Date: 8/16/24 2:42 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (16 Aug 2024) 32 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 16, 2024
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Unknown Vulture 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Osprey 2 3 3
Bald Eagle 2 3 3
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 2 2
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 23 65 65
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 1 12 12
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 1 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 2 2
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0

Total: 32 89 89
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Observation start time: 05:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 11 hours

Compiler: David Barber

Counters: Alexandra Hagans

Weather:
Hazy with little cloud cover, light west winds in the morning with light
and variable winds in the afternoon.

Raptor Observations:
Nice diversity of 10 species observed, although only 7 were recorded
migrating. An American kestrel landed in a hemlock in the front of the
lookout.

Non-raptor Observations:
Eastern kingbird, least flycatcher, warbling vireo, tree, barn and n.
rough-winged swallows, Cape May, black-throated green, black-and-white, and
blackburnian warblers, scarlet tanager, Baltimore oriole, rose-breasted
grosbeak

Predictions:
a light migration if any due to showers and thunderstorms
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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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