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Date: 9/12/26 3:41 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (12 Sep 2026) 1558 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2 4 Unknown Vulture 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Osprey 12 108 182 Bald Eagle 11 138 171 Northern Harrier 4 23 26 Sharp-shinned Hawk 63 230 247 Cooper's Hawk 7 51 61 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Unknown Accipitrine 1 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 4 Broad-winged Hawk 1447 3143 3390 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 1 69 105 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 2 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 10 87 115 Merlin 2 41 43 Peregrine Falcon 0 8 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 5 6 Total: 1558 3912 4372 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 05:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 11 hours Compiler: Scott Morrison Counters: Aaron Shirk, Andy Wlasniewski, Bracken Brown, Elizabeth Weed, Sergi Gomez Espi Visitors: 422 Weather: Partly cloudy becoming overcast as the day went on. South winds 0-8 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Great looks at the 1,447 Broad-winged hawks streaming past the lookout! Non-raptor Observations: ruby-throated hummingbird, chimney swift, red-headed woodpecker, magnolia, cape may, bt blue, bt green, bay-breasted, blackpoll warbler, rose-breasted grosbeak, scarlet tanager, baltimore oriole Predictions: Rain showers in the early morning otherwise cloudy and high of 82 in the morning. Calm wind will shift to Nortwest at 5mph in the afternoon. Expect slow start to any migration. ======================================================================== 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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