Date: 3/10/25 7:45 pm
From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...>
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Plum Island MA (10 Mar 2025) 1 Raptors
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:53:39 +0000
From: <reports...>
Subject: Plum Island MA (10 Mar 2025) 1 Raptors


Plum Island MA
Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 10, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 0 0 0
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 0 0
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 0 0 0

Total: 1 1 1
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Observation start time: 07:45:00 Observation end time: 11:30:00 Total
observation time: 3.75 hours

Official Counter: Bob Secatore

Observers: Christopher Godfrey

Visitors:
Several birders enquiring about the watch.


Weather:
West and then WNW winds 14 to 15 mph. Sunny with temps rising from 5 to 9
deg C. So, a bit chilly at the start but pleasant at watch's close. Cloud
cover rising from near zero percent to 40 % at close.

Raptor Observations:
Only one (1) migrant raptor observed, an adult male Cooper's Hawk that
passed through 3 minutes after the start of the watch (7:48 am). Four NH (1
adult male, 1 sub-adult male, 1 imm with buffy underside and 1 "brown
Harrier) hunted in the dunes and over the marsh for much of the watch
period but failed to migrate. Also, two TV.
Non-raptor Observations:
At least 100 Canada geese passed through in groups of ten or more and all
flying directly north. Intermittent flow of Grackles and RW Blackbirds all
day. Also, 3 Ravens, 3 Am Crows, 3 Blue Jays and our pair of House
Finches have once again begun
nesting in the kiosk.

Predictions:
Rather weak South and SSW winds in morning rising somewhat in afternoon
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Report submitted by Robert Secatore (<rs8843829...>)
Plum Island MA information may be found at:
http://www.massbird.org/emhw


More site information at hawkcount.org:
https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=115

 
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