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Date: 10/1/26 3:02 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (01 Oct 2026) 53 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 20 Unknown Vulture 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Osprey 1 1 250 Bald Eagle 1 1 269 Northern Harrier 2 2 53 Sharp-shinned Hawk 39 39 864 Cooper's Hawk 4 4 171 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Unknown Accipitrine 1 1 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 6 Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 11696 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 153 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 3 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 2 191 Merlin 1 1 73 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 20 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 1 1 16 Total: 53 53 13796 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.92 hours Compiler: David Barber Counters: Sarah Grace Ferber Visitors: 203 Weather: Overcast and hazy for the first half of the day with diminishing haze in the afternoon. Winds light and variable. Raptor Observations: Local bald eagles seen throughout the day. Merlin dove at the owl and vocalizing early this morning. Non-raptor Observations: chimney swift, red-headed woodpecker, blue-headed vireo, red-eyed vireo, winter wren, red-breasted nuthatch, Swainson's thrush, wood thrush, Tennessee, northern parula, Cape May, black-throated blue, black-throated green, yellow-rumped, blackpoll, and black-and-white warblers, white-throated sparrow, bobolink, rose-breasted grosbeak Predictions: A chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. ======================================================================== 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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