Date: 8/31/25 8:30 pm
From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...>
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Pinnacle Rock (31 Aug 2025) 1 Raptors
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 01:19:57 +0000
From: <reports...>
Subject: Pinnacle Rock (31 Aug 2025) 1 Raptors


Pinnacle Rock
Malden, Massachusetts, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 31, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 1 1 1
Bald Eagle 0 0 0
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0

Total: 1 1 1
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Observation start time: 08:45:00 Observation end time: 15:15:00 Total
observation time: 6.5 hours

Official Counter: Craig Jackson

Observers:
Visitors:
Steve Singer and his friend Mark stopped by and spotted a TV; Shabaz Ali
Soofi came by with his wife this time; and Oliver Kleinbub stopped to chat
as well


Weather:
Light (2) NW wind first became NNE at 11 AM, then E at 1 PM and SE at end
of watch; temperature -- 17-23-21°C; clouds -- O % at beginning of watch;
then some clouds forming on the SE horizon, then beginning at 12 noon
scattered Cumulus clouds started forming in the western sky

Raptor Observations:
Migrating - 1 OS carrying a fish
Non-migrants - 1 TV, 1 CH harassing a RT, 2 RT

Non-raptor Observations:
Birds - 10 Chimney Swifts flying all around the Rock, and 12 Common
Grackles
Dragonflies -- only one Black Saddlebags hill-topping

Predictions:
Winds will be mostly easterly for the next couple of days, so little
movement is expected.
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Report submitted by Craig Jackson (<crleja1949...>)


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