Date: 11/14/26 2:23 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (14 Nov 2026) 115 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2026
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 36 70
Turkey Vulture 0 448 880
Unknown Vulture 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Osprey 0 0 276
Bald Eagle 20 82 562
Northern Harrier 1 21 124
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 63 3134
Cooper's Hawk 2 13 380
American Goshawk 0 1 1
Unknown Accipitrine 0 1 16
Red-shouldered Hawk 6 32 82
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 11712
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 70 230 783
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 4 13
Golden Eagle 10 20 41
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 1 343
Merlin 0 5 168
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 69
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Raptor 0 0 21

Total: 115 959 18679
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours

Compiler: Jeremy Scheivert

Counters: Bracken Brown, Elizabeth Weed, Himani Singh Khati,
Mitchell Pruitt, Sergi Gomez Espi

Visitors:
438


Weather:
Overcast for majority of the day with strong west-northwest wind 10-15mph.

Raptor Observations:
Excellent looks at close golden eagles and red-tailed hawks through the
afternoon several abieticola type red-tailed hawks.

Non-raptor Observations:
Common loon, canada geese, common raven, horned lark, American goldfinch,
red-breasted nuthatch

Predictions:
Sunny becoming mostly cloudy with Northwest wind 10-15mph. Expect excellent
migration conditions that should increase throughout the day
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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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