Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch State College, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Feb 28, 2026 -------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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/
