Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Christopher Hollister
Observers:
Visitors: None.
Weather: Sunny and clear. Visibility 10m/16.1km. Cool temperatures ranging from 35F/1.7C to 45F/7.2C. Shifting SE and ESE winds 7mph/11.5kph to 9mph/14.5kph.
Winds shifted from SE to ESE around 10:30am EDT / 9:30am EST. So, I moved the observation site to Section H of the cemetery.
Non-raptor Observations: Birds: Nothing particularly noteworthy. FOY eastern bluebird and yellow-bellied sapsucker. Two common mergansers and two hooded mergansers on the pond.
Other wildlife: Red fox and white-tailed deer.
Note: We are in Daylight Saving Time, but HMA registers in Eastern Standard Time. So notwithstanding the times recorded here, I observed from 9:00am-1:00pm.
Predictions: 04/09/2026: Conditions should be better for migratory activity. S winds 15mph/24.1kph at 8:00am, shifting to SSW winds 18mph/28kph at 12:00 noon. Temperatures rising from 47F/8.3C at 8:00am to 62F/16.7C at 12:00 noon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Christopher Hollister (<cvh2...>)
Site Description: This spring only "all volunteer" watch is conducted at Lakeside Cemetery in Hamburg, NY. It is located on flat lake plain located along the shoreline of the east end of Lake Erie, about 10 miles south of Buffalo, NY. For additional information contact Jim Landau at <landaujr...>
