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Date: 2/28/26 5:44 pm From: Thomas Filip <thomasfilip0660...> Subject: Re: Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch (28 Feb 2026) 21 Raptors
Apologies, forgot to include this in the report. We have had 9 GOEA this season in Feburary; 2 on the first day and 7 today. Just to compare to previous years, the average number of migrating GOEA in February is 12. On Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at 8:34 PM Thomas Filip <thomasfilip0660...> wrote: > 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...>%7Cfbf4f4f97fc14f2f16dc08de77341b76%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C639079262849725563%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6YaIrWPZGsQpzk3vbf7%2BD5lm%2FTIMF3CqyvtWcwutnuU%3D&reserved=0 > <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fatlaspa%2Fchecklist%2FS304749836&data=05%7C02%<7Cscbirdcl...>%7Cfbf4f4f97fc14f2f16dc08de77341b76%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C639079262855697347%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=plb4KpXsbb%2B3SwR5ZIF6UKZSg37ySEEp9vOPiamoqT8%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...>%7Cfbf4f4f97fc14f2f16dc08de77341b76%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C639079262855715472%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BR0MC%2BnKnQXZJVON6hiPnxT6U%2F5FK7Iq0xC%2BkaQejbY%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...>%7Cfbf4f4f97fc14f2f16dc08de77341b76%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C639079262855732234%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=E4wVdUhpEDTdMsa9ugRziUWj6pSQ4jOUXnUXsOv4Glg%3D&reserved=0>: > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhawkcount.org%2Fsiteinfo.php%3Frsite%3D438&data=05%7C02%<7Cscbirdcl...>%7Cfbf4f4f97fc14f2f16dc08de77341b76%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C639079262855748440%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=WXPf5K51M9PnehEM%2F%2B%2FN94T7TfCEmui0UTfPGSexuTI%3D&reserved=0 > <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhawkcount.org%2Fsiteinfo.php%3Frsite%3D438&data=05%7C02%<7Cscbirdcl...>%7Cfbf4f4f97fc14f2f16dc08de77341b76%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C639079262855768238%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qcnLwzQk9Aso%2FG4dpDgeeP%2FX79aOGikjmAM9cRCH5%2Bc%3D&reserved=0> >

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