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Date: 4/8/24 1:40 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (08 Apr 2024) 34 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 08, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 3 3 Turkey Vulture 2 32 33 Unknown Vulture 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Osprey 7 9 9 Bald Eagle 0 8 29 Northern Harrier 2 4 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 17 17 Cooper's Hawk 3 12 13 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 3 5 5 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 4 17 24 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 7 7 Merlin 2 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Raptor 1 2 2 Total: 34 122 154 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Compiler: Bracken Brown Counters: Katia Gutierrez , Rileigh Leach, madalen Goitia Visitors: There was an eclipse and we had 72 visitors at NLO Weather: Mostly cloudy, high 56 degrees, wind fronm sw 4 mph. Eclipse Raptor Observations: First 2 merlins of the season, 4 Ospreys in 1 hour Non-raptor Observations: 5 great blue heron migrating ======================================================================== 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

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