Hawk Watch is now counting for the fall season.

Current conditions: clear. Picture from 9:00 a.m. Sunday, August 23, 2026

Latest Updates:

Butterfly Tagging Sunday, August 23, 2026 – at the Allegheny Front Hawk Watch
Adam Katrancha will be available today for Monarch tagging!

Sunday, September 13, 2026 – Fall Birding at Payne Property
For the second year there will be a fall migration birding day at the Payne property on Allegheny Mountain.  Fall migration of passerines can be quite good on the mountain with warblers, vireos, flycatchers, sparrows and sundry others including a few raptors using the ridge pathway on their journey south.  Mornings with valley fog and clear mountain tops can be quite spectacular when the high elevations look like islands in the sea of fog as birds descend from their nocturnal migration.  Most days in mid-September can have a nice assortment of birds with it being a good window for rarer species like Philadelphia Vireo, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and maybe even a Connecticut Warbler.  We will have world birding guide Chris Payne-and maybe even Rebecca- present to steer us to cool stuff.  So we probably won’t see Toucans or Hoopoes on this outing but maybe a Lincoln’s Sparrow.
 
We are planning on Sunday, September 13 starting about 8:00 and lasting until late morning.  We will use Monday the 14th as a rain date-if your phone says Berlin, PA will have greater than a 50% chance of rain that Sunday morning (check Saturday evening for best forecast) we will go with Monday- but light rain will not dampen the birds or our spirits!
 
Where:  9755 Glades Pike, Berlin (this is Rt. 31 1.9 miles east of the SR 160 intersection)-on the south side of the road-driveway about 1/4 mile long.  Go back driveway and park in field on right and walk back towards house.
 
Questions:  paynemt@gmail.com

Welcome

The Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society was founded in 1984 with the following purpose: Data collection, education, preservation, conservation & restoration of birds and other wildlife and their habitats.

The APAS began counting hawks in 1989. Since those early years, the Allegheny Front Hawk Watch has become the crown-jewel of the Allegheny Plateau Audubon. It is one of the premier hawk sites in the United States and boasts several records over the years. The Allegheny Front is famous for our Golden Eagles. As they migrate past our site, they give unbelievable views of these elusive raptors. In addition, the Allegheny Front also bands Saw-whet Owls, tags migrating Monarch butterflies, and started the first Junior Hawkwatcher Program. The Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society was a major contributor to reclaiming wetlands, one of the great success stories in Bedford.

As you explore our site, we welcome you to join our efforts to preserve the natural biodiversity of the Laurel Highlands and southern Allegheny mountains in Western Pennsylvania.

We Butterfly!

At the Allegheny Plateau Audubon, we learn from one another. Here, Steve Johnson takes the group on a butterfly walk.

The 25 Most Counted Butterflies by the APAS for the North American Butterfly Association