Date: 10/16/25 5:16 pm
From: Hawkcount.Org Reports <reports...>
Subject: [JERSEYBI] Raccoon Ridge (16 Oct 2025) 333 Raptors
Raccoon Ridge
Blairstown, New Jersey, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 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 0 0
Osprey 0 2 71
Bald Eagle 10 26 127
Northern Harrier 2 19 37
Sharp-shinned Hawk 220 506 808
Cooper's Hawk 26 78 97
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 9 11 13
Broad-winged Hawk 0 6 7279
Red-tailed Hawk 36 41 53
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 3 6 6
American Kestrel 5 36 95
Merlin 18 55 78
Peregrine Falcon 1 9 12
Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 3 9 12

Total: 333 804 8688
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours

Official Counter: Jim Thomson

Observers: Brian Butler, Brian Hardiman, Harry Quinn, Phil Rodriguez

Visitors:
ADDITIONAL OBSERVERS: Al Ambler, Craig Stockert

John Berry - Good seeing you again John.
Dennis White- Nice to meet you.

Denise Thomson - Thanks for the afternoon visit.



Weather:
Temps- 48-55 Deg.F Wind- NW@7-16mph w/gusts over 25 mph
Clear Blue Skies

Raptor Observations:
BE- 9:32I,9:34I,9:36I,10:05A,10;07A,10:07I,11:58A,1:54A,4:20I,4:41I
GE- 9:37I, 9:52I, 5;10I
PG- 11:15A

A solid flight day on the ridge today ! Great to have almost our entire
crew
up top as the clear blue skies made spotting birds quite difficult. It was
an
all hands on deck kind of day !! Great job by all !
Sharpies streaming by us high and low.. left and right..kept us on
our toes throughout the day ! Plenty of action from Coopers Hawks as well.
Redtails and Red-shoulders letting us know that bigger flight days are
just around the corner. Merlins blasting by are just amazing !!
Somehow it's always the Golden Eagles that capture our attention and
today's Bird of the Day selection goes to the 5:10pm immature Golden
that came down ridge in gorgeous light. This crisply marked immie came
in slowly and circled a few times for us before gliding down ridge.
Just blew us away !

Non-raptor Observations:
TV's- Many on the move
Ravens-( a few carrying chunks of meat) throughout the day
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Report submitted by Jim Thomson (<hawkinflight...>)


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