Date: 11/8/26 8:19 am
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (07 Nov 2026) 47 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2026
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 30 64
Turkey Vulture 0 388 820
Unknown Vulture 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Osprey 0 0 276
Bald Eagle 13 34 514
Northern Harrier 0 10 113
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 35 3106
Cooper's Hawk 2 6 373
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Unknown Accipitrine 0 1 16
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 22 72
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 11712
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 18 89 642
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 4 13
Golden Eagle 0 3 24
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 1 343
Merlin 1 1 164
Peregrine Falcon 1 2 69
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Raptor 0 0 21

Total: 47 626 18346
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours

Compiler: Andy Price

Counters: Andy Price, Andy Wlasniewski, Beth Sassaman, Bracken Brown,
Sarah Grace Ferber

Visitors:
564


Weather:
Clear skies through the morning becoming mostly cloudy to partly cloudy in
the afternoon ending overcast with northwest winds

Raptor Observations:
Great looks at local bald eagles throughout the day.

Non-raptor Observations:
northern flicker, common raven, red-breasted nuthatch, ruby-crowned
kinglet, eastern bluebird, American robin (301), cedar waxwing, dark-eyed
junco, common grackle (295), purple finch, pine siskin, American goldfinch

Predictions:
cloudy start then clearing throughout the day, west winds 10mph with gusts
to 25
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Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (<goodrich...>)
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary information may be found at:
http://www.hawkmountain.org/


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