Date: 9/8/26 5:25 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Waggoner's Gap (08 Sep 2026) 567 Raptors
Waggoner's Gap
40 km W of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 08, 2026
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 0 0
TV 0 0 0
OS 6 47 105
BE 16 103 226
NH 1 8 13
SS 12 87 108
CH 4 8 24
AG 0 0 0
RS 0 4 11
BW 506 1143 1570
RT 20 109 239
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 29 47
ML 1 8 10
PG 0 2 4
UA 0 2 4
UB 0 2 4
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 1 7 11

Total: 567 1559 2376
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 8.33 hours

Official Counter: Tom Filip

Observers: Dave Grove

Visitors:
13


Weather:
Variable wind, weak N wind on the N side and slightly stronger S wind on
the S side. Clear sky in the morning, partly cloudy in the afternoon.

Raptor Observations:
First: COHA 1
Last: SSHA 1
Largest BWHA kettle: 29

BWHAs riding the ridge in the morning, then seemingly coming from the N
over the valley to the ridge at midday, finally many streaming from the S
valley at the end of the day. The majority were very high at all times of
the day.

Non-raptor Observations:
Hummingbirds: 6
Monarchs: 65
Red-spotted Purple: 2
LFE: 2
Five-lined Skink: 1
Common Nighthawk: 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch: 1
Scarlet Tanager: 1

Female Golden-winged Warbler seen briefly in the brush on the S side right
before the BWHA flight started.

Predictions:
SSW/SW wind, partly cloudy.
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