Our first attempt at an early May watch - birds started before 9 am and kept us very busy until 1 pm when the wind went on-shore; after that the birds were few and far between. Left Conneaut at 2:30 pm. New record for Ospreys for us, second highest Peregrine count, plus a beautiful Golden Eagle directly overhead and not very high. Winds were light so there was much circling and kettling by the raptors some of the time. We were at our usual Malek Park site until 1 pm when we tried inland sites with little success.

176 Turkey Vultures
51 Ospreys
10 Bald Eagles
10 Northern Harriers
308 Sharp-shinned Hawks
2085 Broad-winged Hawks
12 Red-tailed Hawks
1 Rough-legged Hawk (directly overhead)
1 Golden Eagle - immature bird
10 American Kestrels
1 Merlin
7 Peregrine Falcons

1 Sandhill Crane
Hooded, Palm, Nashville and Pine Warblers (heard from the Malek Park site)
 
Bruce Glick, Aaron Miller, Andy Troyer, David Weaver

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