Observation start time: 11:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours
Official Counter: Jim Landau
Observers:
Visitors: no visitors
Weather: Rain & drizzle delayed the start but eventually precip. calmed down. Overcast but for a brief 1/2 hour before the cloud filled back in completely. Winds were pretty much calm or very light & variable for the 1st 3 hours. Wind freshened for the last 1 1/2 hrs and was cold & from the west.
Raptor Observations: The 1st 2 hours only saw 1 local Bald Eagle & 1 local Cooper's Hawk. 2 adult Bald Eagles migrated together during the brief 1/2 hr of sun. Otherwise a small # of Broadwings & Red-tails, 1 Turkey Vulture, 1 Cooper's and 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk. In the last 1/2 hr a few of the local Turkey Vultures floated up and back down again.
Non-raptor Observations: Great Egret, 5 DC Corms,& a pair of Common Mergs on the pond. A number of Chimney Swifts zoomed around and 1 turkey walked across the road through the woods. Plus the usual suspects - grackles, redwings, starlings, killdeer, crows, etc.
Predictions: National Weather Service is calling for, "A chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. West wind 6 to 15 mph." Things have been held up with this stretch of April-like weather so maybe some movement. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jim Landau (<landaujr...>)
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...>
