Date: 4/26/24 2:36 pm
From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...>
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Plum Island MA (26 Apr 2024) Raptors
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:38:33 +0000
From:<reports...>
Subject: Plum Island MA (26 Apr 2024)  Raptors


Plum Island MA
Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 26, 2024
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Species           Day's Count    Month Total  Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              0              0
Turkey Vulture              0            32            56
Osprey                     0            15            16
Bald Eagle                  0              4            11
Northern Harrier            0            60            93
Sharp-shinned Hawk          0            68            75
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            604            621
Merlin                     0            73            81
Peregrine Falcon            0              5              6
Unknown Accipiter            0              8              9
Unknown Buteo                0              1              1
Unknown Falcon              0            12            12
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor              0              8              9

Total:                     0            900          1004
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end  time: 09:30:00
Total observation time: 1 hours

Official Counter:        Mark Schoene

Observers:

Visitors:
None.


Weather:
8:30: 46 deg F, wind NE 3-7 mph, no cloud cover, 15 K        visibility

9:30: 50 deg F, wind NE 3-7 mph, no cloud cover, 15 K visibility



Raptor Observations:
No migrant raptors.

Raptors that failed to migrate: adult BE, 1 NH, 4-6 OS, 2-4 UR.

Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds: the Usual Suspects

Predictions:
Tomorrow could have decent conditions from 5 am to 9 am during the period
when the wind is forecast to come from the W and NW. After that, the
forecast is for SE winds???a Seabreeze???the rest of the day.
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Report submitted by Robert Secatore (<rs8843829...>)
Plum Island MA information may be found at:
http://www.massbird.org/emhw


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https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=115

 
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