Alton Bay Hawk Watch (12 Sep 2025) 210 Raptors
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Alton Bay Hawk Watch
Alton, New Hampshire, USA
Visitors:
13 quiet and short-visiting visitors.
Weather:
Some haze, mostly clear skies with some cumulus developing by late morning but then disappearing; light NW winds at first then turning SE by 11:30 detrimentally; then shifting to NW at 2:00; warm, 57 - to low 70's.
Raptor Observations:
Another good count at Alton Bay. Broad-wings started early during the 9:00 hour and exploded at 11:00 but then screeched to a halt at 11:30 when winds shifted to the SE. I started to leave at 2:00 after not seeing any BWHA since 11:30 when suddenly, and, I say, miraculuously, the winds blew from the NW and Broad-wings reappeared. Wind direction is everything in this business.
Non-raptor Observations:
Red Crossbills are around as at Pack. An odd flock of 20 Double-crested Cormorants rode a thermal in front of the Ossipees. 11 Monarchs and a nice black edged Pink-edged Sulphur.
Predictions:
Tomorrow's forecast calls for unfavorable SW winds, giving me the day off. Sunday may be rained out. But Monday looks big. I don't mean "blockbuster" or "flight of the century" big but look for some big numbers. I like how things are coming along so far this season and Monday could be a break- out day.
Report submitted by Rob Woodward (touc...@yahoo.com)
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Alton, New Hampshire, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Northern Harrier | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 21 | 42 | 42 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 184 | 282 | 282 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Total: | 210 | 342 | 342 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 15:30:00 |
| Total observation time: | 6.5 hours |
| Official Counter | Rob Woodward |
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Visitors:
13 quiet and short-visiting visitors.
Weather:
Some haze, mostly clear skies with some cumulus developing by late morning but then disappearing; light NW winds at first then turning SE by 11:30 detrimentally; then shifting to NW at 2:00; warm, 57 - to low 70's.
Raptor Observations:
Another good count at Alton Bay. Broad-wings started early during the 9:00 hour and exploded at 11:00 but then screeched to a halt at 11:30 when winds shifted to the SE. I started to leave at 2:00 after not seeing any BWHA since 11:30 when suddenly, and, I say, miraculuously, the winds blew from the NW and Broad-wings reappeared. Wind direction is everything in this business.
Non-raptor Observations:
Red Crossbills are around as at Pack. An odd flock of 20 Double-crested Cormorants rode a thermal in front of the Ossipees. 11 Monarchs and a nice black edged Pink-edged Sulphur.
Predictions:
Tomorrow's forecast calls for unfavorable SW winds, giving me the day off. Sunday may be rained out. But Monday looks big. I don't mean "blockbuster" or "flight of the century" big but look for some big numbers. I like how things are coming along so far this season and Monday could be a break- out day.
Report submitted by Rob Woodward (touc...@yahoo.com)
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
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