Date: 3/11/25 5:41 pm
From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...>
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Adams Farm - Athol MA (11 Mar 2025) 10 Raptors

Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 23:22:57 +0000
From: <reports...>
Subject: Adams Farm - Athol MA (11 Mar 2025) 10 Raptors


Adams Farm - Athol MA
Athol, Massachusetts, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 11, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 2 19 19
Osprey 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 3 3 3
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1 1
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 6 6
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 2 2 2
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 1 1 1
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: 10 33 33
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Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total
observation time: 5.75 hours

Official Counter: Mark Morris

Observers: Bill Rasku, Chris Eddy, Eric Mueller, Joanne Hart,
Scott Carlson, Ted Purcell, Tom Gottschang

Visitors:
Claire Green


Weather:
Seasonably warm with temps from 1.2-17'C with clear skies thru duration.
Calm winds most of the morning increasing to 20 mph from SSW. Visibility
was good but hampered by milky haze.

Raptor Observations:
The calm winds kept the Raptors down until late morning. At that point, we
got a small mixed bag of migrants, including 4 Eagles. One of the Eagles, a
sub adult Golden Eagle, showed a white tail with a dark terminal band, and
no discernible white elsewhere. Both Eric and I tracked the Eagle with our
scopes for several minutes, noting the field marks almost verbatim with a
slightly smaller head than Bald Eagle as well.

Non-raptor Observations:
C.Goose-429,Duck species-8,Ring Billed Gull-25,Rock Dove-3,Mourning
Dove-4,Red Bellied Woodpecker-1,White Breasted
Nuthatch-1,Raven-4,C.Crow-83,A.Robin-24,E.Bluebird-4,Starling-100 +/-,House
Sparrow-30+/-,Song
Sparrow-4,D.E.Junco-1,C.Grackle-19,R.W.Blacbird-17,B.H.Cowbird-7,N.Cardinal-4,A.Goldfinch-1

Predictions:
The fickle March weather holds true for tomorrow as a wind change from
south to north is forecast with partly sunny skies and a high temp of 45'F
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Report submitted by Mark Morris (<MDMRemodeling...>)
Adams Farm - Athol MA information may be found at:
https://massbird.org/emhw/


More site information at hawkcount.org:
https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=953

 
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