Hamburg Hawk Watch (01 Apr 2026) Raptors
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Apr 1, 2026, 3:44:46 PM (6 days ago) Apr 1
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Hamburg Hawk Watch
Hamburg, New York, USA
Visitors:
No visitors
Weather:
A bummer of a day for sure! A cold front passage yesterday evening dropped temperatures by 25 degrees and provided today with completely overcast skies, temperatures not able to climb above 39 with light winds out of the NNE�pretty much the worst case scenario! Oh yeah, forgot to mention a west-east band of rain from Ohio into Pennsylvania slowly lifting north into viewing area which no doubt kept even an adventurous TV from going north over the watch site today.
Raptor Observations:
Only the local Coop pair showed once, a single local Red-tail and a single local TV. No visible migrants.
Non-raptor Observations:
Nineteen species recorded into eBird today. The only birds that were possibly on the move north were a handful of robins and Ring-billed Gulls.
Predictions:
Looking like another day of nothingness given the temperatures (30�s) with ENE winds and then rain moves in around 1. Winds are not expected to go southerly until after sunset. With two days of inclement weather, Friday looks like it has some definite promise with SSW winds and temps in the 60�s and sunshine! Birds held up today and likely tomorrow will be hot to trot on FriYay! Rain predicted for Saturday as a cold front enters the region - go to the hawkwatch on Friday if you want to see a flight within the next 5 days or so (unless the forecast changes).
Report submitted by Alec Humann (alech...@msn.com)
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
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
Hamburg, New York, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 01, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 10696 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 0 | 136 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total: | 0 | 0 | 10964 |
| Observation start time: | 08:30:00 |
| Observation end time: | 12:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 3.5 hours |
| Official Counter | Alec Humann |
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Visitors:
No visitors
Weather:
A bummer of a day for sure! A cold front passage yesterday evening dropped temperatures by 25 degrees and provided today with completely overcast skies, temperatures not able to climb above 39 with light winds out of the NNE�pretty much the worst case scenario! Oh yeah, forgot to mention a west-east band of rain from Ohio into Pennsylvania slowly lifting north into viewing area which no doubt kept even an adventurous TV from going north over the watch site today.
Raptor Observations:
Only the local Coop pair showed once, a single local Red-tail and a single local TV. No visible migrants.
Non-raptor Observations:
Nineteen species recorded into eBird today. The only birds that were possibly on the move north were a handful of robins and Ring-billed Gulls.
Predictions:
Looking like another day of nothingness given the temperatures (30�s) with ENE winds and then rain moves in around 1. Winds are not expected to go southerly until after sunset. With two days of inclement weather, Friday looks like it has some definite promise with SSW winds and temps in the 60�s and sunshine! Birds held up today and likely tomorrow will be hot to trot on FriYay! Rain predicted for Saturday as a cold front enters the region - go to the hawkwatch on Friday if you want to see a flight within the next 5 days or so (unless the forecast changes).
Report submitted by Alec Humann (alech...@msn.com)
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
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
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