Observation start time: 09:15:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 6.75 hours
Official Counter: Mike Zebehazy
Observers: Steve Kempf
Visitors: Steve Kempf; Kathy; Carol Lukaszewski; Dave Todtenhagen, who provided much help in the last two hours; Wendy Zebehazy; Leo (aka Lackawanna Leo)
Weather: Temperatures ranged from 48F to 59F (9C to 15C). Wind was a fairly constant 9 to 11 mph from the west. The sky was partly cloudy for the first hour, then cleared almost completely overhead with small banks of clouds on the horizon. Humidity started at 89% and dropped each hour, reaching 50% by the end of the watch.
Raptor Observations: Migrants moved through in clusters. Broad-wings and TVs predominated. There were small kettles of vultures, usually with some broad-wings mixed in; however, most of the broad-wings came through individually as singles or in groups of two or three. There was one osprey in each of the first three hours, as well as two sharp-shins and two Cooper's hawks. A third Coop buzzed through in the last hour. Small numbers of red-tails came through in each hour. The third hour had the only two kestrels of the day and a single, adult bald eagle.
Non-raptor Observations: A pileated woodpecker called loudly from the nearby woodlot. On the pond were two pairs of common mergansers, one wood duck and a small flotilla of Canada geese.
Predictions: Similar to today with sunny skies, westerly winds and temps between 50F and 60F. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Michael Zebehazy (<mzebehazy...>)
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...>
