Date: 11/1/26 3:40 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Waggoner's Gap (01 Nov 2026) 130 Raptors
Waggoner's Gap
40 km W of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2026
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 0 0
TV 14 14 1987
OS 0 0 182
BE 11 11 714
NH 3 3 119
SS 3 3 4916
CH 1 1 388
AG 0 0 6
RS 21 21 112
BW 0 0 7930
RT 70 70 1204
RL 0 0 0
GE 2 2 59
AK 0 0 187
ML 1 1 129
PG 0 0 45
UA 2 2 31
UB 0 0 12
UF 0 0 2
UE 0 0 2
UR 2 2 72

Total: 130 130 18097
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Observation start time: 08:15:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.25 hours

Official Counter: Tom Filip

Observers: Amy Maurer, Betsy Shaver, Court Harding, Dave Grove,
Judd Nathan, Katherine Weber

Visitors:
Judd and Amy's last day before heading back to New Hampshire, thanks for
spending the last few days here with us.


Weather:
Low ESE wind in the morning shifting to S in the afternoon. Thin cloud
cover the whole day.

Raptor Observations:
First: SSHA 08:25
Last: RTHA: 16:07
Owl: 1 SSHA, 1 ROPI

5 pairs of adult RSHA seen migrating, 4 of which came at the end of the day
in the same hour.

2 TUVU with green tags, 1 landed in a tree nearby and had the code 99E on
it.

1 RTHA carrying something, maybe a stick.

Non-raptor Observations:
Monarchs: 1
LFE: 5
Pine Siskins: 72
Goldfinches: 4
Purple Finches: 9

Predictions:
Low SSW/S wind, mostly to partly cloudy.
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