Date: 4/23/24 5:19 pm
From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...>
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Plum Island MA (23 Apr 2024) 2 Raptors

Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:48:29 +0000
From: <reports...>
Subject: Plum Island MA (23 Apr 2024) 2 Raptors


Plum Island MA
Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 23, 2024
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 1 30 54
Osprey 0 15 16
Bald Eagle 0 4 11
Northern Harrier 1 59 92
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 64 71
Cooper's Hawk 0 9 13
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 1
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 603 620
Merlin 0 70 78
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 6
Unknown Accipiter 0 6 7
Unknown Buteo 0 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 12 12
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 7 8

Total: 2 886 990
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Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 10:00:00 Total
observation time: 1.5 hours

Official Counter: Ted Mara

Observers:
Visitors:
Dick Hughes just started coming to the watch in the past few days but we're
hopeful he'll become a regular observer before long.


Weather:
830-9 Wind South 1-3 mph, 11deg C, Cloud Cover 0. Vis 20km
9-10 Wind South 2-5 mph, 12 deg C, Cloud Cover 0, Vis 20km

Raptor Observations:
Migrants: one NH and one TV, both during the first half hour of watch.

Four local Ospreys did not migrate.

Non-raptor Observations:
Other local birds: the usual suspects
Predictions:
Winds look good (9 to 15 mph out of the SW, WSW, W, WNW and NW) but
forecast is for significant chance of rain from 9 am until at least 4 pm.
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Report submitted by Robert Secatore (<rs8843829...>)
Plum Island MA information may be found at:
http://www.massbird.org/emhw


More site information at hawkcount.org:
https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=115

 
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