Ripley Hawk Watch (14 Mar 2026) 63 Raptors

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Ripley Hawk Watch
Ripley, New York, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 14, 2026
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	51	1146	1146
Osprey	2	2	2
Bald Eagle	3	23	23
Northern Harrier	0	5	5
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	5	5
Cooper's Hawk	0	2	2
American Goshawk	0	1	1
Red-shouldered Hawk	1	35	35
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	5	100	100
Rough-legged Hawk	0	4	4
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	3	3
Merlin	0	2	2
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipitrine	0	0	0
Unknown Buteo	0	8	8
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	1	2	2
Total:	63	1338	1338

Observation start time:	09:00:00
Observation end time:	15:30:00
Total observation time:	6.5 hours
Official Counter	Andy Dickson
Observers:

Visitors:
None

Weather:
Cold, cloudy and WNW winds to start. Temps rose and wind became westerly. Clouds retreated along the lake shore in the afternoon allowing warming in the lake plane and a small flight to develop along Rt 20.

Raptor Observations:
Very little movement most of the day with some afternoon activity. First osprey of the season came through in the afternoon. Began the day atop the escarpment but moved to the lake plane in the afternoon. Local BEs crisscrossed the count locations throughout the day.

Non-raptor Observations:


Predictions:
Brisk ESE winds early moving to SE. Cloudy early with some clearing in the afternoon. It's a long shot for a flight.

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Report submitted by Andrew J. Dickson (adic...@stny.rr.com)
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