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Date: 10/2/26 4:25 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Second Mountain (02 Oct 2026) 52 Raptors
Second Mountain Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 2 Turkey Vulture 0 0 5 Osprey 0 0 42 Bald Eagle 4 7 114 Northern Harrier 5 7 26 Sharp-shinned Hawk 33 68 442 Cooper's Hawk 1 4 42 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 19 Broad-winged Hawk 1 5 3798 Red-tailed Hawk 3 5 117 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 6 53 Merlin 0 0 12 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 4 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 2 Unknown Buteo 0 0 8 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 30 Total: 52 104 4716 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Gary LaBelle Observers: Kurt & Sally Kraus, Morris Cox, Rosemary Spreha, Sue Dibble Visitors: 3 military, 3 for view, 3 for hawk watch = 9 Weather: Warm and mostly sunny with light SE wind. Increasing clouds, wind shifted to West in the afternoon with a few rain drops shut down flight. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: a few warblers, red-headed woodpeckers, sapsucker Predictions: Nice day a little cooler ======================================================================== 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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