Date: 10/24/26 3:05 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (24 Oct 2026) 82 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2026
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 50 330 350
Unknown Vulture 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Osprey 0 26 276
Bald Eagle 5 159 427
Northern Harrier 2 43 94
Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 2168 2993
Cooper's Hawk 1 191 358
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Unknown Accipitrine 0 4 14
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 19 25
Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 11716
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 11 273 426
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 5 8
Golden Eagle 0 9 9
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 153 343
Merlin 0 80 152
Peregrine Falcon 0 45 65
Unknown Falcon 0 4 4
Unknown Raptor 0 5 20

Total: 82 3531 17280
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10.5 hours

Compiler: Dave Kruel

Counters: Bracken Brown, Marcus Fennema, Sean Grace

Visitors:
701


Weather:
Clear skies throughout the day with very light northerly breezes.

Raptor Observations:
Good diversity of distant migrants passing in low numbers throughout the
day, several streaming flocks of high turkey vultures in the afternoon.

Non-raptor Observations:
Atlantic Brant, canada geese, northern flicker, blue jay, american crow,
eastern bluebird, American robin, yellow-rumped warbler, dark-eyed junco,
purple finch, pine siskin

Predictions:
Sunny skies, high of 66 with calm wind becoming southwest at 5mph in the
afternoon.
========================================================================
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

 
Join us on Facebook!