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Date: 9/27/26 9:35 am From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Second Mountain (25 Sep 2026) 28 Raptors
Second Mountain Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 2 2 Turkey Vulture 0 5 5 Osprey 0 35 42 Bald Eagle 3 90 102 Northern Harrier 0 13 17 Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 321 327 Cooper's Hawk 1 27 30 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 18 18 Broad-winged Hawk 5 3646 3793 Red-tailed Hawk 3 83 111 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 43 46 Merlin 0 10 11 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Accipitrine 1 2 2 Unknown Buteo 0 5 8 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 28 30 Total: 28 4330 4546 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Ed Chubb Observers: Joe Meloney, Kevin Shannon, Morris Cox, Sharon Rannels, Steve Rannels Visitors: Check with Morris Cox (or some of the late day counters) about his special visitor. A very interesting Second Mountain Hawk Watch story. Weather: WINDY NNW WINDS(PRECURSOR TO THE NOREASTER) Temps in the low 60's and blue skies with wispy cloud cover. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: Not too good in the small bird department today. Predictions: "Noreaster' weather acomin!" ======================================================================== Report submitted by Ed Chubb (<edwe3g...>) Second Mountain information may be found at: Facebook. Second Mountain Hawk Watch More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=432

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