Hamburg Hawk Watch (09 Mar 2026) 25 Raptors

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Hamburg Hawk Watch
Hamburg, New York, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 09, 2026
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	20	154	160
Osprey	0	0	0
Bald Eagle	1	2	3
Northern Harrier	0	1	1
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	0	0
Cooper's Hawk	0	1	1
American Goshawk	0	0	0
Red-shouldered Hawk	2	2	2
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	2	7	8
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	0	0
Merlin	0	1	1
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipitrine	0	0	0
Unknown Buteo	0	0	0
Unknown Falcon	0	1	1
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	0	0
Total:	25	169	177

Observation start time:	11:00:00
Observation end time:	13:30:00
Total observation time:	2.5 hours
Official Counter	Sue Barth
Observers:	Josh Ketry

Visitors:
Joe Sullivan, David Todtenhagen

Weather:
Sunny and warm (65-68F) with strong SSW winds, gusting up to 43mph.

Raptor Observations:
Only 20 Turkey Vultures, 1 adult Bald Eagle, 2 Red-shoulders, and 2 migrating Red-tails. A pair of local Red-tails were around - but not much else.

Non-raptor Observations:
2 Sandhill Cranes drifted over at 11:43 when I first arrived and a pair of Lesser Scaup were on the pond.

Today's eBird Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S307719013

Predictions:
Looks like the conditions for the next couple of days will be pretty poor with much rain in the forecast.

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Report submitted by Sue Barth (sueb...@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