Date: 8/28/25 3:23 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (28 Aug 2025) 12 Raptors
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Kempton, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 28, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 1 1
Unknown Vulture 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Osprey 5 33 33
Bald Eagle 1 45 45
Northern Harrier 0 4 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 7 7
Cooper's Hawk 0 8 8
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 3 78 78
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 1 29 29
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 12 12
Merlin 0 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 2 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0

Total: 12 220 220
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Observation start time: 05:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10.5 hours

Compiler: Matt Wlasniewski

Counters:

Visitors:
63


Weather:
Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy by the end of the day. SW winds
5-10mph

Raptor Observations:
Quiet day with local vultures until pulse of migrants in the 14-16:00 hours

Non-raptor Observations:
Strong warbler, vireo, and flycatcher flight with blackburnian(35)
magnolia, nashville, northern parula, chestnut-sided, cape may, bt blue and
green. yellow-throated, warbling, blue headed, and red-eyed vireo. Joined
by olive-sided flycatcher all day.
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Report submitted by Laurie Goodrich (<goodrich...>)
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http://www.hawkmountain.org/


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