Hawk Mountain Hawk Count

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04/29/2026 - RaptorCount

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Species Count for 04/29/2026 Season Count To-Date Previous Week’s Count Highest Daily Count This Season
Black Vulture 0 2 0 2
Turkey Vulture 0 11 0 8
Unidentified Vulture 0 0 0 0
Osprey 0 35 10 5
Bald Eagle 0 39 9 7
Northern Harrier 0 24 7 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 45 6 10
Cooper's Hawk 0 31 9 6
American Goshawk 0 0 0 0
Unidentified Accipiter 0 5 0 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 1 2
Broad-winged Hawk 0 234 84 89
Red-tailed Hawk 0 32 6 6
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 0
Unidentified Buteo 0 7 1 3
Golden Eagle 0 0 0 0
Unidentified Eagle 0 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 21 1 7
Merlin 0 3 2 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 0 1
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 0
Unidentified Falcon 0 3 0 2
Unidentified Raptor 0 14 6 5
Other Raptor 0 0 0 0
Total Count: 1 510 142 95

  • Comments:

    A local Cooper's hawk hunted around the lookout and a large kettle of turkey vultures attempted to find thermals before coming back down. Rain started around 12:15 EST and continued for the rest of the day.

  • Weather:

    Overcast/rain

  • Wind Direction:

    SE

  • Wind Speed:

    1-7

2026 - Spring RaptorCount

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Date Weather Wnd Dir Wnd Spd BV TV UV OS BE NH SS CH GO UA RS BW RT RL UB GE UE AK M P MK UF UR Oth Tot
03/20/2026 Overcast SSE 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
03/24/2026 Clear NW 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/27/2026 Overcast NW 8-12 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
03/30/2026 Overcast - partly cloudy - clear NW 1-5 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
04/01/2026 Overcast with bouts of sunshine light NW 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
04/02/2026 Overcast and foggy with scattered light rain. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/03/2026 overcast, foggy Southwest 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
04/04/2026 Overcast with dense fog in early morning with clear skies later on. North winds early morning then easterlies later 4-12 0 0 0 3 1 7 10 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 39
04/05/2026 Overcast and rainy with dense fog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/06/2026 Clear/Partly cloudy/Overcast NW 5-15 0 0 0 1 6 2 4 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 26
04/07/2026 clear/partly cloudy NW wind 25-31 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
04/08/2026 Clear and sunny with light winds . SE 1-5mph 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
04/09/2026 Partly Cloudy/Clear Variable 1-7 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
04/10/2026 Overcast early morning followed by partly cloudy and clear skies. SE/E 1-5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
04/11/2026 overcast/sunny N 4-7 0 0 0 2 5 1 6 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 30
04/12/2026 Mostly clear/sunny SE 1-7 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 14
04/13/2026 Overcast with slight drizzle Variable 1-12 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
04/14/2026 Clear variable 1-7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95
04/15/2026 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
04/16/2026 Mostly Sunny with bouts of cloudy weather. SE/N/Variable winds 1-15 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17
04/17/2026 Clear/Partly cloudy NE 1-5 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 30
04/18/2026 Cloudy AM/mostly sunny in afternoon high of 72 SW NE 5-10 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
04/19/2026 Rain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/20/2026 Mostly Sunny Northwest 1-7 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 4 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27
04/21/2026 Clear NW 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
04/22/2026 Fog/Overcast/Mostly cloudy/Partly cloudy SE 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
04/23/2026 Partly sunny NW 1-3 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 45
04/24/2026 Clear/Partly cloudy N 0-5 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 23
04/25/2026 Overcast/rain SE 13-18mph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/26/2026 Mostly Cloudy NE 1-3 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 25
04/27/2026 Sunny N/SE 1-12 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
04/28/2026 Overcast SE 5-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
04/29/2026 Overcast/rain SE 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 2 11 0 35 39 24 45 31 0 5 3 234 32 0 7 0 0 21 3 1 0 3 14 0 510