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Date: 4/10/26 3:46 pm From: Thomas Filip <thomasfilip0660...> Subject: Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch (10 Apr 2026) 35 Raptors
Tussey Mountain Hawk WatchState College, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 10, 2026SpeciesDay's CountMonth TotalSeason TotalBlack Vulture000 Turkey Vulture239183 Osprey12129 Bald Eagle11070 Northern Harrier0814 Sharp-shinned Hawk44277 Cooper's Hawk1317 American Goshawk000 Red-shouldered Hawk0124 Broad-winged Hawk122929 Red-tailed Hawk756188 Rough-legged Hawk001 Golden Eagle313215 American Kestrel41126 Merlin002 Peregrine Falcon000 Unknown Accipitrine002 Unknown Buteo012 Unknown Falcon001 Unknown Eagle014 Unknown Raptor168 Total:36241892 Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hoursOfficial CounterThomas FilipObservers: Nick BolgianoWeather:Sunny with moderate 8-12mph S winds in the morning gradually shifting to SSW by noon. Around 13:00, the winds quickly shifted westward to SW and by the end of the day NW. A warm day with a Low of 12℃ and a high of 29℃.Raptor Observations:3 GOEA spotted today. sub-adult: 09:37 immature: 11:56 unknown: 11:56 Other migrating raptors include 1 OSPR, 1 BAEA, 7 RTHA, 12 BWHA, 4 SSHA, 1 COHA, 2 TUVU, and 1 AMKE. An unexpectedly good day for GOEA, our first was a sub-adult that came through early in the day. This one was #213 (and my personal #200 for the season), which makes this season's count the third highest for Tussey. Later at 11:56, we had 2 fly through at the same time. Flying high up on the S side, they did not delay and flew straight through. We barely managed to age one of them as an immature. We also had 12 BWHA, a high count so far. Hopefully this number will pale in comparison to the number we get next week. 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We may have hit our big loon day for the season yesterday. We also had 2 DCCO and 1 KILL flyover. For passerine flyovers, we had good diversity with 3 NRWS (first of the season), 1 AMRO, 1 HOFI, 3 PUFI, 1 PISI, 5 AGOL, 13 BHCO, and 5 RUBL. We had some interesting local bird observations today. A BHVI was heard singing nearby, the first of the season. A flock of BCCH was heard singing past noon, perhaps they are finally splitting up and claiming territory. It seems the CORA nest has nestlings now. A CORA was seen carrying food twice today. This is the third day in the past week that I have seen them carrying food and it is always in the same direction (ESE over the ridge), which is also where I saw them carrying nest material the first day of the hawk watch.Predictions:Sunny with NNW/NW winds at 8-9mph tomorrow. 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