Date: 10/22/25 3:02 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (22 Oct 2025) 17 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 9 16
Turkey Vulture 0 304 331
Unknown Vulture 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Osprey 0 9 163
Bald Eagle 5 102 289
Northern Harrier 0 35 75
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 781 1271
Cooper's Hawk 2 125 215
American Goshawk 0 1 1
Unknown Accipitrine 0 6 12
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 14 18
Broad-winged Hawk 0 14 9015
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 1 141 215
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 4 7
Golden Eagle 2 18 18
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 61 212
Merlin 0 29 75
Peregrine Falcon 0 18 25
Unknown Falcon 0 3 5
Unknown Raptor 0 5 14

Total: 17 1679 11977
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.92 hours

Compiler: Rob Feldman

Counters: Aaron Shirk

Visitors:
205


Weather:
Partly cloudy to overcast throughout the day with West winds shifting to
northwest by the afternoon. 5-10mph

Raptor Observations:
An immature golden eagle that lifted off the north slope before crossing
the ridge was best bird of the day.

Non-raptor Observations:
Tree swallow(1220) Eastern phoebe, american robin, ruby-crowned kinglet,
cedar waxwing, yellow-rumped warbler, palm warbler, rusty blackbird, common
grackle, purple finch,

Predictions:
Cloudy throughout the day high of 58 with west winds 5-15 mph, gusting to
25 in the afternoon.
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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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