2nd Mountain

I often mention 2nd Mountain and the Hawk Watch. I was up there yesterday afternoon and it started out with bright blue skies and the odd cloud to pretty cloudy with even a touch of rain. The birds didn't mind though. Heres a few pictures from yesterday.

Nice colors on the way up

ditto

Looking North, Sharps Mountain with just a hint of Stony Mountain in the background.

Looking South through Blue Mountain and Indiantown Gap.

Looking West with Hawk Watchers.

Subject: HSR: Second Mountain (18 Oct 2014) 255 Raptors
Date: Sat Oct 18 2014 17:11 pm
From: reports AT hawkcount.org

Second Mountain

Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2014

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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total

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Black Vulture                7            118            136

Turkey Vulture              31            247            355

Osprey                       2             30            106

Bald Eagle                   5             39             86

Northern Harrier             2             45             61

Sharp-shinned Hawk         191           1795           2091

Cooper's Hawk                9            147            203

Northern Goshawk             0              0              0

Red-shouldered Hawk          0              4             13

Broad-winged Hawk            0              6           2963

Red-tailed Hawk              5             97            163

Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0

Golden Eagle                 0             13             15

American Kestrel             3             44             93

Merlin                       0             28             38

Peregrine Falcon             0             22             30

Unknown Accipiter            0              3              5

Unknown Buteo                0              0              1

Unknown Falcon               0              2              3

Unknown Eagle                0              0              0

Unknown Raptor               0              3             13

Swainson's Hawk              0              1              1



Total:                     255           2644           6376

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Observation start time: 07:00:00

Observation end   time: 15:30:00

Total observation time: 8.5 hours



Official Counter:        Dave Schwenk



Observers:        Andy Francis, Joan Renninger, Jonathon Heller, Ken Ricker,

                  Mike Dale, Morris Cox, Rosemary Spreha, Steve Walthius,

                  Tom Power



Visitors:

Ken & Pat Ricker, Dick Shott + 6 others





Weather:

WNW 3-12 winds under am sunny sky becoming mostly cloudy in the pm. Temps

in the 50's.Rain shower moved through to the east late in the 7th hr,

effectively shutting down activity as only 10 birds were seen from then on.





Raptor Observations:

2 ad BE, 8:27, 12:48, 3 juv BE 8:45, 10:43, 10:48





Non-raptor Observations:

5 N ravens, 8 monarchs



Predictions:

Strong NW wind, mostly sunny but colder.