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Date: 8/26/24 5:47 pm From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...> Subject: Second Mountain (26 Aug 2024) 17 Raptors
Second Mountain Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 26, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 3 3 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 6 6 Bald Eagle 1 5 5 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 3 3 Cooper's Hawk 0 2 2 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 10 61 61 Red-tailed Hawk 2 15 15 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 5 5 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 1 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 17 104 104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Gary LaBelle Observers: Visitors: 2 military for view, base police drove by Weather: Hazy first hour. Mostly blue skies beautiful day on the mountain. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: Many pewees, phoebes, empid sp., great crested flycatcher, black-and-white warbler, red-headed w.p., many cedar waxwings Predictions: Similar to today but warmer. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Frederick Wilcox (<Ftw539...>) Second Mountain information may be found at: Facebook. Second Mountain Hawk Watch More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=432

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