Hamburg Hawk Watch (24 Apr 2026) 1687 Raptors

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Hamburg Hawk Watch
Hamburg, New York, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 24, 2026
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	1	1
Turkey Vulture	153	4223	14919
Osprey	2	21	25
Bald Eagle	1	25	52
Northern Harrier	0	6	9
Sharp-shinned Hawk	2	100	117
Cooper's Hawk	1	62	87
American Goshawk	0	0	0
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	4	28
Broad-winged Hawk	1518	5346	5346
Red-tailed Hawk	10	84	220
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	1
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	12	21
Merlin	0	6	14
Peregrine Falcon	0	1	1
Unknown Accipitrine	0	5	10
Unknown Buteo	0	11	16
Unknown Falcon	0	1	2
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	0	3
Total:	1687	9908	20872

Observation start time:	10:00:00
Observation end time:	14:00:00
Total observation time:	4 hours
Official Counter	Fred Harrington
Observers:	Mike Zebehazy

Visitors:
Mike Zebehazy

Weather:
Light to moderate ENE breeze. Starting out full clouds and ending with partly sunny. Temps ~13 degrees C.

Raptor Observations:
The first two hours and the fourth hour had a small trickle of raptors, sandwiched around the third hour which had an explosion of birds. Local birds consisted of a couple of Turkey Vultures and Red-tailed Hawks.

Non-raptor Observations:
Common Loon and Common Raven, and the usual.

Predictions:
A bit cooler ~10 C with gusty E winds. High chance of rain and drizzle throughout the day.

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Report submitted by Frederick Harrington (harr...@verizon.net)
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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 land...@gmail.com