Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Jim Landau
Observers:
Visitors: No visitors today.
Weather: Overcast skies and drizzle for the first few hours. Around 1pm EDT skies began to clear to hazy clouds for the remainder of the watch.
Raptor Observations: A few migrants finally began to move in the 4th hour. TVs dominated as usual but there were a few other species making a move as well. All but a few were quite high, many identified by silhouette. One red-shouldered hawk did provide quality views of all the classic field marks. A broad-winged hawk moved through with a small batch of TVs, the first at the watch that I'm aware of.
Non-raptor Observations: Meadowlark, robin, cardinal, song sparrow, Canada goose, ring-billed gull, starling, flicker. I stopped in at the office before 5pm and was told that the Camp Road gate is now open till 7pm. (although the sign still says closed at 5.)
Predictions: Not very promising. The National Weather Service is calling for, "Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. High near 70. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph." A few migrants may move in between bouts of rain. ======================================================================== 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...>
