Bake Oven Knob 2 miles North of Germansville, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2026 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Andre Vu
Observers:
Visitors: 33 visitors today enjoying the beautiful south lookout view.
Weather: 47-68 degrees F, bluebird skies, very light WNW wind that was practically undetectable from south lookout.
Raptor Observations: While during my brief visit yesterday, I found a good chunk of the day�s birds, today I couldn�t pull anything at all. With only a single detected migratory raptor and not even a decent count of local turkey vultures, this day reminded me why it�s called hawk �watching� and not hawk �seeing.� Sometimes you watch and watch and all you get is a big blue sky over beautiful autumn foliage. Which isn�t so bad.
The one red-tailed hawk rose up with the day�s first group of TVs and continued through, which was at least a little interesting - it must have roosted nearby overnight.
Non-raptor Observations: Since the birds were feeling shy today, I spent downtime today taking photos of insects for my growing digital collection. There were thousands of asian ladybugs, landing everywhere and squirting some smelly orange liquid, but there were some goodies around too.
Highlights included a ladybug with covered in some parasitic fungus, a lesser anglewing katydid, a monarch, and some kind of chestnut weevil. I learned recently that a species of chestnut weevil was considered extinct for a long time following the end of the American Chestnut tree, but was rediscovered living on Allegheny Chinkapin from an iNaturalist observation!
Birds included migrating waxwings, goldfinches, purple finches, siskins, and a pissed off ruby-crowned kinglet.
Predictions: Sunny, with a high of 62 and a 5 mph north wind. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Lehigh Gap Nature Center (<mail...>) Bake Oven Knob information may be found at: www.lgnc.org
