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Date: 2/28/26 5:34 pm From: Thomas Filip <thomasfilip0660...> Subject: Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch (28 Feb 2026) 21 Raptors
Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch State College, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Feb 28, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 9 21 21 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 3 3 Northern Harrier 0 1 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 3 3 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 2 6 6 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 7 9 9 American Kestrel 0 0 0 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipitrine 1 2 2 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 1 1 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 21 47 47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Observers: Nick Bolgiano, Robert McLaughlin Weather: Sunny and warm with a low of 6.5°C and a high of 18.7°C. The morning started off with unexpected SSE/S winds at 8mph. By 14:00, the winds shifted to WNW/NW. Raptor Observations: 7 GOEA spotted today. The first was an adult quite far out on the south side of the ridge by Nick at 10:57. At 11:14 an adult flew low over the ridge top giving us great views. At 11:37 another adult started to come over the ridge top but stopped when it saw us and turned around. At 12:09 an adult came over the ridge top higher this time, which we assumed was the same that turned around earlier. Another adult GOEA came through over the ridge top at 12:35. 2 GOEA would fly through the south valley, one an adult at 12:46, and one at 13:01 too distant to age. Afterwards the winds shifted NW and we wouldn't see the next and final GOEA the day until 15:43 on the north side of the ridge which we were unable to age. Other migrating raptors included a SSHA, 2 RTHA, and 9 TUVU. Resident Raptors included a pair of BAEA vocalizing, 3 resident RTHA seen hunting and kiting, 2 BLVU, and 8 TUVU. Non-raptor Observations: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fatlaspa%2Fchecklist%2FS304749836&data=05%7C02%<7Cscbirdcl...>%7Cea24157c7bf64be4d1bd08de7732a8ae%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C639079256629386505%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=S7ybWkgONzL2adasqBqj%2BVwJvV%2BCW4ocWQN%2F27nU06I%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fatlaspa%2Fchecklist%2FS304749836&data=05%7C02%<7Cscbirdcl...>%7Cea24157c7bf64be4d1bd08de7732a8ae%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C639079256629428338%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RG8PKdGPyAPZPvf9BrAWo5CQ4%2B7q3%2BBoL7m1%2F5TcTEU%3D&reserved=0> Today was a good day for migrating geese. About 360 CANG flew over in many flocks and we even had a flock of 48 SNGO plus 8 more mixed in with a CANG flock. 2 more PISI flew over today and a HOLA flew over early in the morning. Predictions: Uncertain, tomorrow is supposed to bring NNW winds and will likely be colder and more cloudy than the past couple of days with a chance of some snow or rain in the morning. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Thomas Filip () Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch information may be found at: tusseymountainspringhawkwatch.org/ <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftusseymountainspringhawkwatch.org%2F&data=05%7C02%<7Cscbirdcl...>%7Cea24157c7bf64be4d1bd08de7732a8ae%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C639079256629444339%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=KTGCnnfk8dmhgLa2jjH041Ey37DVS5%2FaH%2FgJF4SktVU%3D&reserved=0> More site information at hawkcount.org <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhawkcount.org%2F&data=05%7C02%<7Cscbirdcl...>%7Cea24157c7bf64be4d1bd08de7732a8ae%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C639079256629459346%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=aXimqwkN3%2F9%2BtNVavMe4wnfWXELqCIAaSBbfD1xRNHU%3D&reserved=0>: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhawkcount.org%2Fsiteinfo.php%3Frsite%3D438&data=05%7C02%<7Cscbirdcl...>%7Cea24157c7bf64be4d1bd08de7732a8ae%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C639079256629474335%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7O7EtZJG8GBn34IM%2FbD1XELpqxC7UkLeLsYI%2B07DEKI%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhawkcount.org%2Fsiteinfo.php%3Frsite%3D438&data=05%7C02%<7Cscbirdcl...>%7Cea24157c7bf64be4d1bd08de7732a8ae%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C639079256629489021%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qY298fjtZd%2BbGj03%2BzycOUX61fNjVg8L8RnH20vEOwo%3D&reserved=0>

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