Second Mountain Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2026 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 11:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Rosemary Spreha
Observers: Morris Cox
Visitors: Five for the view. Morris Cox is visiting from Florida for a couple of weeks.
Weather: Temperature 58 to 60 degrees. Wind variable, starting with light SE wind, shifting to the NE then back to SE. Rain in morning ended before noon, but started again around 4 pm.
Raptor Observations: Broadwinged Hawks that were counted at Hawk Mountain took another route and did not make it to Second Mountain. Instead they passed over Sue Dibble's house north of Lebanon. She counted almost 1000 in an hour. More Sharp-shinned than Broad-winged hawks.
Non-raptor Observations: Not much activity besides a couple local TV, Blue Jay, Scarlet tanager and Flicker.
Predictions: Partly cloudy, wind from NE. No rain. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Ed Chubb (<edwe3g...>) Second Mountain information may be found at: Facebook. Second Mountain Hawk Watch
