Date: 10/15/26 5:19 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Waggoner's Gap (15 Oct 2026) 178 Raptors
Waggoner's Gap 40 km W of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2026 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 0 0 0 TV 54 516 516 OS 1 16 180 BE 16 167 582 NH 4 44 90 SS 48 2899 4476 CH 11 192 321 AG 0 0 0 RS 5 12 28 BW 0 9 7930 RT 22 178 569 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 6 8 AK 3 49 175 ML 8 78 115 PG 3 31 44 UA 0 14 22 UB 0 1 9 UF 0 1 2 UE 0 0 0 UR 3 11 47
Observation start time: 07:45:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 9.08 hours
Official Counter: Tom Filip
Observers: Ashley Thomas, Debbie Spinelli, Gary LaBelle, Gene Wagner, Pete Biasucci
Visitors: 36
Weather: Moderate NNE wind in the morning shifting to low SE wind by the end. Mostly sunny, some clouds at the end and light rain started around 16:50.
An AMKE and a MERL were seen fighting at the end of the day, both went down into the trees. The AMKE landed on the snag between the mid-slope pine and upper pine for 15+ minutes. It eventuality flew to the upper pine and was still there when we left.
In the last hour we had a burst of 3 MERL together, then 2 with a SSHA, 1 by itself, and 1 that wasn't counted with the AMKE.
Non-raptor Observations: Monarch: 15 LFE: 19 Blue Jays: 102 Red-breasted Nuthatch: 1 Fence Lizards: 2 Taylor Swift out of Teterboro
Predictions: Moderate SSW/SW wind. Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain very early in the morning and later in the evening. ======================================================================== Report submitted by WG Counter ()
