 American Kestrel 0 21 36 Merlin 0 2 4 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipitrine 0 2 4 Unknown Buteo 0 1 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Eagle 0 1 4 Unknown Raptor 0 10 12 Total: 12 714 1365 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Nick Bolgiano, Thomas Filip Observers: Nick Bolgiano, Tom Filip Weather: Wind NNW/NW/W, mostly 5-10 mph, a few clouds. Raptor Observations: No GOEA spotted today. Other migrating raptors include 1 BAEA, 1 RTHA, 8 BWHA, 1 SSHA, and 1 TUVU. It was a slow day due to unfavorable winds. Most of the raptors seen were in the morning. Our local BWHA seems to have paired up as it was seen doing a display flight and later seen flying with another local BWHA. Non-raptor Observations: https://ebird.org/checklist/S326141467 Predictions: Friday - light NE wind Saturday - rain, Apr 25 usually being the last day of the season Monday - tentatively plan to extend the season to include this day with favorable SSE wind ======================================================================== Report submitted by Thomas Filip () Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch information may be found at: tusseymountainspringhawkwatch.org/ More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=438

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